1.0Flower Mandalashttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/flowermandalasDavid J. Bookbinderhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/flowermandalas/author/dbookbinderrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9bQXwNlMry"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/flowermandalas/2011/03/flower-mandala-yellow-rose-ii.html">Flower Mandala: Yellow Rose II</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/flowermandalas/2011/03/flower-mandala-yellow-rose-ii.html/embed#?secret=9bQXwNlMry" width="600" height="338" title="“Flower Mandala: Yellow Rose II” — Flower Mandalas" data-secret="9bQXwNlMry" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Yellow Rose II, Copyright 2011 David J. Bookbinder One of my first rose mandalas, from out of the archives. Reminds me of the yellow roses from my back yard in Buffalo, and the song “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” popular at the time, which my father sometimes sang. More anon, -David David J. Bookbinder, LMHC…http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Yellow_Rose_II_600x600.jpg