Rockhampton City Center
The Bottlebrush by the Balcony
This bottlebrush once grew so enthusiastically that I eventually had to cut it back to keep it from reaching across my balcony. For a while, I wondered if I’d been too harsh. Then spring arrived, and it burst into bloom again. Sometimes our gardens remind us that pruning isn’t the end of a story—it’s often the beginning of another.
Welcome to the quiet corner of my garden where the roses bloom-not just in petals and perfume, but in memory and meaning. Over the years, I’ve planted many roses, each one telling its own little story. Most of them came from spontaneous finds at BigW, others from patient tending and lucky second chances.
I must admit, I find joy in little moments watching the rose bush starting to have buds like the one used. It is beautiful and so I keep collecting or planting. Each rose bush has a story to tell and show of the beautiful of all the flowers. There was one particular bush that kept growing but never had any flower for some reason, just once it had one single flower and as it turned out it was one of my favourite red rose of all.
On the left is one single rose bush flower, the one that has that single bloom. down below is also my favourite shot.
After The Rain Shot
Sometimes after watering the garden or after the rain, I find the rainstorm the roses are perfect time to do so— and the outcome is not bad at all.
I had this rose bush that had been growing for a few years, and I had never seen any bloom or any buds. That had me thinking it might be a cutting — I wasn’t sure. But once, and only once, I saw it flower — that beautiful red. I took that shot thinking there would be many more blooms to come, but that was the end of it. Finally I had to dig it up because a new fence was going up, and it didn’t survive.
My Res Roses
As for my current garden, I now have Dorothy Perkins and a white Banksia growing side by side — and it’s become quite the competition. Each one seems determined to outrun the other, racing along the fence to see who flowers first. That’s the thing about gardens, they have a personality of their own. And that’s the thing about me too — I don’t just grow roses, I photograph everything, from beaches to portraits to AI-generated gardens. I can never make up my mind to stick to one subject, and honestly, I’m not sure I’d want to.
This one was another variety — I couldn’t recall the name. I had so many at the time. I lost a few when the new fence went up. What I love about this shot is the water drops caught on the petals.
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