Life imitates art (or something like that)

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Here's a snapshot of a couple of buds from my favorite rose. Since I don't know its name, I call it Carla's Rose after my neighbor across the street who has an enormous rosebush of it occupying most of her front stoop. One day when she was energetically pruning it back, I asked for a branch to try as a cutting. I stuck it in the ground with a sawed-off soda bottle for a cover and two years later, I had my very own Carla's Rose. It's the one I painted in 2007 which you can see on my website. And yes, it is fragrant.