January Flowers

I have a single rose in bloom and it's the middle of January.  There are so many bushes surrounding it, I didn't even know there was a rose bush there.  Surely it must be an omen of good things to come.  As I looked around, I found some little yellow flowers, too.  It's much nicer than the freezing temperatures at home in Utah.  I love flowers and not many people in Italy grow flowers.  Most of them live in high rise apartments and don't have gardens.  Most people fill their patios with small potted shrubs instead of flowers.  However, there is a flower shop on every corner where you can buy potted plants.

Sis. Kelly left a Christmas cactus here when she left, and it bloomed right on schedule this year.