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Postcard 23: A rose

Sep 15 2024 Updated September 11, 2024

Joanne Austen Brown

1 min read

I love to go around gardens all around the world. They say a rose is still a rose... This was a rose I saw in the park near Buckingham Palace. And I was captivated by it.

It was called Elizabeth. Not Queen Elizabeth, just plain Elizabeth.

I could see the queen in this rose. But its beauty is what took my attention first.

Just beautiful.

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