Sunday, October 11, 2009

Spent

If there were nothing else to trouble us, the fate of the flowers would make us sad.
John Lancaster Spalding

19 comments:

Linda said...

But look at the pleasure they gave you when they were in their prime!

abb said...

Changing of the seasons...one beauty replaced by another.

noble pig said...

Bring out the Mums!

Hilary said...

But they'll be baaack.. eventually. ;)

Pammie said...

yes, I love that.

Deb said...

Hmm...you could have pressed a few for posterity!!!

shrink on the couch said...

Oh, mustn't throw out zinnias. I have several small vases for this express purpose.

Love the quote.

Laura ~Peach~ said...

yeah....

Chesapeake Bay Woman said...

Even in the outgoing bucket, they're pretty.

Mango Girl said...

The picture is beautiful, but the words evoke sadness.

Ahhhh...

xo, Mango

joanne said...

as beautiful as fall is there is also a sadness in the air...

Sassy said...

that is so true....I worked in a flower shop for over five years....and it made me so sad to throw away flowers that weren't quite dead...just a little wilted and over blown {too open}....such a waste......thankfully I have bigger issues...hahahahaha

Nancy said...

So true!

Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades. said...

I'll call the "Flower Girl!"
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Trisha said...

Poor little flowers! But still beautiful in their demise!

Daryl said...

See, this is why I cant toss out perfectly lovely living plants in my window box to replace them with more fall like blooms ...

imom said...

I've been doing lots of flower cutting lately... Enjoying the last few vase fulls.

LL Cool Joe said...

I'm not a fan of flowers and quite often look forward to the day when they get thrown away.

And doesn't the water that the flowers sit in smell awful??

Snooty Primadona said...

Too true, my friend. Too true...