Memories of Roses
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (73526)
Daytona Beach, Florida
July 27, 2023 4:45pm CST
We had lovely roses blooming beneath the kitchen window. They had their own sweet scent that the breeze blew about the garden. We had red, pink, and white roses in the garden in Riga, Latvia. One time I got the light just right and got a photo of the white rose with sunlight through it. It looked so beautiful and bright that I created a poetic meme using this photo. As if the roses knew we would no longer be there to admire them most of them froze the last winter I lived there since the temps fell to the minuses for two weeks. However, about two of the hardiest survived and my neighbor dug these out in the spring to replant them in his garden to remember his friend Martin and me.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
27 Jul
I'm glad your neighbor took the remaining rose bushes to his garden. They'll be loved and cared for there. You never know what the new people in your old house would have done with them.
When I couldn't take care of our miniature roses anymore, I dug them up and transplanted them at my nephew's new house. They're still living and beautiful there.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
30 Jul
@RasmaSandra I'm sure the roses are loved and admired.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@DaddyEvil I am glad he took them because the new people had two little boys who could have dug up those roses or something and now these people have four children so I know that garden is getting a lot of living,
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
Thenk you @JudyEv well he knew that once the house got sold new people would have other ideas for the garden and all. I just hope they kept that very large oak tree we loved at the very back of the garden,
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@LadyDuck (458458)
• Switzerland
29 Jul
@RasmaSandra - Often I think what was happening just before something bad happened and I realize that I received "signs" form what was around me.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@LadyDuck you are so right. While Martin was still at home but feeling unwell it rained a good deal and I went out and got some picks of roses with raindrops on the so it seemed like they were crying. Just didn't realize what was going to happen,
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
29 Jul
@RasmaSandra You are more than welcome.
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@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
28 Jul
That's a lovely rose and meme. I'm glad that the surviving roses will be cared for. Enjoy your day.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
Thank you @LindaOHio I was happy he dug up the roses that could be saved. Then I was in the deep freeze and now I feel like I am in an oven 
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@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
29 Jul
@RasmaSandra You're very welcome. I hope you get a break in the weather soon.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Aug
@CarolDM thank you and nice to see you here again. I hope all is well with you.
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@CarolDM (203452)
• Nashville, Tennessee
6 Aug
@RasmaSandra Thanks. Still about the same with Brendel. A day at a time. Sleepless nights.
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@GardenGerty (157598)
• United States
28 Jul
I am glad your neighbor in Latvia felt that way and has tried to carry the memory and the roses.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@GardenGerty yes, those new people had their own ideas about the garden and by now they have four little kids running about,
@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
Thank you @AmbiePam I am looking over some of my photos from Latvia so I will figure out how to post them so I can take you all on a tour of Riga,
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
28 Jul
Great memories you have there I used to have them too but have given up on them as they need a lot of pampering.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@allknowing the memories are what keep me going
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@toniganzon I was glad he dug up the roses that could be saved the new people now have four little kids, then they had two and I am sure the kids enjoy that garden and not too much planting gets done there,
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@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
28 Jul
Such beautiful words and photo here Sandra. You are blessed with good memories.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@RebeccasFarm thank you the memories are what keep me going,
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@Tampa_girl7 (49055)
• United States
29 Jul
I’m happy that your neighbor got them.
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul
@Tampa_girl7 for him it was a nice memory. He could always see into our garden when the roses grew,
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@wolfgirl569 (95364)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Jul
I am glad the last ones were saved by someone who cared
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@wolfgirl569 I am also and sure the new people would have their own ideas of what the wanted to grow
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@RasmaSandra (73526)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul
@Kandae11 they were very lovely roses I always looked forward to them starting to bloom every year
