A beautiful rose is a fabulous thing. I think this one is called Lark Ascending which is a famous poem by George Meredith . I am not particularly familiar with the poem but am much more familiar with a piece of music by Vaughn Williams which was inspired by the poem.

The Lark Ascending https://g.co/kgs/dzr1Jn9

Then in the way of a chain reaction the music inspired the naming of this rose. And the rose inspired me to do a little bit of digital tweaking and some googling.

I love chains of creativity and sometimes I love that a beautiful flower can knock all other thoughts, especially the grumpy ones, from my mind just by being droopily lovely.

I feel I am a late convert to roses and this summer the peachy coloured ones are my special favourites. My grandad was a rose grower in  quite a big way . Having lived through two world wars he favoured one called Peace. Primarily yellow and pink, his were more peachy growing in a clay soil. Which maybe is the link. Peace got its name because it had an extraordinary creation story. Just a little research led me to another WordPress Blog page.

https://countrygardenroses.wordpress.com/category/history-of-the-peace-rose/

A lovely little blog journey for a Friday.