Smell the Roses

photo taken at Spring Grove Aboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio
photo taken at Spring Grove Aboretum, Cincinnati, Ohio

Take the time today to stop and smell the roses. If you can find old-fashioned roses like these yellow ones, your nose will be in for a real treat. But don’t bother trying to sniff the expensive tea roses at a florist’s shop – they have been bred for looks, and endurance, and in the process they no longer emit all the wonderful volatile molecules that delight our sense of smell.