Well, let me tell ya somethin’ about this Tess garden rose, ya know? It ain’t like them skinny little roses you see at the store. This one, it’s a real beauty, a big ol’ flower, like somethin’ you’d see in a queen’s garden, if I ever saw one of them.
They say it’s red, a real deep red, like velvet, they say. And soft, too. Like touchin’ a baby’s cheek, only, ya know, it’s a flower. And when it opens up, it’s got these little yellow things in the middle, like a secret treasure. They call ’em stamens, but I just call ’em pretty.
Now, I ain’t one for fancy smells, gives me a headache sometimes, but this Tess rose, it ain’t like that. It’s got a smell, sure, but it’s light, like a whisper. Not gonna knock you over, just a little somethin’ nice. It’s the beauty of the flower itself that really gets ya, not the smell.
I heard tell them roses they sell in the stores, they don’t last long. You gotta fuss with ’em, change the water all the time. And they ain’t big, not like this Tess rose. This one,
