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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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Euphorbia

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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My fingers are full of cacti thorns.

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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The Aloe Vera

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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A Thorny Treat

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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A Rose in the Forest

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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My Photography - Thorns

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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The beautiful rose has thorns too.

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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A Grumbling Kind of Day

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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Life's Perspective

Mike D' Angelo @madp_071983 (228) • Oman 8 Feb 11

Life is seen in multifarious ways. Some say that life is like a wheel; sometimes you're up and sometimes you're down. Some even believe that one gets stuck at the center of it. Nevertheless, all things happen for a reason. A...

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Barehanded or not?

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 16 Mar 10

Do you wear gloves when you are gardening? Do you wear them to do particular jobs or when it is very cold? I tend to prefer not to wear gloves even though I probably should because we have acid soil and it can make your skin...

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can't plant roses/ liability issue

poppoppop111 @poppoppop111 (5731) • Canada 16 May 09

we are putting in a new plaque in the park for a museum occassion. anyway we asked the city if we can plant roses around it. they said no cause roses are a liability issue because of the thorns. isn't this world going crazy people...

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why do roses have thorns?

tousif1988 @tousif1988 (373) • India 6 Oct 08

yeah, its the most famous questions of all the times, why do roses have thorns? rose is a symbol of love,, then why does it has thorns in it. why did god gave it thorns when he was knowing that it will be a symbol of love on...

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Do you like euphorbias?

marge_1024 @marge_1024 (12) • Philippines 25 Jan 08

Do you like euphorbias? They look like cactuses with the thorns but give very pretty flowers. They are also low-maintenance since they would not wilt easily if you forget to water them for a day or two. To those people there who...

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sylvia13 @sylvia13 (1850) • Nelson Bay, Australia 12 Sep 07

This is today's Jigzone puzzle and I liked the message too: Every rose has its thorns, just like every night has its dawn!

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Are you ever suprised by how your discussions turn out?

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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Why rose has its thorns?

butterfly39 @butterfly39 (3904) • Philippines 15 Jun 07

Personally, it's just so good to live in this world even if we know that nothing is permanent. Can you imagine a rose w/out thorns? How do you look at it? I find it not too pretty. Just like life, if we don't have problems...

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Do u think?? - Life is Bed of Roses for those who have Positive attitude

sunillangeh @sunillangeh (64) • India 23 May 07

Life is bed of roses for those who have positive attitude & bed of thorns for those having negative attitude in their life..

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Brambles

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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Mummymo's Thoight for the day - the time she forgot the date!

mummymo @mummymo (23706) 19 Mar 07

Thought long and hard about this one tonight, so long and hard and am so tired I can't remember the date! This one is for my special mylot friends out there cos you are all my roses! SEEK ROSES AMONGST THORNS We all need to...

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