I’ll be boarding a plane very shortly and going totally incommunicado until I land in Bucharest sometime tomorrow morning…so I’ll leave you something pretty to look at. This is Rosa canina, the dog rose, and the national flower of Romania.
And just because I like it, here’s Salvia transsylvanica, or the Transylvanian sage.
My destination is looking gorgeous already.
nice.
I like a flower that’s not shy about being an insect trap.
Why do (some) flowers have fivefold symmetry?
The dog rose seems to be a popular state/national/provincial symbol around the world.
As for the salvia, that’s just awesomeness.
PZ sez, “I’m in Minnesota, but I’m afraid I just can’t Romania any longer.”
Hey, someone had to say it.
Bucharest is an interesting city with an extraordinary history. However, you WILL be knocked down by at least four cars and possibly mauled by wild dogs. A small price to pay.
Oh, my, I can almost smell that rose! It looks like the roses in my grandparents’ garden.