There is a prickly wild rose bush along the fence bordering the woods next door. It is native to the U.S. and Canadian northern Great Plains, and is the provincial flower of Alberta. The flowers are gone now but I have this image of some of them and also buds with the petals fallen off. I like how the stages the blossom goes through are pictured together, and the colorful petals add beauty to the composition.

I was curious about 'rose hips', red fruit that the rose bush produces. I found this insightful information online at The Spruce http://www.thespruce.com/what-are-rose-hips-and-what-do-they-do-1403046): "Rose hips are the seed pods of roses—the fruit that remains after the blooms fade. We don’t often see them anymore, because we tend to prune the faded rose blossoms down to the next stem node in order to encourage more flowers."

"However, if you leave the spent flowers on the rose bush at the end of the season, you should see these small, berry-sized, reddish seed balls left on tips of the stems. They are actually very ornamental, looking like small crabapples. Rose hips are edible, and many birds enjoy them, too."