Last Rose Standing

 The rose bushes have all been cut back now, to let them rest for the winter:

Just thorny lower branches are left, looking like alien limbs:

The last rose standing has come inside, to grace the sink in the powder room:

 It's a real beauty--a fitting, final note to the symphony of roses that's been playing since last spring:

Meanwhile, out in the garden, somebody is already gearing up for the show that will start in a couple of months:

I always did like a go-getter.