The mild grey weather of December
Sent me the gift of a perfect luminous pearl
Speaking of renewal and hope in the middle of winter.
Pink perfection
Strung with a necklace of melted snow
Tells a tale of gentleness and endurance.
A faded beauty and a rose ready to bud
Reminds us – in this time of making resolutions –
To keep the goodness of the old
While enjoying the promise of the new.
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Lady Fi 
Beautiful thought to grow along with that beautiful rose.
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How beautiful. One of them is like ice cream. Happy holidays.
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Really beautiful, especially the second with the melted snow.
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Life’s continuum….lovely…the last time I saw a rose blooming in December was when we lived in Vancouver…so special!
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The last two years, it was -18 C or below in December already!
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So beautiful photo’s and thoughts. Happy holidays.
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how lovely! i like the white pearl best!
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Beautiful flowers and wise and wonderful thoughts as always, Fiona! Hope you and your family enjoyed a lovely Christmas and that you have a great, happy and promising New Year! Thank you again for joining the Our World team!
Sylvia
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beautiful shots!
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Winter beauties!
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pink perfection is simply perfect. Great shots, totally love first and second:)
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Love both the pearl and the pink perfection! Beautiful thoughts…kept nodding as I read on…Happy Holidays!
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The pictures are beautiful but it’s a little eerie seeing a rose in a climate such as yours. Edmonton has been having unusually warm weather too- a friend lives there and I watch the temps to remind me that while it’s cold here, nothing like what it could be. This year their temperatures are close to ours!
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Beautiful shots LadyFi!!!
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Flowers of Beauty my friend.
Happy New Year.
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Nice pictures, and I hope you had a special christmas.
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lovely pics…even the fading beauty…hope you holidays are going well…and you are at peace…
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Lovely words and gorgeous roses, Lady Fi! The first white bud is simply beautiful. Great series and post. Have a great day and I hope your Christmas was wonderful. I wish you all the best in 2012.
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Perfect pictures, and a perfect lesson. Thank you. Hope your Christmas was wonder-full, and that the New Year brings even more joy and beauty into your life.
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These are beautiful pictures — and beautiful words.
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thanks so much for these dreamy shots!!
simply stunning!
big hugs
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very lovely 🙂
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I loved that pretty pink rose.
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Always a delight to visit your blog and see your excellent and romantic photos!
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Such glowing pictures – wonderful!
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Lovely shots of lovely flowers.
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Just beautiful. And we have roses here too at the moment – the overlap amazes me often. Thank you.
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How nice! I am absolutely sure I would find one here, so will enjoy yours.
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I LOVE roses and your captures here are gorgeous! Once more, your words speak volumes in the most beautiful and appropriate form 🙂 Happy 2012 to you and your loved ones ~ wishing you all the best, Fiona x0x
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I love those beautiful pictures full of light and color to sweeten winter, greetings.
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wonderful photos and thoughts. the pink rose is absolutely gorgeous.
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Beautiful images Lady Fi, I’m with you on this one, roses at every stage are sublime!
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
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this is beautiful!
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gentleness & endurance. lovely!
Aloha from Waikiki
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Hi there – a great set of pictures – what a range of colours to find during winter.
Thanks for the comments during 2011 and hope you find many blogful things in 2012.
SM
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What a special treat in the middle of a cold dark winter!!
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Oh beautiful and a little piece of serene Mother Nature..I needed that tonight..thank you…Michelle
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Beautiful photographs. Beautiful words. Beautiful sentiments.
What a wonderful post to keep in mind as we welcome the end of the year.
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As Danette said, “a little eerie seeing a rose in a climate such as yours.” Beautiful love through nature.
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Your blooms are an inspiration for the new year.
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I love that last picture. And I love the thought behind it. Beautiful.
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Bloomin lovely, and rather strange, I wonder where Jack Frost is!!
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Hey Fi!!! I totally agree that to leave comments gives comments. I think I´m lazy with your blog though (and a few others) because I read them through facebook and then move on…shame on me. I can´t expect what I don´t give!! And I have to admit, I haven´t been here since you revamped your blog look- really nice!!! I want to do something new on mine also but not sure what yet? I´m not that technical, so it has to be easy but I want it to not look easy…hahahahaha…
Your shots are wonderful, the snow is melting here also although I don´t think I have any flowers who were in bloom before it snowed..I will have a look around. Santa brought me a macro so I am anxious to play around with it. I´ve been down with a cold though so haven´t really ventured out much. Hope your holidays are all you hoped for! Are you enjoying free days until the New Year or will you be working?
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I’m enjoying a holiday – no work until 10 Jan!
What fun with a new macro – can’t wait to see your shots.
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Beautiful – the faded rose is especially poignant 🙂
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Beautifully expressed with flowers.
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OMG! the pink rose is such a beauty!
Cheers,
My Third Eye
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How lovely to have these gorgeous blooms to view, smell and photo at this time of year. 🙂
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Amazing freshness in these blooms! You have an eye to really capture the beauty!
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Beautiful!
We have had a really mild Christmas here as well – 15 degrees on Christmas Day and Grandma said the sea was even warmer! We believed her but didn’t get in to test it! She’s 80 and much tougher than the rest of the family!
We hope you all had a lovely Christmas!
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Oh what a lovely rose and what a lovely post. I am partial to the “hangers-on”….those flowers that exceed their shelf life (yeah, there’s a personal comparison in there somewhere ;>)
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Very pretty shots indeed! It will be a long time until spring arrives, as we’re under a thick blanket of snow.
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Awesome bloom shots!
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Love the photos and the thoughts they triggered! Wishing you a wonderful New Year!
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For me the beautiful white rose bud holds promise, hopefully for a better year ahead; 2011 has been a bad one for us and has ended in tragedy.
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Hi, ladyfi
These roses look like the essence of hope and happiness. How graceful and elegant they are!! Stunning photos.
Have wonderful holidays and Happy New Year!
keiko
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Oh, so beautiful!! 🙂
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I’ve always loved roses!
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–How can such beauty ever die?
Lovely, Lady Fi 🙂
Happy 2012. xx
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Stunning photos, can I use the picture of the white rose for my blog on sunday?
Happy New Years!
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so beautiful…your images, your thoughts…all blessings!
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did you sneak in Santa’s sleigh and take photos of Roses in New Zealand? This reminds me, I must visit my Rose gardens. Roses are best at this time.
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Wow – roses in December snow. I like the words associated with the last photo!
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That is a lovely gift!
Hope you had the merriest of Christmases and wishing you a wonderful 2012!
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A beautiful metaphor. These are gorgeous images. Thank you.
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I called Peggy over, and she and I spent maybe fifteen minutes scrolling through your photos and reading your words. I really don’t know where I would have to go to find the equal of such beauty.
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Thank you so much for your kind words.
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A truly lovely post!
Gorgeous photos!
Thank you! 🙂
Happy New year, may the New Year bring you much joy ! 🙂
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Such a delight to see these beauties out of season. Lovely shots!
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I hope you’re having a good holiday!
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Flowers are my absolute favorite things to photograph, but non as brilliantly as you have done! That pink rose is just too beautiful! God Jul och Gott Nytt Är
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Lovely photos and great sentiment. I hope you have a wonderful New Year.
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Very beautiful roses! I enjoyed your blog very much this year. Have a happy New Year.
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Blooms of beauty. Thank you….feels good to see something besides my white landscape.
I hope your holidays were wonderful…I am still recuperating:)
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roses in december 🙂 better than a lot of snow
but I am now missing the sun, it is already so many days grey 😦
Happy New Year
Greetings, Bram
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Lovely post and a reminder to look forward to spring!
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Such beautiful roses, and such wonderful colors.
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Absolutely amazing! Love the first photo especially!
You may like to consider joining the Floral Friday Fotos meme when you are posting your gorgeous flower photos:
http://floralfridayfoto.blogspot.com/
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My, oh, my! All amazing but there is something about the pink rose… I can get lost looking into it!! And your words, well, are just as amazing!!
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wow! your photos are always worth the look!
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Beautiful!!!
Happy New Year 2012!
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Thank you Thank you.
For continued stunning perception.
(and support)
Wishing you so much peace and joy in the New Year!!
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