English Rose, Rosa ‘Benjamin Britten’ had 9 open blossoms today.  I still had a feeling of guilt in snipping three for today’s blog.

As I often have written here and worth repeating I find that roses more than any other plants in my garden conjure ghosts of my past or people long dead who may have moved the world either through philosophy, military fame, literature, steel making pioneer or two or in music.

I wrote about Benjamin Britten the English composer here related to my friend David Lemon. I saw Lemon recently here. Lemon has an easy smile and a positive outlook to life. So when I gazed on these brilliantly bright blossoms I could not but think of him.

Britten at home & in a cabaret