western australia

A gift for us

@JudyEv (362141)

Rockingham, Australia

April 30, 2024 9:14pm CST

We were given this beautiful bunch of roses yesterday. There is a lovely young lady who is the grand-daughter of one of the couples in our village. She now gets called the ‘village grand-daughter’ as she is loved by everyone here. She knows a lot of the residents, gives us all hugs when she meets us and is generally just all-round delightful. She regularly visits her grandparents and attends the movies and Friday evening functions. Shortly she is going to Canada and wanted to give her grandparents a photograph of herself. So Vince took some photos of her last night and she brought us the roses. They are very lovely but I can’t get over the length of the stems on these. They must give them growth hormones or somesuch.

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@Tampa_girl7 (53336)

• United States

1 May 24

They are gorgeous roses.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May 24

Thanks. I thought so too.

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@FourWalls (78288)

• United States

1 May 24

Lovely roses, and what a sweet gesture by the “village granddaughter”!!!

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May 24

The whole village loves and lays claim to her, especially those of us who don't have grandchildren.

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@kaylachan (79342)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

1 May 24

Those look pretty nice.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May 24

I never buy flowers for myself so I'm really enjoying these.

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@rebelann (114525)

• El Paso, Texas

1 May 24

They're beautiful. I hope she won't be in Canada too long.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May 24

I'm not sure how long she'll be away. I guess we'll find out later.

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@Juliaacv (54750)

• Canada

1 May 24

Those are beautiful roses, and such a lovely gesture, both on Vince's behalf as well as the granddaughter's. The roses may have been grown in special soil to produce the stems that they have-genetically boosted so to speak.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May 24

Thanks for the information. I thought there must have been some trick to it.

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@sallypup (65840)

• Centralia, Washington

1 May 24

Those are gorgeous roses. She is a sweet young person.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May 24

She is indeed. The whole village loves her.

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@snowy22315 (195286)

• United States

1 May 24

Those are beautiful. Is she going to Canada permantely?

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 May 24

I think she'll be away a while but at this point it won't be permanent.

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@tkonlinevn (6462)

• Vietnam

2 May 24

Lovely roses! And the girl is cute !

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@tkonlinevn (6462)

• Vietnam

6 May 24

@JudyEv I wish I could become like her!

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 May 24

@tkonlinevn I think she is just kind to everyone and greets them nicely. That's all it takes.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

She is well regarded by all the old people here.

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@flapiz (23264)

• United Kingdom

1 May 24

Oh wow they are bright and beautiful. What a delightful young lady she is.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

It was a very kind thought of hers to bring us these.

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@Orson_Kart (7703)

• United Kingdom

7 May 24

Hard to write a poem when the roses aren’t red, but I’ll give it a go. If the roses are yellow Then the violets aren’t blue From this silly fellow Will this poem do?

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@Orson_Kart (7703)

• United Kingdom

7 May 24

@JudyEv Nice one!

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 24

Roses that are yellow Make me feel mellow But violets ARE blue .... It's the best I can do.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 24

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@jstory07 (145521)

• Roseburg, Oregon

1 May 24

Such beautiful roses.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

They are very pretty and certainly brighten up the place.

@LadyDuck (482694)

• Italy

1 May 24

Those roses are beautiful. My neighbor has roses with a very long stem, I am going to ask if he gives them something.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

It seems some are given hormones to make the stems longer.

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@LadyDuck (482694)

• Italy

4 May 24

@JudyEv I have a red rose bush that grew "spontaneously" in our garden. Those have a long stem. I have no idea how that plant could grow there. Even the gardener was surprised. I did not plant it and during the first 8 years we lived here no plants grew up there.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 May 24

@LadyDuck I think it would be quite unusual for a rose bush to suddenly grow. What a lovely unexpected gift.

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@xFiacre (14232)

• Ireland

1 May 24

@judyev Even though I’m not from Texas I prefer my roses yellow. Those are beautiful.

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@xFiacre (14232)

• Ireland

4 May 24

@JudyEv When my father bought a radiogram in 1968 it came with some 45s and 78s which included the version of Yellow Rose of Texas as crooned by Pat Boone. The huge radiogram the size of a credenza was then shipped from Malawi to Ireland (my parents were quite potty) and I’ve no idea where it is now.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 May 24

@xFiacre These things were huge back then. Wouldn't our parents be flabbergasted by all the changes now? I'm that way myself at times.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

Yellow Rose of Texas - you're showing your age now.

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@Beestring (15774)

• Hong Kong

1 May 24

I love yellow roses. They are so beautiful.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

I can't get over how long the stems are.

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@ptrikha_2 (48333)

• India

1 May 24

Such a nice gesture. Not always does one finds people who meet with others in such a nice way and behave kindly. One would rather see more of selfish and greedy folks these days.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

There are really lovely young people around. You just have to find them. The bad ones get all the attention unfortunately.

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@allknowing (152700)

• India

7 May 24

Yellow is beautiful when it comes to roses. You are a keen observer They are a type of roses that normally have long stems. Grandiflora?

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 May 24

I'm sure you're right but I don't know. Someone said they're fed special hormones to help the growth.

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@RasmaSandra (88538)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 May 24

Lovely roses I love yellow ones,

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

I can't get over how long the stems are.

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@DianneN (247157)

• United States

2 May 24

That’s very sweet. All the roses I get must be on hormones, too.

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@DianneN (247157)

• United States

5 May 24

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

Hormones and/or steroids! lol

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@JESSY3236 (20970)

• United States

7 May 24

pretty roses.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 May 24

Thanks. I thought so too. It's always nice to be given flowers.

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@Shiva49 (27495)

• Singapore

1 May 24

Her gift reflects her radiant outlook too.

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@JudyEv (362141)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 May 24

That's very true. Her grandparents will enjoy receiving a photo of her.

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