Beauty and the beast

The super sharp prickly thorns and fluffiness of age is taking over the little garden.

I’m 5’11 and this family of thistle bushes must be 7ft+

The wonderful thing about taking this photo was the fragrance… so sweet… so beautiful

Beautiful blue sky and sunshine… French holidays begin today.

[Susan Wakely]

Lovely.

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Diana]

Well spotted and captured.

[Dorothy]

Pretty but prickly!

[Babs]

Beautiful

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a lovely rose!

[Jacqueline]

Lovely capture!

[Corinne C]

Pretty little flower

[Bucktree]

Lovely capture.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty shot.

[Kate]

Pretty pink rose

[Agnes]

Beautiful

[KWind]

Pretty flower. I like framing.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice DoF, the smell is enjoyable

[Peter Dulis]

Lovely

[Mags]

A beautiful rose blossom.

[carol white]

A lovely capture

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture

[Margaret Brown]

Love the colour

[Pat Knowles]

Quite a contrast with that pretty flower & all those thorns. You are much taller than me!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Looks like a wild rose. Years ago a neighbor had a wild rose bush which was as tall as it was wide and it was so fragrant.

[Cliff McFarlane]

Absolutely appropriate title

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Rob Z]

That little rose amongst the thorns is just delightful

[Islandgirl]

Pretty rose!

[Mallory]

Beautiful!

[Carole Sandford]

Pretty!

[Kathy]

It looks like it wandered in to the edge of the woods.

[Paula Fontanini]

Beautiful shot of this rose and your description describes it perfectly!

[Beverley]

@skipt07 these roses are the same… out of control…. And sooo gorgeous