a little rose rewind

I didn’t really get the chance to go see the roses this May...Somehow the days slipped by, maybe it was all the rain, or just the rhythm of 2025...?

But I still wanted to share something pretty.

These are little moments from previous years, my last apartment was located in front of a very big park in Tokyo, I still love the rose garden there every late spring and autumn.

so tender, and it's just like a perfect princess

Tokyo actually has a quiet little rose culture, I find a group of people by the bushes talking about rose care if you know where to look. Some people are deeply into it, visiting specific gardens at peak bloom, tracking rose varieties (there are so so many, with funny names), and even growing rare species on their balconies. It’s a surprisingly intricate hobby and soil mixing.

I’m not that serious (yet), but I love how much care people put into it. The love is real.

colors are so bright

All these petals blooming and falling so quickly now... it reminded me how everything beautiful is always changing. Nothing stays the same for long and maybe that’s what makes it feel so special.

I remembered that old movie, Bicentennial Man, where the robot wanted to grow old and die, just like a human. Robin Williams was the robot and I saw it when I was just starting to learn English.

It made sense to me.The idea that something ends... makes it feel real, makes it feel alive.

So even if I don’t have all the answers, I want to live gently. To notice little things. Like flowers blooming, and fading.

Maybe that’s enough.

imagine the smell when i was taking this pic.... oh heaven