Friday, November 4, 2011

Did I really just alphabetize my roses?

Some people alphabetize their books on their bookshelves.

Some people wonder if it was the book titles or the authors that were alphabetized... because they're wondering which way to do it themselves. Others know that it's by author first and then book title. Yet others feel that it should be by author and then date of publication... 

... and that is one true sign of insanity.

But I just alphabetized the roses on my Flickr set. Does this put me a step closer to insanity than anyone with an organized bookshelf?

It's not as bad as it sounds, really. I was "pruning" my roses. My photographs have gotten better over the years, so I do occasionally remove some of the older, less appealing photos. Then I noticed an option to "alphabetize" the set of photos in one of the menus, so I chose it. Simple, really. Not that insane.

Of course, then I went and changed the titles on some of the roses so that they would sort properly. And "alphabetized" them again. That may have been the step over the line to insanity.

Then I had to fix the blog entry that was muddled from the reorganizing in Flickr.

No, I'm not trying to avoid doing other things that really need doing. Honest.

Am I addicted to photographing roses?

Tequila Sunrise Hybrid Tea RoseAbout Face Grandiflora RoseAbout Face Grandiflora RosebudAlexander Hybrid Tea RoseAlexander Hybrid Tea Rose
Alexander Hybrid Tea RoseAnthony Meilland RoseAnthony Meilland RosebudBallerina Hybrid Musk RosesBrothers Grimm Fairy Tale Floribunda RosesBrothers Grimm Fairy Tale Rose
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale RoseBrothers Grimm Fairy Tale Roses & BudsBuck's FizzChicago Peace Hybrid Tea RoseChicago Peace RoseCrocus English Rose
Crocus English RoseCrocus English RosesDortmund Climbing RoseDortmund Climbing RoseDouble Delight Hybrid Tea Rose
Roses, a set on Flickr.
Roses, a set on Flickr.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet... Shakespeare

But most of them don't actually have much scent any more. The hybrid tea roses in particular are less than forward in the scent arena these days.

So why do I have 81 photos of them on my Flickr site? Why do I have at least 2 more batches of them to process and add to my Flickr site (probably 4 or 5 new photos to add from that)?

I'm not actually that attracted to roses... but I feel a compulsion to take photos of them!

When I'm in Stanley Park's Rose Garden the flowers just sit there looking picture perfect and daring me to go by without taking a shot. I can't resist.

The only way I can resist taking photos of more roses is when they don't have name posts letting me know who they are. "Lovely flower, but I don't know the name, so I won't bother taking a shot." is the only thing that saves me!

Sounds like an addiction to me.