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Winter Roses

            Although autumn has now well and truly given way to winter here in Melbourne, there is still a great deal of colour around if you remember to take your time, stop and smell the roses, especially on a day like today.  Although it is the middle of winter, it was a lovely and sunny day with bright blue skies today: although there was still a definite crispness in the air when the wind blew.
 
When I took my stroll, I walked past one of my favourite rose bushes, a "Lorraine Lee" which thrives in the original garden of a stylish 1930s Art Deco clinker brick double storey villa.  Bathed in gorgeous winter sunshine the pinkish apricot blooms against the azure sky were too beautiful not to photograph.

The "Lorraine Lee" rose was bred by a famous Australian rose breeder named Alister Clark in 1924.  It was named after Lorraine Lee, who was born in Melbourne in 1890, and was a cousin of Jessie Clark, Alister’s niece.  During the Great War, Lorraine worked in the Women’s Land Army in England and the Ministry of Munitions, earning an MBE for her dedication.  In 1920, on a visit to Australia, Alister showed her his unnamed rose seedlings and asked her to choose one. The rose she chose became Alister Clark’s most famous and popular rose "Lorraine Lee".

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Preston West (show map)

Taken on: July 12, 2023

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/4.9, 1/320 sec, 18.6mm, ISO 80 (more info) (hide info)

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Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
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