This memorable first line from Gloria Stein's poem 'Sacred Emily' written in 1913 basically meaning 'when all is said and done a thing is what it is' although not literally referring to roses, was I thought one way to lead into how I feel about roses which is..'blooming marvelous'. I love the way roses are full of alluring promise from the moment they begin to open as a bud right up until the petals start falling off! I'm sure I can't be the only one who holds onto a beautiful vase of roses until they've gone through the full cycle of first picked to full blown and even then reluctant to let them go.....! Have a wonderful Sunday.....
Gorgeous flower and capture and I feel the same way -- "bloomin' marvelous"! Thanks for sharing the beauty! Enjoy!
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Magnifique...
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Me too, I adore a freshly cut bouquet of roses, although, there is something said for their lingering perfume enhancing ones garden.
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so perfect!
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Hmmm...that's a rose, eh? Shows how much I know. I though it looked a lot like the orchid corsage I gave Lois Anne for her senior prom in 1957!
ReplyDeleteletting go.... a big problem!
ReplyDeleteI love roses. Please post more so I can remember the summer. :)
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous that you have summer now! A good friend is down in Perth for 3 weeks and he will come back tanned and refreshed and rub it in to us.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's right, it's spring down your way. I think that the best urban rose tradition is in Victoria, BC, which has such an even climate that there is a prize for the home with the most roses blooming on Christmas Day.
ReplyDeleteAhh...you are not alone. I love these beauties too!
ReplyDeleteI like roses, too. A long time ago I planted many roses in my garden, but they were very time-consuming to care for, so eventually I pulled them out and replaced them with less difficult plants. Now when I want roses, I just take a walk in nearby Elizabeth Park.
ReplyDeleteI usually buy them for home. Although we have a couple of rose plants in our garden red and yellow. Yes, I keep them, even a little after when they are dry.
ReplyDeleteNothing like a beautiful rose with it's sweet scent to make one smile.
ReplyDeleteCes couleurs sont fantastiques. Quels contrastes!
ReplyDeleteThank you for spreading some gorgeous colour into a dark, foggy November Morning in England.
ReplyDeleteBeautyful flowers to say Hello to my sunday morning !Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteMy Mum was saying her roses are blooming all over the garden. Eeek? Mid-November? These are gorgeous, I hope they smell as nice as they look!
ReplyDeleteAh! your rose is beautiful - full of joy and oh! so pretty!
ReplyDeletei have many photos of dropped rose petals. when the flower releases its petals it performs even that final act with artistry.
ReplyDeletePerth, I love the rose on the top, nice mood. I too love roses unless as a gardener I am trying to weed beneath them or amdist them. I have more scars from roses and have had more hair pulled out than a street fighter! I do love the varied fragrances. I have a link here to a photo I took the last roses i cut before our first snow. Interestingly, the bigger rose is called Polaris! Fitting since it was the coming of first snow. It is a very fragrant, old rose with the most viscious thorns of any rose i've ever known. The othes are Gootendorst, which has no fragrance. A rosarian once told me for that reason it was soulless. I really like the Gloria Stein line. http://www.robinrobinsonmaine.com/Other/MISCELLANEOUS/13997474_kc659Z#1578747979_bv3CLVQ
ReplyDeleteLovely! I particularly like the hybrid colors in the second photo just beginning to bloom. So nice to see you like to stop and....shoot the roses. (And, maybe smell them too!)
ReplyDeletehmmm...something from singing in the rain right?! ^0^
ReplyDeletewelcome back pdp, I was also a bit busy so got no time to visit.
oh! how this foto blooms, tis beautiful.
I hope you have a restful sunday as well. ^0^
I think Gertrude Stein wrote many different meanings in this verse...
ReplyDeleteI love roses. The first photo is nice. Contrast: Cold Shadow - blue, warm sun - yellow. A nice new week!
ReplyDeleteThe rose bud shot is my favorite. Great color!
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ReplyDeleteLovely captures! The first one is a great photo with its contrast of light and shade.
ReplyDeleteOur roses are all in bloom too, see:
http://nixpages.blogspot.com/2011/10/spring-flowers-in-our-garden.html
Such different blossoms and both are beautifully shot!
ReplyDeleteWhich beautiful flowers when you will see mine tomorrow...
ReplyDeleteis beautiful, is beautiful, is beautiful.
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