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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.
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| Knockout Roses in Norwood Gardens, Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood CLICK on each photograph to enlarge. |
scissors,
garden shears
and
garden gloves -
I cut rose
blossoms and
hips, (the fruit of the rose),
and collect them in baskets.
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| 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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| Copyright 2009 Marcia Norwood |
"God gave us memory
so that we might have roses in December."
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.
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| Yellow Roses from my garden cut for arrangements. Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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| Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood |
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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http://www.ehow.com/about_6618897_meaning-yellow-rose_.html
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The rose is a flower of love.
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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.
A yellow rose means true friendship.
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| 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."
"For the woman I love."
The second (with yellow rose):
"For my best friend."
"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
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