The Name of the Rose

I have a feeling that roses, those most versatile of flowers are our most popular bloom. They seem to crop up on everything.
You find them decorating absolutely everything and every new invention seems, eventually, to acquire a rose or two.

On my Facebook page this past week I have been making up silly little ditties around Herrick's first lines, after which my blog is named and altering them to illustrate this fact.
I started with this one
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
cover with egg white - beaten
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow can be eaten!

Fabric of course may be the first thing you think of when searching for examples of decorative roses. They are everywhere and always have been, way back in time.

A friend of mine collects and sells beautiful antique fabrics and needleworks.
http://morgaine-le-fay.co.uk/?page_id=106

Roses crop up on a good deal of the fabrics and pieces she finds.

I have just acquired the most wonder printed fabric from Australia and yes- you've guessed it - roses are everywhere.

See how similar the antique and the modern can be?

Roses adorn china of all kinds. I have many teacups and saucers, as you'll know if you follow my Teacup Tuesday posts on Facebook.

Of course, some roses are the simple petaled flowers and others can be the multi petaled varieties - they are so versatile.

Embroidery is festooned with roses.

As is tapestry and cross stitch.

Jewellery...

Boxes....

Cakes......

I could be here forever.

Think I've proved my point though.

We LOVE <3 roses don't we.

And not JUST for their beauty.

 I'm going out now to smell the roses in my garden. This is my favourite one. Variegata di Bologna - the only stripe and blotched rose.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.