Alexandra & Rosa 'Princess Alexandra of Kent' 12 June 2024

 

As I see my lovely rose blooms in all their glory I know I can snip them to scan them because with the garden visit by the Vancouver Rose Society a few days ago, no more people will be paying me a visit.

But I still have the problem of finding a justification beyond the scanning of a rose. I have found one, one that I have used a few times before with this English Rose, Rosa ‘Princess Alexandra of Kent’. It was a favourite of Rosemary’s that went to more than its size (5 inches wide). She loved it because of the name Alexandra which is the name of our oldest daughter who lives I Lillooet.

In the last year I have been using my scanner not only to scan plants, negatives, slides, etc but also to use it as a tabletop camera. I chose a striking photograph that I took of Ale years ago on a ferry. Note how I especially move the rose leaf so that there is no doubt that both rose and framed photograph are scanned together.

The size of my flatbed scanner glass is limiting. I like that, as a limitation spurs creativity.

Important, really, is the justification to scan and not only place it in my two exterior hard drives.