Is rose a colour, is it a fragrance or is it a flower?
Of course it is all three but it isn't one single colour, one single scent or just one type of flower there are many different colours and varieties of rose all of them beautiful and today's selection of photos showcases just a few from the gardens at Rufford Old Hall.
So yesterday I posted a picture of a beautiful hoverfly on one of these flowers and if you didn't see it I promise it is worth taking a moment to have a look (click on this link).
Today here is a honey bee busy at work gathering pollen, as you can see he is covered in the stuff. Talking to one of the staff members at Rufford Old Hall (where this shot was taken) I learned that over the last winter the halls' colony of bees disappeared but a new colony was brought in and this little chap is playing an important role in creating honey to be sold in the gift shop and maintaining a long tradition of bee keeping at Rufford.
