This week’s theme is … HOPE
After blue skies on New Year’s Day & fog yesterday …
shared yesterday in Haiku Sky Watch Friday,
I’m HOPING that today’s rain showers
won’t wreak havoc on the Apricot Rose currently blooming
in my front yard, here in Southern California
Click for others participating
in Photo Hunt and Today’s Flowers
and for my second collage of a different rose in
Today’s Flowers at Sacred Ruminations.
Thought for Today
“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Afternoon on a Hill
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January 3, 2009 at 9:22 am
Cedar Waxwing
What a lovely flower! I thought I liked yellow roses best, but I’ve just now changed my favorite to apricot roses!
I like the way it is snowing on your rose. Reminds me of Beauty and the Beast — wasn’t one of the Beauty’s requests from a sister a rose blooming in the dead of winter? (maybe I have my fairy tales mixed up!)
Happy Saturday
January 3, 2009 at 9:38 am
Comedy Plus
My first thought was spring. Then I remembered you live in southern CA and that this is a typical sight in January. How lovely. Enjoy.
Have a terrific day and weekend. Big hug.
January 3, 2009 at 9:49 am
Karen
I’ve just realized that that particular shade of rose is my absolute favorite…maybe I should tell Mark…
January 3, 2009 at 10:00 am
Musings
Oh my! Those apricot roses are just gorgeous. They must smell wonderful.
January 3, 2009 at 11:26 am
Teena in Toronto
What lovely flowers!
I played too
January 3, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Carol
What a gorgeous color! What’s the name of that rose?
January 3, 2009 at 3:03 pm
dianne
the color is so lovely
January 3, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Debbie
How beautiful – and you know I have a weakness for roses. I hope the weather was kind to them.
January 3, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Mama Zen
What gorgeous roses!
January 3, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Lisa's Chaos
I love the color of that rose! Beautiful!
January 3, 2009 at 9:28 pm
baba's blog
Wow.. I have never seen an apricot rose … beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing with us…have a great 2009…. Baba
January 3, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Joyce T.
Ah! I love the apricot rose AND I love the darling quote! It is so happy!
January 4, 2009 at 4:43 am
riversongs
What beautiful roses! And such a wonderful sign of hope, especially for those of us in “snow country”. As much as I enjoy the snow and snowshoeing, I’m really looking forward to spring wildflowers. Thanks for sharing.
January 4, 2009 at 8:18 am
Dave
Lovely flowers and some very nice photographs! Thanks so much for the well wishes
January 4, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Gill
what a lovely series of photos…….
Gill in Canada
January 4, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Norm
what a beautiful collage of roses, so nice and I love it.
January 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Darla
So, so beautiful, nice color!!
January 4, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Readerwil
I love these apricot coloured roses very much. Thanks for sharing them with the flowerless people!
January 4, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Villas Girl
Your roses brought back fond memories. I once had a rose bush of this color. I recieved many nice comments about it. They are very hard to come by here. Thank you for sharing these photos. Lisa
January 4, 2009 at 6:12 pm
2sweetnsaxy
I have a rose bush this color. Isn’t it wonderful!? Did you get rain? I got a lot of fog.
January 4, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Barbara
I love this collage and the color of these roses are just spectacular.
Smiles B
January 4, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Amanda
Beautiful color, I have a passion for orange flowers, and your collage is wonderful.
January 4, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Luiz Santilli Jr.
I think you love roses as me!
Today I posted roses also, I have posted roses always!
Thanks for posting here in TODAY’S FLOWERS!
Hope you have a Happy 2009!
Luiz – from TF
January 5, 2009 at 12:00 am
Arija
Great collage of your beautiful amber roses. They really are very lovely.
January 5, 2009 at 12:05 am
Raven
Lovely collage of orange roses. We still have lots of roses blooming here even though we are in drought. Thanks for visiting my blog.
January 5, 2009 at 7:53 am
Ellen
Nothing like good ole California where roses still bloom in the dead of winter :0)
Beautiful!!
January 5, 2009 at 11:43 am
Debbie Davis
Oh, what beautiful flowers! I love the orange color!
January 6, 2009 at 5:37 am
WillThink4Wine
How glorious! I used to have a rose garden and dozens of orchids when I lived in Florida. I just realized how much I miss them!
January 6, 2009 at 9:35 am
Alisha @ Izzy 'N Emmy
This is awesome! What a great RT post! This sign says it all. LOL!