TELL ME A STORY

TELL ME A STORY
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

R O S E S

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking


Rose Harvest at Norwood Gardens


Knock-out roses begin blooming in spring, and continue blooming until the snowfalls here in Missouri.  I cut roses (Knock-out, Hybrid tea, and Climbers) from April until as late as December. 
 
Knockout Roses in Norwood Gardens, Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

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Armed with  
scissors, 
garden shears 
and   
garden gloves
I cut rose 
blossoms and 
hips, (the fruit of the rose),
and collect them in baskets.  


Roses dry on an open weave cloth on the counter.  Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood

Roses dry in baskets, and on open weave fabric/cloths on the counter.


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"God gave us memory 
so that we might have roses in December."


James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937)
Scottish Dramatist and Novelist best known as the creator of Peter Pan


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"It will never rain roses:
when we want to have more roses
we must plant more trees."

George Eliot (1819-1880)
English Victorian Novelist,Pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans



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"Truth and roses have thorns about them."

 Henry David Thoreau
  

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"Marriage is like life.
It is a field of battle, not a bed of roses."
 Robert Louis Stevenson



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"There is nothing more difficult 
for a truly creative painter 
than to paint a rose
because before he can do so 
he has first to forget all the roses 
that were ever painted."
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)


Artist regarded as the most important French Painter of the 20th century.




Yellow Roses from my garden cut for arrangements.  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood




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Yellow roses were used to convey happiness
light
friendship and 
new beginnings 
in ancient times.






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Although In 18th century Europe, the message of a yellow rose changed to something a little darker.





 

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By the 20th century the most accepted message moved back to something joyful.














Mixing yellow roses with other colors carries significance:
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The rose is a flower of love.

  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood
The world has acclaimed it for centuries.
Pink roses are for love hopeful and expectant.

White roses are for love dead or forsaken,
But the red roses
Ah - the red roses are for love triumphant.
 A yellow rose means true friendship.


  Roses from Norwood Gardens.  Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood










 





















Give her two roses 

(one red and one yellow) 
each with a note.
The first note (with red rose) says: 
"For the woman I love." 

The second (with yellow rose):  
"For my best friend."

 
Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood






 

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