Learning how to Love
one whose feat is fear
brings with a charm
delight of a dawn
that blushes with balm
when Love springs to Life
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MF Macro Photography/ “From Fear To Love” 2016©AmyRose
@www.herladypinkrose.wordpress.com
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Raewyn highlighted me several weeks ago with a Quotes Challenge. The guidelines are:
The rules guidelines are simple:
- Post three different quotes on consecutive days/weeks. They can be from any source, or your own. All three quotes can be of a similar theme or can all be completely different/unconnected.
- Please link to Raewyn’s blog instead of mine if you choose to do this challenge.
- And since I am known to break the rules when I can, I am only promising this one quote today, and so I place no pressure on anyone who chooses to do this Challenge.
I am not highlighting anyone. I invite any of you to do this Challenge if you feel led to do so. Again, please link your post to Raewyn’s blog. She is a photographer I have watched evolve over the years, and it is such a delight to see how much she has grown and how gorgeous her photography has truly become. I know she has worked really hard to improve herself and so I am confident you too will enjoy Raewyn’s blog.
Very beautiful post, dear Amy and I love your roses 😀
Much love ❤ Irene
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Thank you, Irene. I miss my Roses, oh believe you me!! I have SO many images of Roses in my archives that if I began to post them all I’d be here forever and a day. I hope you are having a good day and feeling better!!! Send my Love to your furry babies!!! xoxoxo Love, Amy ❤
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Thank you Amy both from my furry babies and myself 😀
I love to see your roses, so just post, when you feel for that. I took a photo of a rose in our new mutual garden here few days ago, as I will bring one of the days for you to see. Love to you and your beauties, Irene
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TIME is the enemy, Irene. *sighs* Lately I’ve been so busy behind the scenes encouraging those with hurting Hearts that I honestly don’t know where the time is going today. Whew!!!! I am SO happy for you in your new home!!! ❤
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Thank you Amy and you are a kind soul to be there for those with hurting Hearts.
Love, Irene
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Gorgeous.
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Thank you, Gigi!!! Love, Amy ❤
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A beautiful piece you have here, Amy. As always. 💕
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Van, I thank you!! The words I am hearing combined with the images that are popping out at me, are making my messages very powerful lately. I am humbled that my abilities as an artist are being used in the manner they are. Love, Amy ❤
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An Inspiration as Beautiful as the one who Shared it 🙂
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Oh, Morgan, you make me blush as my Roses. Thank you so much for your generosity of friendship towards me. Deeply I am grateful. (((HUGS))) Amy ❤
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Very beautiful Roses!
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Thank you, Anil!!! Love, Amy ❤
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Beautiful roses!
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Thank you, Cynthia, so much!!! ❤
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You spread your Balm of Love so well Amy within your words.. and the Peace of these Roses flow out to all who take in their beauty.. Thank you dear Amy ❤
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You are welcome, dear friend!!! Bless you for the softness and the caring in your words that went straight to my Heart. Love, Amy ❤
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I’ve just started following Raewyn’s blog so I’m glad to see you reference her sight and her wonderful challenge.
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Charlie, Raewyn has progressed tremendously in both talent with her camera and in the editing room. I know how hard she has worked and she so deserves others to view her work. I”m glad you discovered her too. One of her latest images of landscape that showed these amazing hills had me open mouthed in awe. ❤
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Gorgeous flower! Are these from last summer? I would hardly think you’re seeing any of these yet although I hear a lot of people are seeing early buds this year. Great quote too. Is that an original?
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Yes, Marissa, these Roses are from my garden last summer. As for the quote, all of my quotes are mine, from me, as in I “hear” the words and I write them. If the source is anything but mine, I always say so. I’ve not used any source other then mine in years. Where have you been ? 🙂 Have you had your coffee yet? Are you awake yet? LOL 😉
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No, I pretty much figured. It’s just that I’ve seen the quote challenge and usually people chose quotes that are not their’s. Hats off for originality though, as always.
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I’m known to break the rules, Marissa. 🙂 LOL I’ll be over to see you in a bit. It’s been ONE of those days!!! Whew!!!! ❤
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I love the photo you chose today Amy. This is an example of what I now think of as your signature “inner light” style with flowers. You capture them in a very unusual and very beautiful way. Very nicely done today!
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Thank you, Dan!! I honestly have had so many compliments lately my head is spinning and I really don’t know what to say anymore. Thank you just seems so mundane compared to the deep gratitude and awe I feel in my Heart. This Rose just begged me to capture Her at this angle and yes I caught something very unusual. I’m just so glad you enjoyed!!! I miss my Roses! OH Spring cannot get here fast enough even if that means I do some back breaking work in my gardens. 🙂 Love, Amy ❤
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It pays off Amy. Between us, “thanks” is enough when your swamped.
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I’ve been so swamped this week between Life and blog that I just may take off the weekend. I don’t know. Just wow!
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Stress is not good for you Amy. Listen to your body.
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Just so incredible! Thank you Amy for this.
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You are welcome, Nico!!! Love, Amy ❤
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Blessings!
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Absolutely Gorgeous!
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Oh wow, Greg, thank you!!! I agree with you. (smile) Love, Amy ❤
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My pleasure, Amy!! 🙂 Greg
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Roses are a wonderful inspiration.
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Yes, are they not? I agree!! I have many in my gardens and I do so look forward in greeting my Beauties again. How I miss them!!! Love, Amy ❤
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I can imagine.
Did you hear about Albert Einstein theory being proven? The biggest news today?
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No. I haven’t listened to any news today. Have you a post up about it? If so I’ll be right on over!!! It’s been one of those very busy days …..
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Beautiful – I have dedicated my Friday’s Floral Rose to you.
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I know. I saw. And I commented. LOL I’m on the ball today!! Yet, now I must walk away to continue my day here. Then back to blogging later today!!! Love, Amy ❤
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What a rose and what a photo! Thank you for sharing your talent with us!
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You are ever so kindly welcome, Carol!! Thank you for viewing my work!!! Love, Amy ❤
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You’re welcome!
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Such beautiful words and the perfect picture/metaphor to go with! That’s typically Amy 💖
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Thank you, Erika. My messages are getting so much stronger. I myself am stunned at what is transpiring. Love, Amy ❤
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I know what you mean. Although we are aware that this all happens naturally we are flabbergasted time and time again which is wonderful. That keeps us grateful and curious ☺💖
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Yes! I am SO grateful for the HONOR Spirit gives me to trust what I am given and to use it for GOOD. Life has me always curious. I was speaking with a chiropractor today about what my body does in certain circumstances saying outright I don’t understand totally the reasons why, and his answer was simply …. “Ah, how wonderful this happens so we keep trying to understand.” Smart man. 🙂
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That is an awesome answer… ha… very cool indeed!!! Life always sends us riddles to evolve and our body seems to be part of that team… lol
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😉 It sure does!!! LOL
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😃😘
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stunning photos of those roses!! and, wow…. Love … says it all! great 🙂
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Thank you, Debi! (((HUGS))) Amy ❤
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hi Amy, you’re welcome! have a happy Valentine’s Day!
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Beautiful roses and the words are filled with absolute love… 🙂
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Thank you, Maniparna!! Bless you! Love, Amy ❤
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❤ ….
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Gorgeous post and what a lovely flower! So beautiful Amy xxx
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Thank you, Lynn!!!! (((HUGS))) Amy ❤
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Oh what gorgeous roses, Amy! Could look at them for hours. Wishing you a Great day my dear friend ❤ HUGS ❤
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Thank you, dear friend!! I could look at these Roses all day long too!!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend. I’m not sure if I will be posting tomorrow or not. This week has been very challenging for me. (((HUGS)) Amy ❤
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In case you don’t post have a great weekend. Hoping it’s relaxing for you after the challenging week! HUGS ❤
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I’ve been very ill, Kathy, with a flu. I’ve had a high temp since last Friday with chest, cough and head symptoms. Not able to get out of bed being so weak.
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That is awful, Amy and so sorry to hear that. Sending healing hugs and wishes that you feel better soon. HUGS ❤
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(((HUGS))) and so much gratitude! Xoxoxoxo
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Love the title – love is much more inviting than fear!
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Always we have a choice every moment of every day to walk with Love in our Hearts or fear. My choice is Love. Thank you for viewing my work. ❤
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Beautiful poem, Amy. And another pink flower. You do like pink and red shades 🙂 Fear always precedes love 😀
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I’m not sure exactly what you mean, Mabel, by “fear always precedes love”. Are you aware that precedes means “before”, so what you are in reality saying that fear always comes before Love. I honestly don’t agree. Perhaps you were thinking of another word instead of precedes? Love, Amy ❤
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Had to ponder your comment for a while, Amy. Yes, I did mean precede. When we choose love, there is always an element of risk we choose to take – a risk of trusting someone. So, some of us might be fearful in taking the plunge in that sense…I know I am 🙂 But certainly, fear can come after love too ❤
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Mabel, stunned I am reading your words. Just know something happened recently that made me understand. I should be writing a post about what happened. To say the least, between battling a very bad flu and being hurt, it hasn’t been a very happy road lately.
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So sweet and beautiful!
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Thank you, dear friend!!!! I hope you have a really wonderful weekend!!!! Love, Amy ❤
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So lovely .. From fear to love! Beautiful roses Amy .. Were they fragrant? 😃
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If my memory serves me right, no. Many of my Roses do not have a fragrance or if they do just a slight one. More and more Roses are being “bred” to eliminate the smell due to insects. Thank God this does not deter BEES. Bees LOVE my Roses and of course I cross garden like you and I have Lavender in the middle of a circle of Roses to beckon those BEES ….. Come in, and welcome! Bees go nutso over my French Lavender! I wait on them to harvest. 🙂
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They sure do love lavender .. 😄
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Nice spruced up selfie!!!!! Pleasant valentine’s day!!! ❤
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Honestly don’t know what happened to this image, Michael, but it seemed to get funny in the transference between my phone and laptop. I only have “beauty face” set on 2 so the demarcations on my neck should not be this bad. And since my knowledge and time are limited, I did not spend hours in PS fixing my picture up. I’m thinking of just taking that beauty face off. It’s more of a hassle then not. 🙂 My Valantine’s Day truly awful as I was extremely ill. ❤
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I see you have two light sources(your eyes tell me that). One rt and the other left. So theoretically you could get a balanced soft light effect(if light sources were of equal strength). I think if you just brighten up the image …it could create a more ethereal look. Which of course you are!!!! Plus when you have a bottom brightness sources it reminds folks of halloween. Love and kindness, and warm hugs.
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So just wanted to say…..Thanks for sharing so many yellow hearts in that one flower!!!
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beautiful words and sweet rose!
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Thank you!! ❤
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Such a wonderful poem to return back to and see ~ “brings with a charm, delight of a dawn”
The beauty of your words are matched (once again) by your great macro-photography.
Cheers to a great week ahead Amy ~
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May you have a Blessed Week as well, Randall. ❤
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