Phlowers – First Roses

On May 17, 2019 By TimelessladyIn Phlowers27 Comments

The first of the roses are blooming in shades of pink and mauve. Gold, yellow, and peach colored roses are beginning to bud and will open soon.

Phlowers & Quotes – Pink Roses/Welcome February

On February 1, 2016February 1, 2016 By TimelessladyIn Phlowers14 Comments

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.”
~Alphonse Karr

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature
is that all of us tend to put off living.
We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over
the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are
blooming outside our windows today.”
– Dale Carnegie

“Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower.”
~ William C. Bryant

Vibrant – Roses in February

Photograph – Ablaze and Abuzz

On June 6, 2015June 5, 2015 By TimelessladyIn Photo Challenge at Wordpress11 Comments

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Vivid.”
“The theme for this week’s photo challenge is “Vivid.” Perhaps it’s your favorite flower in full bloom, a beautiful sunset or the color of your ice cream. Vivid is limited only by your imagination. Have fun with the challenge!”

I took a bike ride after reading the WordPress photo challenge for this week, I was armed with my camera and an eye for color. Vivid subjects for photographing presented themselves at every turn of my wheels and handlebars. When I came upon this beautiful rose bush, ablaze with color, I knew I need not pedal any further. Cascades of pink with yellow centers glowed vividly under the early afternoon sky.

On closer inspection, I heard, then saw, dozens of honeybees clustered on the pollen laden centers. The rose bush was abuzz with their gathering.

I love honeybees, my grandfather had hives, and now my sister is a beekeeper.

The bees, enraptured with the bounty of pollen, were quite the willing subjects for my photographs. I wonder if they might be from my sister’s hives.

Honeybees can gather honey up to six miles from their hives, but usually stay within a two mile radius of their home. I enjoy the WordPress Photo Challenges. If I had not ventured out with my camera, I wouldn’t have experienced those fifteen carefree minutes standing beside a rose bush ablaze in petals of pink and abuzz with gathering bees.

Plants – Wordless Wednesday/Climbing Rose

On May 27, 2015May 26, 2015 By TimelessladyIn Plants4 Comments

Prompt – The Daily Post/Flashtalk

On September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 By TimelessladyIn Prompt/The Daily Prompt at Wordpress6 Comments

Today’s WordPress Daily Prompt: Flash Talk – You’re about to enter a room full of strangers, where you will have exactly four minutes to tell a story that would convey who you really are. What’s your story?

If I had only four minutes to explain myself I would use these pictures of my roses. In yesterday’s blog post I posted a photograph of utter simplicity, vased roses on a tabletop.

Today’s Photograph of Roses in Morning Light

Today

Today, the morning sun slanted through my window and threw stunning light upon the arrangement. “Voila!'” As if by magic the illumination exposed shadows and brightness. The different nuances and aspects of the roses are so indicative of the different depths within me. Not so simple at all, for hidden within the grand design of the petals and stem is strength and fragility, softness and prickliness.