Smelling the roses

I visited two rose gardens on my trip around the country on the All You Can Jet pass.  The first was the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon.  The second, the Maplewood Park and Rose Garden, in Rochester, New York.  It didn’t matter which side of the country they were on, each rose offered a unique fragrance, a beautiful sight, and their own story.

Come to think of it, I wonder what story each rose would have to tell about the people who passed by, the weather that came and went, and the insects that stopped by for a split second.  What do you think?