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.
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 FOTD
For Cee’s FOTD Challenge, a summer rose and a rosebud promise.
God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. –Martin Luther
For Cee’s FOTD Challenge.
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.
