Saturday, November 29, 2008

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ 7 ~ The Rose Gate

My garden is drooping and dieing
from lack of water. I dared not go out
to see the devastation, yet as we came
back from our usual evening walk to the
park and once around the fast disappearing
pond, I saw a mass of pink and lo, the back
gate was bathed in a glory of colour!



From the paddock the fence was awash with them.
It looked like the barrier of Sleeping Beauty's castle.



The mass of blooms was prodigious



I wanted to embrace them all



and but for the equally prodigious thorns,
would have done so.



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45 comments:

  1. Beautiful.This is a refreshing post as we don't have any flowers right now.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  2. Lovely roses. They are so beautiful arching over the gate. You would never know from this photo that the land was thirsty.

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  3. Abolutely exquisite! Such beautiful colors! We could sure use a little of that color these days in Seattle! Thank you!

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  4. What a joy to see that sight. Beautiful photographs.

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  5. I love all these beautiful roses. Especially the pink buds.

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  6. The flowers remind me of another time of year and bring to me a summer state of mind.

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  7. Nice and colourful flowers. Special thank`s for your comment in my "Kuusela" ;-)

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  8. Moi aussi, j'adore les fleurs, de toutes formes et de toutes les couleurs !

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  9. Beautiful pictures of Australia. The make me want to return. I have a friend who lives in the Blue Mountains.

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  10. beautiful indeed...amazing colours.....

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  11. OMG, how gorgeous! Especially as it is a wet, brown, dreary day here in my part of the USA. ;)

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  12. Those are beautiful roses! The color is lovely.

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  13. Hi Arija, "Der spanische Rosenstock". What a wonderful sight and surprise. I do not think this rosebush could bear more flowers. It says:" take heart not all is lost." I hope that you get rain soon.

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  14. What a gorgeous sea of flowers of a rose! If I understood right what's happening in your beautiful garden I'm sad for you, hope you get soon water...

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  15. Very beautiful flower!

    Meire

    www.meiroca.com

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  16. I am sure you are very happy and grateful to see the wonderful roses. Enjoy and thank you for sharing the pictures.
    - Cheers.

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  17. Beautiful selection. Thanks for visiting my blog. Sorry I don't know the name of the white rose from my garden.

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  18. Your roses are magnificent, Aria!

    I have "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" here on my desk. I must start it now that the kids have all left and things are back to normal around here!

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  19. what a lovely series of photos.

    Gill in Canada

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  20. Abundance of flowers, very beautiful. I thank you for sharing.
    hugs, Denise

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  21. I love how you lead us right up to that final bloom. Very creative presentation.

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  22. Hallo,
    ich würde gerne unser Wasser mit dir teilen, aber leider sind die Arme zu kurz.
    Aber es ist wunderbar die leuchtenden Rosenfarben zu sehen.
    Dir eine schöne Adventzeit.
    Grüsse Hartmut

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  23. This must be the most beautiful flower-shots I have seen. I wish I could be there;)

    Have fun and nice days in these advents-days:)

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  24. Oh they are beautiful! My aunt used to have one that almost looked just like this. So pretty.

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  25. Arija: these roses are breathtaking!
    As you saw my roses have now gone into hibernation..I felt blessed to have had a few in Novemeber to bring indoors and for my post!
    It was a ~tea rose~ with the most delicious scent that lasted 2 weeks indoors! Thank you for linking!
    Nice to meet you by way of Todays Flowers! hugs NG

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  26. Arija: How wonderful that you got these great blooms from your roses.

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  27. wow! what a beautiful set of roses, I love the color, so pretty...

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  28. This so reminds me of my Grandma's house and the fence at her gate growing up. They were so wonderful.
    I love your second image of them against the sky - beautifully captured.

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  29. Oh no..I am so sorry about your lack of rain Arija....I do love your new header photo. I think it's new, isn't it?

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  30. Amazing. It does look like Sleeping Beauty's bower. Such beauty, what a gift for you!

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  31. Shalom Arija. Wonderul rose gate.
    I enjoyed your comment to Maria today. Your Advent sounds so nice, even if now it comes in the height of summer. A blessed Advent season to you.

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  32. Wow. That looks almost overwhelming. What great color and what great shots.
    :-)

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  33. What a joyful pink colour! They would look wonderful to see arching so bountifully! Great shots!

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  34. Beautiful roses both in full blooms and in baby buds :)

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  35. Gorgeous flowers! What a wonderful thing to welcome you!

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  36. Super spectacular Arija.. you are a blessed soul to be surrounded by these breathtaking plants.. but I know they are there because of your hard and wise work and effort... such a success.. it must be hard to go inside.. the fragrance must be amazing...

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  37. Arija,

    Congratulations!
    Your pictures are wonderful! And the colours...I love them!
    Thanks to share with us!
    Regards,
    Flávia

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