Photo of the Day: ‘Dairy Maid,’ Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Technically, the formal name for this is floribunda, or Latin for “many-flowering.” In any case, I was much taken with these creamy white gems when I visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden last summer, when I snapped this picture.

Photo of the Day: The Power of Pink

The onset of really warm weather has had at least one good side effect:  the dazzling blooming of roses in our backyard. I was drawn to the pink rather than bright red ones—perhaps because of the softer, gentler tones.