ROSES

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I've been growing roses for thirty years...

I've been photographing them for years,, before digital.

the other is a DD .. it would be really fun to get one..
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RUFFLES by GeaAusten   PEONIES AND ROSES IN ITALIAN VASE by GeaAusten  PEARLY ROSE 1 by GeaAusten

two pink roses by GeaAusten  SIMPLY PINK by GeaAusten   perfect bud by GeaAusten


     075ROSA by GeaAusten    old fashioned pink rose by GeaAusten     how lovely is the rose 12 by GeaAusten

MACRO OF OLD ROSE by GeaAusten     LIFE IS GOOD by GeaAusten   roses in my garden by GeaAusten

ROSES AND PEONIES EARLY MORNING by GeaAusten      pauls himalyan musk 2015 a by GeaAusten      A LITTLE CLOSER by GeaAusten

MORE ROSES by GeaAusten  Love me Forever by GeaAusten  FLOWERS 3 by GeaAusten

Pauls Himalayan Musk one Rose bud by GeaAusten  Redoute by GeaAusten   MIA FLORA by GeaAusten

f 549 by GeaAusten   honey honey by GeaAusten  FLOCIREFOUS by GeaAusten

ROSE GARDEN 10 by GeaAusten  ROSESE 16THJUNE by GeaAusten    roses with blue sky by GeaAusten

SOFT ROSES by GeaAusten  FADED ROSES AS IN A DREAM by GeaAusten   YELLOW ROSE IN HOLLY by GeaAusten

dark red rose 7 by GeaAusten   TWO ROSES 2 by GeaAusten   dreamy pink roses by GeaAusten

flora 4. by GeaAusten    ROSE REMEMBER by GeaAusten  rosa moyesii by GeaAusten

ROSES GOING INTO CHERRY TREE by GeaAusten


......A Faded Rose

© By Anonymous

The rose that once had been so perfect.
Petals pleading to be touched,
fragrant with the most Heavenly bouquet.
This rose, reminiscent of another life,
was found in quiet repose,
pressed between pages of poetry.

No better place for interment
than resting in the loving arms of favored.
sonnets whose lines will recapture her beauty in verse.
The essence of rose and love will ever live on in my heart,
just as the bearer of the rose has all these many years.

This dried, crumpled, lifeless rose is all that remains of our love.
I cannot now resurrect this rose, nor our love,
but for some reason I feel the need to try.
Failures are sometimes second chances.

Gently closing the book that contains my faded rose
and the tangible symbol of our love.
I put upon the shelf all our hopes and dreams
to wait once more for another place,
another time
© 2015 - 2024 GeaAusten
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fraterchaos's avatar
DD's make you feel good, for the first couple seconds after you find out... after that they become a pain in the butt, because suddenly you have all these new messages, favs, new watchers and so forth to deal with.

Your first DD is a great thing, but after you get the second, you'll probably start hoping you never get the third :)