perfect in every way

Not only are these roses the perfect coral pink color but they are the perfect shape.  The petals are all rounded across the top.  I'm not sure roses get any prettier.  These are Addie's Congrats You are in Kindergarten roses Bella picked out for her.  Perfect huh?

what's growing in our garden?

yellow roses in the rain

so cheap it's almost stealing

My jaw still drops when I can get 20 roses for 20 Birr.  That's about $1.20.  

flowers in Addis Ababa

I never thought my home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia would be full of fresh flowers every day.  I love all the local flowers I can buy inexpensively at the grocery stores here.  Orange is my new favorite color.  I went a little nutty over those orange roses.  The best part is that the roses all smell garden grown.  Wonderfully fragrant.  And the lilies fill the entire first floor with their fragrance when they open up.  Some open pink and some open white.  You never know until they slowly open.