Ashes of Roses

When I was a teenager, I read The Thorn Birds where the main character, Meggie, wears a dress of a colour described as "ashes of roses" which I always thought was such a romantic description of a colour.  While we have been here, we have been taking pictures of all of the different colours of roses and peonies, and lilacs and irises, cotoneaster, pink and white chesnut trees, wisteria, geraniums, poppies and pansies, wild broom.  Here are some of the flower colours that we have seen: mauve, magenta, red, pink, peach, blush, purple, orange, white, yellow, brown, dark yellow, rose red, bright pink - an unbelievable array draped about the walls, roads, houses, hillsides and churches.

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Ashes of Roses

 I dream of having ashes of roses cascading down my summer walls - and then I remember that I have a shady backyard where no roses will grow.  And that's sounds much more depressing than it needs to as I survey our kingdom here in Gascony.