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As it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, it felt like a good excuse to show images of roses. They are a bit more colourful than most of the pictures I’ve posted over the last few weeks. Of course, the top rose is still in keeping with my recent wintry theme.
This rose (Zepherine Drouhin) had been caught by an early frost after managing a few flowers at the start of November a couple of years ago. There have been no frosty roses this year because our early winter was much milder.
I don’t have many roses in the garden, so I’m looking forward to being able to see and photograph some in the gardens I visit this year. (And I’ll enjoy having a sniff at them too!) Being already halfway through February makes it feel as if the days of summer, full of colour and scents and sunshine, are not so far away.
My roses here aren’t the traditional Valentine’s red, but I hope they’ll bring a smile. And I hope that you’ll enjoy a happy Valentine’s Day!
Ann Mackay: Inspired by Nature 
Your featured photo is such a beauty! Have a lovely Valentine’s Day 🙂
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Thank you Liz! I was lucky with the timing of the frost for that one. 🙂 Hope you have a lovely Valentine’s day too! (Ours will be a bit different – we’re having scaffolding put up so that solar panels can be fitted – good that they’ll soon be up.)
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Nice! 🙂
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Beautiful and a timely post!
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Thank you Indira! I’m always grateful that Valentine’s Day gives me the opportunity to post a photo of a rose rather than something wintry – it makes a nice change!
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Beautiful images Ann.
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Thanks Stephanie! It was unusual to have roses still around when this frost came, so lucky for me! 🙂
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The frosted rose and leaves are beautiful. They look like fragile sugar decorations on a cake. To be honest, I think your roses rival the traditional red for appeal — although my preference in roses is yellow!
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Thank you! My roses have a lot to put up with with me as gardener, so I’m pleased with what these manage to produce. (Sadly I have yellow rose that seems not to be doing at all well…argh!)
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Any rose is beautiful. Not used to seeing the flowers rimed with frost though. Hope it survived.
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It’s a couple of years since I took this frosty photo, so I can’t remember what state the flower was in when it defrosted. It might have survived for a little while but probably looked the worse for wear!
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Thank you for the lovely, frosted rose, Ann. It seems to have been dipped into a sugar bowl.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you and your beloved.
Tanja
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I’m glad you liked it, Tanja! Hope your Valentine’s Day is a happy one! 🙂
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A rose in any other color is still a rose. Often I prefer one other than the deep red that embodies the love expressed on Valentine’s Day. And this is really a lovely shade, Ann.
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Thanks Steve! It’s a rose that works hard, given the minimal care it gets! It has a sweet scent too. 🙂
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You did a good job capturing the frost on the rose. Frost and freeze are related words.
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Thanks Steve! I don’t think there will be any more heavy frosts now – though you can never be sure…
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so beautiful frozen…
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Thank you! Glad you like my frosted rose… 🙂
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Love the beautiful rose images! You take the most fabulous flower images! The frost on the top rose is exquisite.
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Oh, thank you Syd! What a lovely comment! It makes such a difference to know that my flower images bring some pleasure… 🙂
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