Autumn roses

Image: Lovingly cared for at the foot of a wall on East Broadway, these brave roses stand ready to greet Halloween.

This is the time of year we most appreciate living on the "wet coast," which this year has been gloriously dry.

While Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa lose their flowers to cold weather and frost, Vancouver's bloom on.

The one in the photo is no Federico Garcia Lorca, but still it is a brave wee rose.