My grandmother until she died in 1970 was my mentor. She educated me as my mother was busy teaching in high schools to make ends meet. Abuelita often quoted the refrains of Sancho Panza giving advice to Don Quijote. To this day when a situation arises, some sort of conflict, I remember her advice.
Today I noticed that a large branch of Rosa ‘William Lobb’ with about 14 unopened buds had broken off in my back lane garden. I felt terrible until I realized that here I had an opportunity to scan something I would have been reluctant to do before.
My grandmother would have said, “No hay mal que por bien no venga.” The equivalent in English is “Every cloud has a silver lining. Literally it means, “Bad things happen for good reasons.”
What is particularly lovely of the scan is that you can discern well what a moss rose is all about.
More about moss roses and Lobb's Clitoria
