A rose is a rose is a rose.... Here are some pictures of roses taken in a private garden on June 5th, 2019.

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Here are some pictures of roses taken in a private garden on June 5th, 2019.

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dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

You covered the waterfront in color and complexity of design...

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice roses.

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

As you say - a rose is a rose - amazing variety in one place.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Love all the pretty colors. Nice series!

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

neh wrote:

Here are some pictures of roses taken in a private garden on June 5th, 2019.

Actually, a rose(plant I'm the family Rosacea) can be an apricot, almond, cherry, an apple, a peach, plum, pear, blackberry, goatsbeard, and strawberries, among others.
Did anyone ever make sense of the writings of Gloria Stienham?
Bill

neh

newtoyou wrote:

Actually, a rose(plant I'm the family Rosacea) can be an apricot, almond, cherry, an apple, a peach, plum, pear, blackberry, goatsbeard, and strawberries, among others.
Did anyone ever make sense of the writings of Gloria Stienham?
Bill

Thanks for the vocabulary lesson. Very interesting.

neh

newtoyou wrote:

Actually, a rose(plant I'm the family Rosacea) can be an apricot, almond, cherry, an apple, a peach, plum, pear, blackberry, goatsbeard, and strawberries, among others.
Did anyone ever make sense of the writings of Gloria Stienham?
Bill

Here is some interesting information I found on the internet relative to this saying:

The sentence "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose." was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem "Sacred Emily", which appeared in the 1922 book Geography and Plays. In that poem, the first "Rose" is the name of a person. Stein later used variations on the sentence in other writings, and "A rose is a rose is a rose" is among her most famous quotations, often interpreted as meaning [1] "things are what they are", a statement of the law of identity, "A is A."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_is_a_rose_is_a_rose_is_a_rose

The line is from Gertrude Stein's poem Sacred Emily, written in 1913 and published in 1922, in Geography and Plays. The verbatim line is actually, 'Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose':

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Loveliness extreme.
Extra gaiters,
Loveliness extreme.
Sweetest ice-cream.
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When asked what she meant by the line, Stein said that in the time of Homer, or of Chaucer, "the poet could use the name of the thing and the thing was really there." As memory took it over, the thing lost its identity, and she was trying to recover that - "I think in that line the rose is red for the first time in English poetry for a hundred years."

Source: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/15900.html

Thanks again for the vocabulary lesson and inspiring me to do a little more research---interesting. Have a nice day!

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

neh wrote:

Here is some interesting information I found on th... (show quote)

Thank you. My day will now be nicer now.
A funny read is a short work by Clifton Fadiman on why Ms. Stein was the last person on Earth he would choose to be stranded with on a desert isle.
Bill

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

A very nice set.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Love the way the buds surround the open bloom in photos 2 and 3.

neh

NMGal wrote:

Love the way the buds surround the open bloom in photos 2 and 3.

Thank you. That was what I was trying to capture. My favorite is photo 2.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

newtoyou wrote:

Actually, a rose(plant I'm the family Rosacea) can be an apricot, almond, cherry, an apple, a peach, plum, pear, blackberry, goatsbeard, and strawberries, among others.
Did anyone ever make sense of the writings of Gloria Stienham?
Bill

Oops. That was a blunder. I was, of course referring to Gertrude Stein.🤐
Bill

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Very nice set!

JeffDavidson Loc: Originally Detroit Now Los Angeles

And they are beautifully captured.