Mystery Bouquet

[dukealien]

Has Therese of Lisieux paid a visit

I cannot categorically refute that thesis.  (And what an interesting reference, which led on to Edith Piaf and regretting nothing.)

@Majestic Sun - Guess one could hope to have always been just a burr under house & garden's saddle.  Despite their color, those roses didn't appear particularly brooding...