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'Leaping Salmon' Climbing Rose June'13

By Xela

'Leaping Salmon' Climbing Rose June'13 (Rosa)

21 Jun, 2013
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I am thrilled ... three years after I adopted the rose from my late Mother's garden it has produced this wonderful bloom. A very special friend had given it to her in memory of my Father, who loved salmon fishing in his native Scotland.

Comments on this photo

Terratoonie

Hi Xela...
how lovely to have the rose from your mother's garden, with special memories of your father too..

I have a rose from my mother's garden, so I know how you feel about yours ... flowers very strongly. :o)

Adding this to GoYpedia :o))

21 Jun, 2013

Xela

Thank you, Terratoonie .... this rose is one of my treasures in the garden; distance means I very rarely see our wonderful friend and I can no longer see my parents but I feel very close to all three when I look at it, it brings back warm memories of the shared times and the love that binds us together.

22 Jun, 2013

Terratoonie

A treasure in many ways ...

22 Jun, 2013

Sarahm

lovely rose and lovely story Xela, would be interested in knowing where your dad went salmon fishing as the area I grew up in was well known for the salmon fishing.

1 Jul, 2013

Xela

He was a Scot so it had to be Scotland, Sarah. They usually took their annual holiday there so that Father could enjoy fishing. In latter years they rented a cottage in Grantown on Spey, a beautiful part of the world.

2 Jul, 2013

Sarahm

Thanks Xela, next time I have a wee whisky I'll raise a toast to his fishing days! I hope your rose blooms for many years to come, it is beautiful and a real "rose "pink.

3 Jul, 2013

Xela

Aww, thank you, Sarah. Actually the rose is a truely salmon pink, the camera hasn't done it justice.

4 Jul, 2013