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Happy Southern Hemisphere Spring to everybody! (Which means: to those of us like me that live in the Northern Hemisphere, "Happy Fall!")
These pics of me outside of my deer fenced rose garden that I take care of at work were taken in May of 2014, I think... My friend Bill Choisser was still alive at the time, and it was a gorgeous spring day when he and his partner Larry visited me where I work (in San Francisco's suburban East Bay town of Castro Valley).
Growing on the entranceway arch above my head is the beautiful apricot-colored French Noisette rose, "Crepuscule", along with the purple Clematis vine 'Polish Spirit'. Besides growing a lot of fragrant Heirloom and English (AKA David Austin) roses inside, I'm also very fond of various companion plants, like: Lavender, Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), Salvias, Penstemon, and earlier in the spring, lots of Narcissus (Daffodils)...
Of course, it should go without saying that LONG HAIR always fits in perfectly in any garden or outdoor setting (LOL)!!
- Ken
Here's another classic antique garden rose -- in this case, a climbing French tea rose called "Sombreuil", from 1850. To me, it smells a bit like green apples, combined with the fragrance of a freshly opened box of black tea (hence the name, "tea rose")...
When this rose is fully open, there are so many MANY petals in the center that it looks like some crazy seamstress didn't know when to tell herself, "STOP!"
I don't remember whether it was Bill or Larry that took these pics of me 6 or 7 years ago; but in any case, I should have at least COMBED my hair beforehand, my apologies!
Here's another shot of the lovely apricot-colored CREPUSCULE rose (Lyons, France, 1904), along with the purple 'Polish Spirit' Clematis vine.
Until I figure out how to post more recent pics of me and my hair (all of which are on my cell phone, rather than on my work computer), I hope you don't mind seeing these hair pics from a few years ago.... I look about the same anyway (even though I keep hoping to wake up someday looking just like Tom Cruise or Orlando Bloom's twin brother - LOL)!
Take Care,
and Long Lox 4ever!
- Ken in San Francisco, California
Haha, I love it! Both your lion's mane and the flowers! (Though I will say I still like the long hair more, LOL!)
Thank you very much for the update, you look great.
Georges in Montreal.