Caption this!

Never in all my years of walking this beach have I found a red rose washed up.
What do you think is the story?

[Babs]

I guess she said 'No'

[Diana]

Goodbye! I have seen this on odd occasions either on the beach, caught between rocks or floating in the water. I have heard that some take the ashes of their loved ones and disperse them in the ocean. I know for a fact that here in Strand someone committed suicide by just walking into the water till she was gone. Her family gathered on the spot and threw flowers into the sea.

I much prefer the reply of Babs.

[Dawn]

In memory of someone !

[Rob Z]

Schoolies??

[CC Folk]

A love story! :)

[Boxplayer]

Yes alas it brings a very sad story to mind - someone left behind to mourn, casting a single rose from a boat in remembrance ...

[Issi Bannerman]

Love, loss. One or the other.

[JackieR]

I've found roses on the beach, I think they're put in the sea as a memorial but the tide brings then back in.

I'd call it Happy Memories

[Brian]

Poignant

[Carole Sandford]

It’s saying sadness to me, in its forlorn state.

[Susan Wakely]

In memory of a loved one!

[Joan Robillard]

A date that didn't show up.

[John]

It may have fallen from someone’s hand while they were walking on the beach?

[Mags]

A lovely find. Probably for memorial tribute. Or... The last rose he gave her, she threw into the sea. He had broken her heart for the last time and now she was free to start a new life and find a new love who would not betray her trust. =)

[Agnes]

Great, you can create your own story with this photo

[Merrelyn]

Gone but not forgotten. I've often seen flowers washed up on the beach at Point Peron. I've even come across groups of people holding their own Memorial services for loved ones.

[Christine Sztukowski]

I remember

[Linda Godwin]

Party is over

[carol white]

Intriguing

[Beverley]

Gosh…. “ I’ll always love you, you'll always be in my heart”

[Jeremy Cross]

Nice shot

[haskar]

Cool shot.

[Kathy]

How about "love washed out."

[Kathy A]

I can't imagine it still being so intact if it had tumbled around in the surf before being washed up so I'm going with it being dropped while walking on the sand

[Rick]

Nice capture. No idea about the reason.