When a dear friend of mine came to my door armed with the most amazing bunch of home grown roses, it simply took my breath away.  I was immediately transported into a rose scented arbour surrounded by the grand masters of rose painting, Claude Monet, Henri Fantin-Latour,  Jean-Baptiste Robie, to name but a few.  I have never had a bunch of roses like this, and forever will I be spoilt when I look at their commercial counterparts.

Beautiful, just beautiful.