Life Will Prevail

Have a close look at these roses that I came across in a tea room. Although the blooms had died, the stems were sending out leaves! I have had my share of cut roses but I have never had the stems leaf like this, especially in a window in the middle of winter. How extraordinary! Given the right conditions, life will prevail. Quite a sign of hope in these gloomy overcast days filled with dampness and cold.