snapshot & a song 2.9.12 and macro monday 3.9.12

Happy Labour Day everyone!

I am a bit late with this post as I was away, soaking up the last of the summer! 

This week, for LeAnne's Snapshot & a Song meme

I have a somewhat tongue in cheek post

which just happens to also fit
for Macro Monday over at Lisa's Chaos

The photo was one of those that catches your eye

as you are walking by

and you take two steps back

and then hope it will still be there when you get back with your camera.

I was fortunate as it was a windy day

and the little dandelion parachute blew away

just after I finished snapping!

By way of explanation I should mention that

while growing up we called these dandelion seeds

a 'kiss'.

It is caught in the branch of a rose bush that has grown amok in my garden...

So this snapshot is a

"Kiss from a Rose"

I happen to love that song 

and haven't been able to get it out of my mind since!

"Kiss From A Rose"

There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.

You became the light on the dark side of me.

Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and

The light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh,

The more I get of you,

The stranger it feels, yeah.

And now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

You remain,

My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the gray,

I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,

I've been kissed by a rose

I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,

...And if I should fall along the way

I've been kissed by a rose

...been kissed by a rose on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

You remain

My power, my pleasure, my pain.

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom,

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

And now that your rose is in bloom

A light hits the gloom on the gray

Now that your rose is in bloom,

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

written and performed by Seal

Janet xo