The forecast was for rain....

....and yes we got it! This was my first rose for spring but it got battered with the rain, wind and then I saw the snail :) sooc

[Lou Ann]

What a lovely place for him to shelter.

[Babs]

The snail tried his best to shelter from the rain.

[Diana]

Lovely shot of this beautiful rose and it's boarder.

[gloria jones]

Neat shot, details

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

What a sneaky place to hide, who would think that a slimmy slug would be inside a pretty flower. FAV

[Bep]

What a clever snail...

[Sue Cooper]

Ugh! How dare such a loathsome creature hide in your beautiful rose. I hate slugs and snails more than any other creatures that I’ve ever come across, however, I do recognise that this is a great shot even if I would never have taken it myself 😂🤣.

[Margaret Brown]

Love this, great capture

[Steve Jacob]

Slugs and snails are the great cleaners of garden rubbish ( and new plants)

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

I say this snail has pretty good taste! If roses taste as wonderfully as they smell, this guy is getting a real treat!

[Peter]

What an amazing capture Denise, Fav:)

[Sally Ings]

He choose his shelter very well. Lovely colour

[Pyrrhula]

Great find and close up capture. The visitor isn`t much welcome here.

[M. Brutus]

Vry nice color and detail, particularly for SOOC. Good job. (THough I hate to see anything eating roses.

[Islandgirl]

Wow very cool with the snail in the bloom!

[Poppo Livy]

So what happened to the snail?

[Kaylynn]

Beauty and the beast - cool picture

[Issi Bannerman]

Super capture of beauty and the beast!

[Valerie Chesney]

The snail was only sheltering from the rain..ha-ha.

[Denise Wood]

@susiemc I agree with you Sue - I don't like snails but when I saw it in my first rose the photographer in me said, "what a different photo"
@pyrrhula He's not welcome here either!!
@mbrutus I removed him after the photo :)
@terryliv

[Denise Wood]

@terryliv I'll try again!! I'm sure you know what happened after the photo!!
@kaylynn2150 @jamibann Love your description "Beauty and the beast" It would have made a great title :)

[wendy frost]

A great find he is looking for a dainty feed off your beautiful rosepetals.