The Alberta Rose

All around Calgary and Alberta you see many references to The Alberta Rose. When I was here in 2010 and we were hiking, I kept seeing this little pink rose in the woods. Since then I am always on the look out for these little roses. When you start looking for them, you notice them everywhere, in the city used by landscapers and on the hiking trails. Many of you know how much I love flowers in general but how I am partial to roses. Peter and I have had as many as 24 rose bushes in our yard. With all the busyness of the last few years, I could not keep up with them and finally took some of them out. For roses to look their best they do need a little attention like pruning, deadheading, and fertilization. These little pink Alberta roses intrigue me. As we were walking around the flood ravaged area of Sheep River Park I came across this little Alberta rose. It had been covered in very fast flowing water for who know how many day days but there it was still where it was rooted trying to bloom its little heart out. What a lesson that little rose was trying to teach me. Bloom where you are planted and don't ever give up. You will be a blessing!