I was drawn to the delicacy of each petal … the potential encapsulated in the bud …

I was drawn to the delicacy of each petal … the potential encapsulated in the bud …

Buds
Curled tightly
Ready to bloom …
Symbolism

Lots of creamy yellow-ness in the front garden today. Yes, Mum, the rose has finally sprung open.

If, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said,
the earth laughs in flowers
then this flower laughed so hard it cried.
