me too! Except I never had a drawing/painting phase. But there are roses all over my brief pottery flirtation, and they are a primary subject of my photography. :)

I have three bushes whose flowers begin one color and morph into another as they open and age. And three that are just beautiful flowers. I reclaimed a garden just so that I could have roses. So now I can have lovely cut roses when I want them AND whenever I walk by the front yard, I can walk over and smell them. because they are lovely.