Roses

"C'est le temp que tu as perdu pour ta rose qui fait ta rose si importante."

Today we let the keeper tend the roses.  This meant pulling off all the blackspotted leaves from each bush, and spraying NEEM oil on  every leaf on every bush. We understand she was pleased that many had responded well to the earlier pruning and had less disease than in the past.  She was especially glad because last year she forgot to use the NEEM oil.  You may ask what we did while she worked.  we napped in the luxurious sun.

But, she plucked several of the biggest roses, and one is filling our cottage with the most delicate old world fragrance--not at all heavy, but light, like music from a flute.