When I first moved to Italy in January, this rose bush appeared to be a dried-up mess, desolate and beyond the possibility of life. It was kind of a heartbreaking sight. Then, in late March, it was trimmed to the trunk, stripped of all its dead branches, twigs and withered foliage. Exposed as a truncated and stark skeleton, it seemed all the more barren and hopeless. Until spring...
Monday, September 21, 2009
Roses...Back from the Dead (coincidentally, also in my backyard)
When I first moved to Italy in January, this rose bush appeared to be a dried-up mess, desolate and beyond the possibility of life. It was kind of a heartbreaking sight. Then, in late March, it was trimmed to the trunk, stripped of all its dead branches, twigs and withered foliage. Exposed as a truncated and stark skeleton, it seemed all the more barren and hopeless. Until spring...
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That was wonderful - I wanted it to go on!
ReplyDeleteThanks! There seems to be a loss of image quality though, I need to work on that!
ReplyDeleteI didn't play the video but I very much admired your arborial dinosaur! It's even got teeth!
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