FOTD – The Very Last Roses
It’s actually cold (again) tonight but it didn’t rain today. It looked like rain, but although it got grey, we actually didn’t have any rain for one entire day. I got so excited, I went out and took some pictures. Because today, the trees were pretty bright.
The little tornado from yesterday basically lasted about 5 minutes and although it took down a lot of trees, didn’t do much other damage. We lost a lot of limbs, especially out back, but seem otherwise untouched.
The weather really is pretty strange. I am a bit dismayed that it got so cold so quickly, but it’s possible it’ll warm up next week and we’ll still get a couple of weeks of Indian Summer.
They are promising heavy rain and a lot of wind over the weekend which is why I figured I should shoot a few more foliage pictures. I have a feeling the wind and rain will strip the trees. However, these pictures are all about my roses which despite the weather and the cold, are blooming. Go figure.
Meanwhile, we are on game two of the World Series. It’s 47 degrees (8.3 Celsius) in Fenway Park, but no one is complaining. Game on!
Summer never wanted to end, but winter seems pretty eager to begin.
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Roses are pretty hardy. Mine are just starting to bloom again after winter. I gave the older bushes a really hard prune, they are very tall and very thorny and I always cut them right back but you would not know it now. The baby ones planted a year ago I just cut off anything that looked dead and they have come back looking fine. I think they will grow well this summer.
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They are lovely, Marilyn, I just hope I can get one more bouquet from the garden for dinner on Saturday night.
Leslie
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Ours are too spiny for cutting. Even trimming them is a life and death annual event. These are semi-wild roses and I’m pretty sure they were the ones that protected Sleeping Beauty’s tower.
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Ours are very thorny too, Marilyn. I invariable get cut by them.
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Hardcore roses! 😀
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They bloomed very late, but once they started, they’ve really hung in there. I doubt they’ll quit until it snows.
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The rose photos are wonderful – hope your flowers ( and the warm weather) lasts a little longer! 🙂
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The funny thing is, it ISN’T warm. The roses are just incredibly hardy.
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I have a bush that is quite similar to these which has not yet started it’s rapid growth or budding (all my other roses have done brilliantly) – i think it’s waiting for the WARM weather to arrive first, so that is very curious indeed!?
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This one was the last to bloom and apparently will be the last to quit.
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Lovely pictures of your beautiful flowers. Thanks for sharing
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I think they will bloom until covered with snow. Certainly are HARDY.
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Beautiful roses. We have two large beds in the local cemetery that have not stopped flowering since summer
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They are the only flowers left.
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Love the effect of your first shot, Marilyn.
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I love that effect and I’d been waiting for the right picture on which to use it. Finally, I did it 😀
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How did you do it, Marilyn? With what program and filter? Or some other way?
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It’s one of the Topaz filters. I think it’s one of the ones that comes with the (free) download.
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In photoshp?
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