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| Rosa 'Emily Carr' 2 July 2025 |
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| The obverse side |
We live now in the world of influencers who are iconic and stunning and we opine on them by using emojis.
In that last century I used to make fun of my writer friend John Lekich as he liked to use the word invoke in his reviews of films.
Now in this century I will write this blog using two words (associated with each other) which are invoke and conjure.
This lovely red rose, Rosa ‘Emily Carr’, introduced in Morden Manitoba in 2007, is all but unavailable in Vancouver Lower Mainland nurseries. I found it at the UBC Botanical Garden Shop in the Garden (my Rosemary used to work there) five years ago. I cannot imagine how a rose with that name that is hardy across Canada is not better known here.
The scan you see is of the same rose that I scanned on 24 June. It has been in a little vase with water in my kitchen since. That is amazing endurance for a rose.
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| Rosa 'Emily Carr' & Crambe maritima - 24 June 2025 |
To me this rose invokes/conjures the face and memory of my departed Rosemary who never saw it bloom. Seeing it on my kitchen counter was a bit like gazing on her face.
Note how lovely the obverse side is.
Will influencers ever know the meaning of obverse?