Today's Flowers: Mom's Roses a Week Later

SandyCarlson May 20, 2012

I love fresh flowers, but I feel sad when they start to fade out.  This morning I combined my Mother's Day bouquet with my mom's.  I trimmed stems and cut off leaves in the hope of extending the lifespan of these roses as well as the subtle and lovely flowers that fill in the background.

Today's Flowers

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  1. Cloudia12:58 AM

    yes, we honor them by holding on. Then it feels strangely liberating to give them up, clearing the decks for new blossoms and joys!



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  2. Great Grandma Lin9:03 AM

    loving lovely roses...

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  3. Sylvia K10:17 AM

    Beautiful flowers, lovely colors, wonderful captures and a great way to start my day! Hope you have a great day and, if you're in South Carolina, stay safe from the storm!

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  4. Myrna R.11:19 AM

    They are still beautiful. I like Cloudia's comment. It's true, I do what you do extend their life, then when they can give no more, it feels good to me, to let them move on.

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  5. Zuzana12:03 PM

    I am the same and I seem not to be able to make them last very long. We received several bouquets of stunning flowers for our wedding and I only got them to last a week. It was such a shame, I almost cried...
    Lovely capture of beautiful roses.;)
    xoxo

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  6. Pat12:14 PM

    Yes I find roses have a short shelf life. But beautiful while they last!

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  7. Randi2:27 PM

    I love roses too and these are really beautiful.

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  8. George2:46 PM

    It looks as if you've done a great job of extending the life of these roses. The bouquet in the pictures is beautiful.

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  9. Costin Comba4:26 PM

    So beautiful. Absolutely wonderful. Have a great week. Greetings from Romania.

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  10. imac5:09 PM

    So full of meaning, fantastic post and pics Sandy

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  11. Self Sagacity6:12 PM

    The roses are very pretty all opened.

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  12. Míriam Luiza6:45 PM

    A BELEZA DAS ROSAS É PASSAGEIRA, MAS VALE A PENA PROLONGAR AO MÁXIMA ESTAS CORES E PERFUMES!

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  13. Carver9:11 PM

    They still look very beautiful.

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  14. Tammie Lee10:17 PM

    so beautiful
    i love caring for a bouguet as you have.

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  15. Pietro Brosio2:57 AM

    I've enjoyed these nice pictures, Sandy, beautiful roses indeed.

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  16. Yogi♪♪♪11:32 AM

    I think you succeeded. Cut flowers are so beautiful, at a cost.

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  17. A Lady's Life4:30 PM

    Oh yes! I do that too . I also don;t like it when they wilt.

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  18. forgetmenot6:07 PM

    Lovely roses--I always wish they would last longer. Mickie :)

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  19. Sallie (FullTime-Life)8:49 PM

    And you took some beautiful pictures, which will last forever... along with the memories!

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