Blue Rose, Humble But Especially Lovely Old Watercolor antique Maine postcard with some small scattered stains/toning

with some small scattered stains/toning here and there on the photo

" "A man may be known by his company

) And so this curious little drawing

Guard the mind and the hand

Blue Rose, Humble But Especially Lovely Old Watercolor antique Maine postcard with some small scattered stains/toningJust 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