Rosa 'Mrs. Oakley Fisher' & Hosta 'Midas Touch' - 8 July 2025

Rebecca Stewart

One of the most talented human beings I have ever met is my oldest granddaughter Rebecca who is now about to be 28. Presently she has lost her way. I have no doubt in my mind that soon she will be aware of her multiple talents and will become the stellar woman she has to be.

I began to understand that talent of hers once when we were in our Kerrisdale garden. She may have been 8. I asked her, “Can I blindfold you? I want to do an experiment.” I then cut 10 different roses and put them to her nose. Astoundingly she was able to identify all 10 by scent alone.

There is something about her gaze when I photograph her that has no parallel except with that of her younger sister Lauren. It is almost as they had Superman X-ray eyes.

Some years ago we watched Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom in the film Limelight. Lauren indicated she wanted to be photographed with Claire Bloom’s ballerina makeup. Rebecca performed not only with the makeup but did the styling. All I had to do was to click the shutter

Lauren Stewart

 It is for all those reasons that I think that Rebecca has that Midas touch and it is why I have scanned Hosta ‘Midas Touch’ with the rose that since I first photographed Rebecca with is now Rebecca’s rose.