on the table by quietpurplehaze

on the table

This is a climbing rose called 'compassion' which grows on the kitchen wall of our house.

I picked the first bloom of this season to put on the table when a friend came for a meal last evening. What a shame I can't send its gorgeous peachy fragrance to you.

70 years ago today my dad was spending his first full day at home after arriving back from his 3 years as a PoW. He wrote in his diary: 'Slept til midday'.
Isn't it wonderful to see the roses coming into bloom. This is a gorgeous one and how lovely of you to pick it for your friend. Really like your new profile pic. :-)
May 26th, 2015  
@Cherrill

Think we are off to Mottisfont today so I will probably have a surplus of rose pix!
May 26th, 2015  
A lovely capture I can smell it from here... almost. It is great for you to look in your dads diary and see he was home at last. Have a lovely day look forward to your pics.
May 26th, 2015  
beautiful!
May 26th, 2015  
Beautiful rose :)
May 26th, 2015  
very nice capture
May 26th, 2015  
Sam
I can smell the perfume from here :)
May 26th, 2015  
Bep
What a lovely rose.
Great that you have your dad's diary.
May 26th, 2015  
Beautiful shot, It almost reminds me of Ansell's shot, Rose and wood. And what a happy day it must of been for your family when your dad arrived home after what he went through I don't blame him for being so tired.
May 26th, 2015  
Such a lovely capture.
May 26th, 2015  
Beautiful capture. Love that you have a diary kept by your dad. What wonderful memories they must be. I have a friend in Alaska that has kept a daily diary science he was a young boy. He is now in his 70's.
May 26th, 2015  
A lovely rose Hazel , love the shape and unravelling of the petals and a lovely capture --wish we had an "aroma net "!!!!
May 26th, 2015  
Beautiful rose, and a funny Dad.
May 26th, 2015  
What a beautiful colour, especially the yellow at the base of the petals which gives the pink a golden glow.
May 26th, 2015  
Looking so soft and sweet...
May 26th, 2015  
Lovely shot, details, colors
May 26th, 2015  
Lovely shot and I really like the pretty soft colors.
May 26th, 2015  
Very pretty rose, lovely colour.
May 26th, 2015  
Yes I would love a scratch and sniff iPad!
May 26th, 2015  
Lovely light and a beautiful Rose.
May 26th, 2015  
@pennystot

Research and market one - you could become rich!!!
May 26th, 2015  
@karlow75

A lovely comment, thanks - I'll keep practising!
May 26th, 2015  
this is beautiful!
May 26th, 2015  
Beautiful colour and capture
May 26th, 2015  
What a lovely rose .compassion is a most appropriate name
May 26th, 2015  
Wow, your roses are much advanced than ours - mine are very tight buds, but perhaps that's just as well as a frost is forecast tonight!
May 26th, 2015  
@dolphin

We went to Mottisfont (NT) today - lots of full blown roses there.
May 26th, 2015  
So much feeling in those three words Hazel......his. Own bed must have been so thing he thought he might never sleep in again! A rose already!!
May 26th, 2015  
Fantastic picture.
May 26th, 2015  
What a delightful, sumptuous, shot... very sobering about your dad, too.
May 26th, 2015  
Beautiful
May 26th, 2015  
Beautiful capture, love the colour and the delicate folds of the petals.
May 26th, 2015  
Pam
very pretty
May 27th, 2015  
Perfectly gorgeous!
May 27th, 2015  
Lovely shot! What a beautiful color!
May 27th, 2015  
Gorgeous.
May 27th, 2015  
beautiful hazel
May 27th, 2015  
Love that color. ( And you capture)
May 28th, 2015  
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