Saturday, July 17, 2010

Yellow rose from the Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Yellow rose © Evelyn Howard 2010

A pretty rose from the rose garden at the Temple of Heaven. Visit Today’s Flowers for more blooms.

Rose garden in Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

A view of the huge rose garden

Rose garden in Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

Potted roses around it’s water feature

 Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

… and a photo of the main attraction at the Temple of Heaven, which dates back to the 1400s

Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010 

It’s a nice place to visit. We walked away from the main buildings and found ourselves a nice quiet spot to sit and read.

6 comments:

Julie said...

What a beautiful rose garden, Evelyn! It surely looks like it could be in heaven! :)

Melanie J Watts said...

Roses are one of my most favourite flowers, especially if they are scented.

Unknown said...

I agree, very beautiful. Very striking picture of the yellow rose.

Candice Suter.....Sweetstuff said...

Wonderful place! Love the shot you took of the bench. Great angle!

DeniseinVA said...

A wonderful post, and thank you for sharing all these lovely photographs.
An English Girl Rambles

Regina said...

Wow beautiful blooms and captures Ev.
Happy new week.

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