This is a photo of a wild rose (or, in this case, I believe, the “dog rose”)……one of my most favourite flowers.
Traditionally this flower is a birth month flower for those born in June – that’s me. And symbolically the rose is a flower of love, ideal love, and passion. For the homeopaths amongst you, Jan Scholten places the Dog Rose at Stage 10 in the Rosaceae family.
The rose in this photo lives in the garden at the NHS Centre for Integrative Care, where I’ve worked for many years…..(only another few days now, last day at work there will be July 4th – “Independence Day”).
I like that there is a rose in the garden there which will always connect me to that place and all the people there who make it such a special place.
I love the story of the rose in “The Little Prince”…..
“It’s the time you have spent with your rose which makes it so important.”
And I also like Saint Exupery’s insistence on the uniqueness of each rose…..
Let’s not forget the uniqueness of each and every flower, each and every person, each and every moment.
I also like that in this photo I have a “Wild Rose” which echoes so nicely with the Mary Oliver poem I read at our farewell retirement celebration last Friday – “Summer Day” – especially her closing lines……
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
Heroes Not Zombies 
‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?’
Have a happy and productive retirement and above all have fun, I hope!