These wild roses have a perfume you can smell from 30 feet away.
They grow wild in the sand hills next to the River Mersey in Liverpool, England.
The wind turbines in the distance have stopped. The Yachts have no wind to sail by.
Just a beautiful summer’s day.
A visit to the Desert View Watchtower on the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Constructed in the 1930s, it offers magnificent canyon views and a tie to the Native American history of the Canyon.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
DrFumblefinger shares photos of the Fitz Roy Massif, one of the most famous and difficult to climb peaks in the world, situated in Patagonia.
Before being consecrated in the year 1170, this site was a Saxon burial ground. St Helen’s R.C. Church is now
In my never-ending search to find somewhere you’ve never seen before I’ve been sent this photo of Dracula’s Castle in
GarryRF joins his family at Delaware’s version of the German festival.
Wild Fruit – before the birds eat them !
I’ve been told by other walkers that further along you can only smell wild Jasmine.
On the waters edge – where these grow – can best be described as a cool climate. With the onshore breeze off the river it rarely passes above 21c / 70f. So about the same climate as your Mountain rose.
The smell really takes you by surprise – like walking into a small room holding a large “Women’s Institute”meeting ! Perfume overload !
A great moment of a wonderful day….
We have wild roses in North America too, at least in the mountains and northern parts. But they are smaller and while they smell nice, are not as fragrant as those you describe.