The yellow roses are blooming at their peek now!
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The yellow roses are blooming at their peek now!
Given to me by a friend, this beautiful Russian papier mâché Easter Egg is as delightful and delicate as a real egg. It is surrounded by some embossed chromolithograph floral scraps of German and British derivation from my collection, and they date from the 1880s. Easter represents hope, as does spring, which also brings the promise of good things to come. We all need hope in the world today, and a reason to smile, find beauty and joy. My wish for you, is that you experience and find all these things!
Scrapbooking was a popular pastime in Victorian times for both children and adults. Creating a scrapbook was not only a craft project, it was also a way of preserving memories.
In the 1800s, the automated printing press was invented. Suddenly books and printed material became much more widely available. As well as writing in their commonplace books, people began to cut out and stick in printed items. Things like greeting cards, calling cards, postcards, prayer cards, advertising trading cards and newspaper clippings were collected. Some of these books contained a mix of personal journal entries, hand-drawn sketches and watercolours, along with various scraps of printed material. These books were literally books of scraps.
By the 1820s, collectable scraps had become more elaborate. Some items were embossed: a process by which a die (a metal stamp for cutting or pressing) was punched into the reverse side of the paper, giving the front a raised three-dimensional appearance.
In 1837, the first year of Queen Victoria's reign, the colour printing process known as chromolithography was invented. This lead to the production of ‘ready made’ scraps. Brightly coloured and embossed scraps were sold in sheets with the relief stamped out to the approximate shape of the image. These pre-cut scraps were connected by small strips of paper to keep them in place. The laborious task of cutting out small pictures was thus removed, and sales of scraps went soaring. Many of the best-quality scraps of the period were produced in Germany, where bakers and confectioners used small reliefs to decorate cakes and biscuits for special occasions such as christenings, weddings, Christmas and Easter.
An unexpected street portrait of a beautiful woman carrying a huge bunch of yellow rose flowers. It seems to be her birthday day, really happy birthday. May the happiness be with her. Feel free to tell her some words of encouragement in the comment section right under the photo.
Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed...
It means the damage no longer controls your life.
Better viewed in large...
Two of my golden girls here in the garden!! Providing twice the love.
It's 'Golden Celebration', a fragrant yellow grandiflora rose from David Austin. Arguably one of the best yellow roses in the world.
And here is 'The Doors' with their risque 'Love Me Two Times' from September, 1967:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVez4RS7IJw
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Yesterday morning I looked out to kitchen window to see the first blossom of the Yellow Rose this season...By noon the sun and warmth had made it double in size and all the petals had opened...Man, I love this time of year!
With tinges of pink. iPhone 8+ photo.
I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Some of my photographs may contain AI generated elements, such as backgrounds.
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I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Some of my photographs may contain AI generated elements, such as backgrounds.
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