Blue Rose, Humble But Especially Lovely Old Watercolor antique Maine postcard Meant to represent a shorebird

Meant to represent a shorebird I presume

) And so this curious little drawing

Guard the mind and the hand

) An excellent hunting dog (and an echo of him in the distance) going after a bird

Blue Rose, Humble But Especially Lovely Old Watercolor antique Maine postcard Meant to represent a shorebirdJust a single bloom, but this is among my favorite watercolors of late, just a small perfect thing. A blue rose I believe, labeled what looks like "japonica," which is indeed a type of rose the Kerria japonica, but that as far as I can tell is yellow Blue roses are in fact often used to symbolize mystery or the unattainable, since they do not exist in nature because of genetic limitations, so perhaps here the unattainable manifested! 7" x 5", very