An old rose in a hand-painted vase

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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 31-Mar-2025 01:24:04 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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   Another birthday gift I offer to readers here: the first rose of the season bloomed in our garden today. This is a fragrant old rose we've had since the 1980s, when a sweet elderly neighbor in New Orleans, a Black gentleman named Mouton Bickham, shared a cutting with us. For years, not knowing that the rose is called Louis Philippe, we called it the Mouton Bickham rose. I love seeing it in this hand-painted vase that my favorite aunt cherished.

   #birthday #roses #gifts
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