Well, it can't be because he likes to be around beautiful roses because in late fall there are no roses blooming in the cold country. He's using the Law Of Beauty. That's what he's doing. Because, like it states in the Agni Yoga Teachings, our response to beauty is a degree of joy. This happens every time, thus it is a law.
Beauty leads to joy.
Therefore the man has a shield of protection because joy is a very high rate of vibration. Through joy, the joyful laborer establishes and maintains attunement with the Blessed Guide the Mother of Agni Yoga and her Teacher the Master Morya. Well, I think it was all a co-measured learning process for me, so that I could understand about attachments and how they can affect discernment. There's that but again. Your best guess, Star Searcher.