Today, Michelle’s writing prompt (“pregnant guppies”) had me flummoxed. Seemed impossible to fit it in with summertime and roses for Cee’s FOTD challenge. Tried anyway. š
Here I am in winter mourning Yearning for summer’s golden rays When fertile gardens bloom blushing roses And pregnant guppies swim moonlit pools.
This weekās CFFC topic is Ā Dark Red including maroon and burgundy colors. Be creative and mostly have a lot of fun. Thanks, Cee. Check out all the photography and join in! So here we go!
Common-Place or āLocus Communisā ā a place to remember
I don’t know about you, but I’m hanging on to summer as long as I can! For fellow simpaticos, here’s a late summer bloom and a Christina Rossetti poem to help.
A late summer garden rose
The Rose
The lily has a smooth stalk,
Will never hurt your hand;
But the rose upon her brier
Is lady of the land.
There's sweetness in an apple tree,
And profit in the corn;
But lady of all beauty
Is a rose upon a thorn.
When with moss and honey
She tips her bending brier,
And half unfolds her glowing heart,
She sets the world on fire.
-- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Portrait of Christina Rosetti by Dante Gabriel Rosetti
For more on Rosetti, see my Common-Place Jottings post on “Rossetti Rhymes”
For Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge on this Friday, a sad but fragrant queen pink mini-rose, to remind you that those who are gone are only gone from sight.