These hothouse roses were photographed against the sky on a clear sunny day at Bogota, our property near Port Republic. The photographic conditions were perfect: early spring weather with no humidity and a magnificent blue sky with wispy clouds.

I live in an old Southern plantation home (“Bogota”) built back in 1845, a few miles from Port Republic, Virginia. My parents spent many years restoring the home, preserving the original condition as best they could. Most of these roses (hothouse roses, not grown on our property) were photographed in our double-parlor or in the […]