In which there are three perfect roses and a white-lipped snail

[spiralsheep]

Wild dog rose, Rosa canina.



One Perfect Rose, by Dorothy Parker

A single flow'r he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet -
One perfect rose.

I knew the language of the floweret;

"My fragile leaves," it said, "his heart enclose."

Love long has taken for his amulet

One perfect rose.

Why is it no one ever sent me yet

One perfect limousine, do you suppose?

Ah no, it's always just my luck to get

One perfect rose.

White Lipped Snail, Cepaea hortensis. This one was gliding surprisingly fast over the rough wood but it's not white-lipped because it's afraid.... ;-) I wondered how all that body fits back satisfactorily into its shell, heh.

Comments

[sid]

LOLing at Dorothy Parker!

[spiralsheep]

GOOD! (How could I resist posting that poem with the rose photo?)

[turlough]

I love that poem. Dorothy Parker rocks! And the rose photo is very pretty and the one of the snail really cool.

[spiralsheep]

I had to post the poem with the photo, obv.

I was surprised and pleased with how the rose cap turned out, but I wish Speedy Snail had been going slow enough not to blur in my cap, heh.

[with]

Beautiful flowers. :)

[spiralsheep]

Thank you!

Roses are red, violets are blue... no, wait, roses are pink and violets are, well, violet usually....