The broken fence still needs to be repaired, and there’s a sad, bare spot where my beautiful Japanese Maple tree was, but things are slowly getting back to normal. Sunday morning I got out with a shovel and tried to fill in some of the worst places on the road in front of our house. …
Tag: Rose
“The optimist sees the rose…”
When we went away for the weekend there were no blooms on the pink rose bush. However, a message on Sunday from our neighbor that her daughter had picked one of our roses let us know that blooms appeared while we were gone… “The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares…
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Close Ups
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Clobbered but coming back
About a year and a half ago we had a dead tree removed, and when it fell it clobbered one of our rose bushes. (If you’re not familiar with the word clobbered, it means the rose bush was hit hard and severely battered.) Last year there were no blooms, and we were worried that the rose bush was damaged…
First bloom
Yes, I know, I post a photo of a yellow rose every year. This year is no exception. We saw our first bloom on the yellow rose bush today. And there are more to come. “The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.” (Angelus Silesius)
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Flowers
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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Flowers
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Destino’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Garden
The roses in my garden are still in bloom… To participate in Destino’s challenge or to see more garden photos, go to http://chasingdestino.com/2014/09/05/destinos-black-white-photo-challenge-garden-2/
Still blooming in my corner of North Georgia: Roses, camellias, wax begonias, and fairy fan flowers
“Just before the death of flowers, And before they are buried in snow, There comes a festival season When nature is all aglow.” (Author Unknown) The first frost has come since I took these photos while on an outing last week, but if the still-blooming flowers in my own garden are any indication of plant…
Unexpected in common hours 