dessication

I decided to dry some of the roses from my birthday bouquet. They seem to be coming along nicely.

[Happyhippie]

great idea hazel.
it's just lovely to find roses between book pages.

[Hazel]

@sanaaijaz

Oh hadn't thought of that thank you - these are hanging up in the utility right now.

[Anne]

I love how roses look when they dry out. Lovely image which captures the colours so well

[Peter]

Lovely textures soft tones and composition Hazel, My daughter had some of her wedding bouquet treated and they are now mounted in a 3D picture frame in her hall:)

[Taffy]

Perfect -- such beauty in this phase of their lives.

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

So lovely flower!!!

[Margo Sayer]

This is excellent, I'm having to stop myself touching the screen to enjoy ghat rose velvet.

[Bep]

I love roses when they dry out, beautiful.

[Dianne]

@pcoulson how lovely to do this.
Your roses look so pretty and delicate Hazel.

[Penelope Ann]

Still full of colour though

[sally agnew]

How beautiful in demise, love the crinkly texture :)

[Hazel]

@pcoulson

Wish I had thought of that - way too late now!

[Catherine]

I love those muted tones that dried roses seem to have. These look so pretty.

[gloria jones]

Lovely textures and colors

[Pyrrhula]

Remember we did this professional in the 1960 th.
Custumers could let them dry and frame it.
Great shot of yours and a nice reminder.

[Hazel]

@pyrrhula

Interesting - perhaps I'll frame mine.

[Rosie Kind]

A nice way to remember your birthday

[Babs]

Lovely close up and what a great idea.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

That is a good idea, Hazel. Great capture of them.

[Loopy-Lou]

So beautiful, wonderful capture

[Cathie]

Beautiful soft image.

[wendy frost]

Lovely capture with great textures and a wonderful way to remember your special birthday.

[Sandy]

Lovely image.

[Sam]

How beautiful is this!

[Maggie]

A lot of pathos in this shot.

[Kathleen Hickey]

This is lovely with the muted colors and the many textures.