A to Z Challenge: W is for Wild Rose

Week 3 is on! In case you missed it, I'm taking part in the 10th anniversary of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, the annual event where hundreds of bloggers write 26 blogs—one for each letter of the alphabet—and post them each day of the month, except Sundays. I’m blogging about: THINGS THAT GROW IN ALBERTA. Leave a comment on my blog, Facebook page, or Twitter for a chance to WIN a set of the Superman Duffy books.

Missed a post? Click here start back at the letter "A."

W is for Wild Rose  

Did you know that the wild rose is Alberta’s provincial flower? It’s a flowering shrub with pink petals and it grows pretty much everywhere throughout the province, including on my grandparent’s farm.

Wild roses bloom in early summer, and like lilacs, they don’t last very long. Still, Grandma says they’re some of her favourite flowers because not only do they smell great, they also don’t require a lot of work—just a light trim in the fall. They'e certainly not like some of the other rose bushes she has in her garden.

I looked up more information about the wild rose for this blog post and learned this:

“Alberta adopted the wild rose (Rosa acicularis) as its official flower in 1930. The editor of an Edmonton newspaper suggested that a provincial floral emblem be selected. The Women’s Institutes took up the suggestion and passed it on to the Department of Education, and the province’s schoolchildren made the final choice.” — Alberta Government Website

Cool, right?

We’re down to the last four days of the A to Z Blogging Challenge, and it’s been fun, but I am looking forward to getting back to reading and writing and running. I haven’t had much time with all this blogging!

Speaking of writing, if you want to learn more about writing haikus—since it IS International Poetry Month, at least for the next couple of days—check out 5-7-5 Errand Boy, one of the Superman Duffy books in the series of graphic novels. You can WIN a signed copy  of it—and the other 16 books in the series—just by commenting below or on any of my social media links listed above.

Gotta jet! See you tomorrow for a tricky letter X.

~ Chase Superman Duffy