Beauty with age

Something incredible happens to us after our pedals fall off...
When we can no longer hide behind youth...
Beauty happens!
Character, sophistication...true beauty!

[Anna Ruth]

gorgeous shot! and great metaphor!

[Elise DeCola]

Wow!! Amazing metaphor!! Love the light and feeling in this!

[lorihiro]

I love your comment--I need to memorize it! Love the bokeh background too!

[Dora Jean Grace]

boy is that ever true.. thanks be to God for that! lol... this is a lovely shot but I especially like what your comments says to go with it! Good job!

[jerry plume]

@annaruth Thank you, Anna!
@eliserose781 Thank you so much, Elise!
@lorihiro Thank you, Lori! :D
@grace4ministry Thanks so much, Dora! :)

[Rebecca Doyle]

Your pedals have fallen off??!! Oh no..... I have only lost petals :D

I absolutely love the words you have chosen with this gorgeous image! Well done :)

[Shanne]

lovely shot and sentiment - it is hard when we concentrate on the flashy beauty of the colourful petals and ignore the structure underneath which has more lasting beauty

[Paulami]

truly said...

[Nic Taylor]

love it Jerry

[peter/zipp]

ah yes, there is such beauty all around us - not only in the obvious bright young things.
That you can look and see and enjoy makes life so much more fulfilling.

[Rebecca Warren]

lovely processing i like this!

[Tatyana]

Although it's an awesome shot I do not feel sad when looking at it ( Probably too good pic to think about getting old) lol

[Mikhail Karetin]

Great portrait of sunflower :D

[Richard Tyson]

It's s gorgeous shot. Really like it.

[kammy]

so beautiful.... great tones and light!

[petra]

love how you've done this!

[Dan Smith]

Lovely.

[Lyn Todd]

I'm relatin' to them there words :)

[Denise]

Beautifully captured - perfectly titled.

[robinwarner]

you know how i feel about the dying flower...i find it much more beautiful. nice one

[Nat Stuart Perks]

Lovely Jerry!!!

[Kerri]

Lovely shot

[elkehochban]

Beautifully shot and I love your sentiments!

[Andy McAvoy]

Super shot and sentiments.

[mom of 1]

very nice caption! love the picture that goes along with it too.

[beth hughes]

ditto mom of 1!!

[Kim Suzanne Kelley]

Stunning!

[Kate D.]

love your commentary on this photo. sophistication and beauty. lovely shot :)

[Beth Allan]

or you just have a bunch of seeds at your centre and the birds peck you to death : } It's a great sentiment Jerry, thanks.

[Nadine]

True words and great shot.

[Harry J Benson]

nice composition and a true philosophy

[GINA]

so true Jerry, great words....beautiful shot, love it

[Lisa Pouncy]

Beautiful words and beautiful shot. I love the soft muted colours xx

[Melissa ♥]

Fantastic shot!

[Martha]

Love this Jerry!

[Kd Wallis]

beautiful jerry! love your shot and love the words too!! sometimes i think the dying flowers are more gorgeous to take photos of! this is great!

[Judith Greenwood]

Another fabulous shot.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Fantastic! Love the words as well, true!

[Laura Ferguson]

I LOVE it!!!!
fav!! :)

[jerry plume]

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I just noticed I haven't replied to your comments! Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time to comment on my pic! You guys mean a lot to me! Thank you again for the great comments!

[Carla]

beautiful image and words :)

[Zanettie]

Beautiful.

[jerry plume]

@c_t Thank you, Carla!
@zanettie Thanks, Zanettie!

[Big Mac]

GORGEOUS!!!

[cheesecake]

wow.. sunflower is my favorite flower. and here you got a really cool shot!

[jerry plume]

@maceugenio Thank you, Mac!
@cheesecake Thanks, Cheesecake!