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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112802)
• United States
27 Sep
That was a famous quote by American writer, philosopher and naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. It's just a more poetic way of saying, "Sometimes the truth hurts, but there is beauty in it even when it sometimes pricks you."
What...
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153544)
• India
20 Jun 23
Euphorbia is a thorny plant oozing out latex if a leaf is pulled out or a stem cut These are all minus points but as you can see the flowers are beautiful and its perennial.
If one knows how to handle this plant it is an asset...
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marguicha
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
25 Mar 23
Dixie "killed" half of the cacti I gave her last year for her balcony. I am quite sure that Humberto watered them too often as he was in charge of that. When I stopped it, half of the cacti had been drowned.
So now I´m making...
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Jun 20
I just had my evening bath. It is windy now, but the wind is still warm. The skies turned orange when I peeped through my bedroom window. What may this mean?
There were 2 stalks of Aloe Vera inside the bathroom. it is my big...
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Jackie Money
@olliesmum (828)
• Norwich, England
16 Jul 19
I've been dead heading my Floribunda rose regularly and it seems to have paid off.
This little beauty is just showing it's pretty little pink face to the world and what a joyful thing it is. Sadly, the same can't be said of...
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Gus Kilthau
@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
10 May 17
A Rose in the Forest -
Do you think that a rose would hide from the pollen-hunting honey bees? Some roses do. The rose pictured above is one of those.
It is truly a paranoid rose - a really frightened flower. No matter that...
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CaseyL
@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
3 Aug 16
This is an up-close photo of some of the thorns on campus. They are near the grave yard that is apart of the church that is on campus. I love how my camera focuses and how clear it is.
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dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
23 Feb 13
Hi all !
Rose is one of the most beautiful flowers. Its every shade be it red, orange, yellow, dark brown or white looks awesome when it blooms.
We all get mesmerized by its charm and beauty. But the beautiful rose does not...
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enjoythejourney
@enjoythejourney (523)
• United States
18 Aug 12
Today, is one of those day, I am kind of just grumbling along. Nothing is really wrong but nothing is really right either. Today is a day that I happen to be experiencing some of those petty annoyances in everyday life.
You...
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sylvia13
@sylvia13 (1850)
• Nelson Bay, Australia
12 Sep 07
miamilady
@miamilady (4910)
• United States
11 Aug 07
I have been surpised on several occassions.
There are times when a discussion turned into a heated argument. There have been times when I thought a discussion would recieve a lot of replies and they didn't. There are times when I...
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nancygibson
@nancygibson (3736)
• France
5 Apr 07
Just been very brave and spent an hour in the garden hacking back the brambles that are neck deep in places. Much as I love blackberries, I could do without the way the brambles get everywhere making it very hard to get on and...
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