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| Rosa 'Buttercup' |
When I saw these 3 blooms of English Rose, Rosa ‘Buttercup’ I knew I would write this blog. I have written at length how I believe that our human ability to associate stuff that might be at first thought as disparate is that what separates us from other inhabitants of this planet.
I immediately connected the yellow rose (grudgingly Rosemary accepted yellow and orange roses) with listening to Mellow Yellow with Rosemary in Mexico City in the early 70s and at the same time the only book with a cover that is yellow in my collection.
While when I started scanning roses and plants in 2001 my intention was to show the plant accurately, with the day’s date, 100% size and as correct a colour that I could see, now I am getting artsy.
And these days no matter what I do or see in my Kitsilano home I immediately associate with my Rosemary.
Mellow Yellow - Donovan Leitch - 1967
I'm just mad about Saffron.
A-Saffron's mad about me.
I'm-a just mad about Saffron.
She's just mad about me.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
I'm just mad about Fourteen.
Fourteen's mad about me.
I'm-a just mad about-a Fourteen.
She's just mad about me.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
Born-a high forever to fly.
Wind-a velocity nil.
Born-a high forever to fly.
If you want your cup, I will fill.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
So mellow yellow..
Electrical banana
Is gonna be a sudden craze.
Electrical banana
Is bound to be the very next phase.
They call it Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
Saffron, yeah.
I'm just-a mad about her.
I'm-a just-a mad about-a Saffron.
She's just mad about me.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow,
Quite rightly.
They call me Mellow Yellow.
Oh, so yellow..
Oh, so mellow..
