Hip! Hip!

Walking home from the library this afternoon I spotted the most magnificent bush of rose hips outside our local health centre. It's quite true that you see far more when you use two feet instead of four wheels!

A wee something from my good friend Google:

'Unlike people, roses probably do not consider themselves as having a purpose in life. But if a rose bush did have a mission, I expect its greatest sense of achievement would come from creating, not just a whole lot of beautiful flowers, but the grand array of round, red rise hips which come after them.'