Winter Roses

I thought winter had arrived the other morning as I needed to wear gloves on my cycle to work for the first time in months but, I couldn’t help noticing when I was shutting the back gate on my way out, that there were still over 2 dozen roses in bloom.  I thought  I’d picked the last of them 3 weeks ago before we went away to Wales but there were rather more buds hidden under the leaves  than I had realised.  It lifted my spirits to see them, reminding me that beauty can often be found in unlikely situations