My Garden has WHITE ROSES. They teach me life lessons. It would seem WHITE ROSES can only cross pollinate with their own. When they do with other NON-WHITE ROSES, it is generally in controlled conditions or in a laboratory. In fact, and it would seem, WHEN BEEs try that, BEEs get so disoriented that they forget where the hive is and thus lose capacity to produce H(O)NEY. It is therefore in the nature of WHITE ROSES, to consort with their own for continued blossoming.

I wish my friends could VISIT MY WHITE ROSE GARDEN. It is more and more becoming better than the SCHOOLS we have all been to.

I have mastered the art of cutting my White Roses in order to allow new ones to blossom. I love cutting them so that they get wild in beauty. They are thorny though.  In their whiteness they are also prickly. In cutting them for their continuity, I always have to negotiate the BEEs and the somewhat browny THORNS that are found in the stem of every stock that leads to my WHITE ROSES. 

Hey, guess what, my garden is dull without them, even if its base, which is green is what makes them stand out and shine. In fact, I have observed that the dominant NON-WHITE character of my garden is what makes the whiteness of my roses stand out as though other colours in my garden are insignificant, save for making my WHITE ROSES stand out.

As the shadows of a disappearing African sun cover them to introduce darkness they are consistent in their persistence to stay WHITE. In fact they look more resilient when the darkness of the night support their standing out, which of course is for the season they are allowed by nature to blossom. 

I love my WHITE ROSES, THEIR THORNS AND PRICKS ARE TO BE A SWEET BITTER PIERCE.

In my garden the brown thorns define the very nature of Roses and the BEEs are there to cross pollinate for without BEEs honey might not be there. The buzz of the BEEs indicate the BUSINESS of the BEEs. As individuals these BEEs cannot make (H)ONEY. It will always require THE QUEEN for BEEs to make good (H)ONEY. 

In my garden there are other insects that love the THORNY stock that support the ROSES for BEEs to always work for THE QUEEN, and only then, will we have (H)ONEY. Fortunately my garden was never in a POT, it is grounded whence POTs will fall, and insects that are lingering there will be flushed, but the essence of my BEEs and the background in my garden is there for posterity.  

My relationship with my WHITE ROSES has taught me that beautiful and aromatic as they are, they have thorns. For me to cut those I want to put in my flower bowl, I have to accept the possibility of being stung by bees or pricked by thorns.

I SO LOVE MY WHITE ROSE GARDEN.