Delicate Beauty

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.  – Marcus Antonius

Delicate Beauty – Life is delicate so try to let go of anger and embrace the beauty of each day.

Yellow Roses

A dear friend of mine gave me a yellow rose plant early in the summer.  The plant has flourished despite the heat and lack of rain and has produced many beautiful roses.  Yesterday evening I took advantage of the soft, diffused light to capture the splendid roses. What you see below is a series of images capturing the various stages of a rose in bloom.

The bud and the bloom.

The rose and the opening bud.

The grand opening.

Delicate beauty.

My personal favorite of this series.