My goal for November is to write each day about something that makes me happy. I am hoping this will offer a positive counterbalance to the many unhappy events in the news. Just a simple effort on my part to shift my attention to something that brings a smile or a moment of pleasure. I’m not sure what these various things will be. I guess we’ll see. But for today, I want to share a few photos from our rose garden. I love roses though, unfortunately, I discovered a few years back that I am allergic to them. I can smell them outside in the open air, but if they are in a closed room, it won’t be long until I have a good-sized headache. Luckily, we have a lovely garden full of a variety of rose bushes and I can walk over every day and look at and smell them. This is definitely something that makes me happy. So, for Day One, here are a few photos of our roses.

Aren’t they lovely?