Now that most of us in the Northern Hemisphere will be spending much more time inside for the next few months (in fact, some of us might describe it as being "trapped inside" by the wet and cold weather outdoors) and will have more free time, free of the need to water the garden and pull weeds, I think we should share some thoughts on wintertime diversions related to this forum.
Mustbnuts has already started the process this month by sharing some favorite rose articles. For my part, I suppose I could nag you to use this free time to go through your photo files and start adding images to our database or to share your experience with the roses you have grown by composing plant comments for the database for each rose, but I think I'll go along with the fine trend Mustbnuts has started instead.
I don't have any favorite rose articles, but I do have a favorite rose photo site. The pictures on this site, taken by two rose enthusiasts, one in Nevada and one in New Zealand, are truly exquisite. The best thing about them, however, is that they actually do resemble the roses and aren't the typical "glamour shots" you'll find on some sites and in some catalogs, where the shapes and colors are photoshopped to a ludicrous extent.
This is the home page:
http://www.justourpictures.com...
This is the site index:
http://www.justourpictures.com...
These are a couple of my favorite pages on this site:
http://www.justourpictures.com...
http://www.justourpictures.com...
Some of these photos have launched me on years-long searches for the photographed roses.
Because I know that threads with a thumbnail photo are more likely to be read, I'm adding a photo of Winter Sunset, a sweet Buck shrub.
