Hanging in there

These photos are from a walk along the Corso last weekend when the weather was fine.

Ferns and other plants growing out of brick walls always arrest and intrigue me:

And grasses up close are pretty miraculous:

There is something egocentric about roses:

If you click on this and make it larger maybe you will see what inspired me.  It made me think about both the strength and the tenuousness of our connection with the earth:

What a lovely nape:

or two....