I returned flickr for the first time in mostly a month

I returned flickr for the first time in mostly a month, originally uploaded by photoholic image.

Roses were in bloom in my garden to see the first time in a month. I've just returned home from hospitalization by tibia fracture. I'm still in rehabilitation, and a stick is needed for a walk.
I got my tibia broken when I played football game with my 10-year-old grandson and his friends a month ago.
My wife pointed me out at that time "It's something that an old man shouldn't do".

A rose blooms in blue.

A rose blooms in blue., originally uploaded by photoholic image.

The rose shown in above is a new species which was bred to be blue.
Mr. Moriji Kobayashi, who is a plant breeder, succeeded in breeding of this blue rose in 1992. And he named this rose "SEIRYU (青龍）" which means "Blue Dragon"

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Hope for Haiti

I was deeply moved by the charity conceret for Haiti held by great and world's famous musicians like Madonna, Stevie Wonder and others in the US just recently. This image, taken in sometime last October, is to be dedicated to all of supporters to Haiti and all victims. Another dedication can be seen in my photostream of flickr.

taken by Canon EOS40D with EF 100mm macro F2.8 USM, f4.5 1/125 ISO400 Aperture Piority mode

最近、アメリカでマドンナをはじめとするトップ・アーティストが開催したハイチ地震へのチャリティー・コンサートに感動しました。
この写真をハイチを支援するすべての人々と被災者に捧げます。