Yesterday I was walking past a place with wonderful rose beds and saw the roses have already started to bloom. We had a very cold March and April, not the usual one, but colder, so everything related to gardening has been delayed with a month or so.
Saturday we had hailing, which is quite rare here, it happens a couple of times a year luckily. I personally wasn't affected and thank God the place where my dad lives was spared this time. Hailing is never good but in April and May can be devastating. Those tiny seedlings can't support a beating hailing is usually applying to them. Down south entire vineyards and hectares of gardens were covered by ice. Those poor people who are living off their garden or vineyard are left with nothing. Anyway, let's get back to what I want to post today.
While I was watching those roses the other day, remembered that I photographed some roses last year, late in November, which is really late here for flowers, but these were still beautiful.
However, when I look at these roses, I don't see the flower how others see them. The first thing I see is the texture of the petals. When I took these photos, it was quite chilly and you can see the water drops on the petals too. But besides that, look at how those petals look like. Like crepe paper you use for creative projects.
This is a good example. We have an almost fully opened rose and a bud. What do you see here? The rose or the bud? I see the bud as it's more interesting for me. Look at the bud's petals.
Same two subjects, from a different angle and here things change, not just the angle. From this angle, the flower's petals look more interesting and the fact that the outer petals were already affected by time, makes it more valuable for me.
I bet this is something you never photograph. This used to be a rose. Now it's just the dry leftover.
Yes, there were yellow roses as well.
Here I guess you could say these yellow roses, or buds to be precise, aged well, but I understand if you only see the flower you have to throw away. Not everyone can see this.
This is the Japanese quince bud. I took a bunch of photos in March as I love the buds and never posted them. Should congratulate myself honestly, but my focus has been elsewhere.
Last, but not least, the wild apple blossom.
Needless to say these flowers are already long gone, so it was about time to post them and I guess this is my annual flower post and you don't see me posting many.
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