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A Deckchair Made Of Roses
Posted on June 4, 2021
This is not something you see every day. Unless you happened to be at the Festival of Roses in Douai La Fontaine a couple of years ago.
Roses In Decline
Posted on March 31, 2021
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Madame’s very lovely Mothers’ Day bouquet, two weeks on.
(An experiment with the HDR function of my new phone camera app).
Pink Enough?
Posted on January 15, 2021
Red, Red Rose
Posted on November 11, 2020
Eglantine
Posted on October 14, 2020
I believe that this variety of rose is known as Eglantine and it’s a very old one. It’s also pink, with a yellow heart, so suitable for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week.
Heady
Posted on May 20, 2020
Raindrops on roses
Posted on January 2, 2020
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge with the theme of ‘opposing colours’ here’s a classic subject with a classic colour contrast:
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Rose
Posted on January 29, 2019
Frank’s chosen the topic of ‘Rose’ for this week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge. I have no shortage of images of roses in my library, so the only problem was selecting one previously unposted. I think this fits the bill. It’s a French rose called ‘Pierre de Ronsard’ and I saw it last year at the annual festival of roses at Doué-La-Fontaine
Pink Rose
Posted on January 2, 2019
The plant kingdom is an obvious source of colourful monotones for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week, as demonstrated by this vibrant pink rose.
A bed of roses?
Posted on October 3, 2018
Back in July I visited the village of Doue La Fontaine during its annual rose festival. As well as displaying a huge number of different varieties of rose, there was also an exhibition of sculptures made up of roses, such as this deckchair:
Cee’s Fun ‘Foto’ Challenge: Things People Grow
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