Blue Rose, Humble But Especially Lovely Old Watercolor antique Maine postcard ) And so this curious

) And so this curious little drawing

In major part it is all about those great stencil painted letters

with some small scattered stains/toning here and there on the photo

Guard the mind and the hand

and the fineness and beauty of antique Chinese embroidery is really pretty unmatched

Blue Rose, Humble But Especially Lovely Old Watercolor antique Maine postcard ) And so this curiousJust a single bloom, but this is among my favorite watercolors of late, just a small perfect thing. A blue rose I believe, labeled what looks like "japonica," which is indeed a type of rose the Kerria japonica, but that as far as I can tell is yellow Blue roses are in fact often used to symbolize mystery or the unattainable, since they do not exist in nature because of genetic limitations, so perhaps here the unattainable manifested! 7" x 5", very