Passing roses

Knew I was going to wish I'd taken a macro lens with me today. (The macro lens I've got is the FA-100mm Macro, which is, in the memorable words of one reviewer, "built like an aluminium brick". This does discourage me from taking it when I'm taking just the camera bag and not camera bag plus lens bag.)

Leaning over the wee short metal fence separating someone's garden from the sidewalk with the 77mm lens stopped wide seems to have worked well enough.

I have no least idea in the world what variety of rose, but that shouldn't surprise anyone.