Hello and welcome back everyone. Today we wanted to share with you Rochester’s celebration of its 27th annual Maplewood Rose Festival. The Rose Garden contains over 5,000 roses and 300 varieties and we attempted to smell each one.
We hope you have enjoyed seeing the photos and look forward to your next visit. Until then keep smiling and looking up.
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Lovely, touching.
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Thank you T.R. It is such a beautiful garden showcasing so many varieties of roses. The scent wafting through the air was amazing. Thank you for being with us and sharing these thoughts.
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The flowers are beautiful!
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This is so good.
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It is a good group. Very loving Christians!
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Ohhhh, we love the book of Acts. Powerful. Sounds like a nice group to study with.
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Thank you…I like it too. I saw the man who told me the saying last night at our weekly bible study. The class is nice, we have about 19-20 who attend the meetings. We are just about done with a study of the book of Acts.
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We like that, “turn up the volume on the prayers!” Its true.
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Thank you very much. Someone once said “turn up the volume on the prayers!” I’ll say the same…
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You hang in there and know you’re in our prayers.
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That we are sheep at all and in need of a Shepherd says a lot! Oh yes, I have “been there…” I am there at present. I’m working through some “issues” of various kinds with the Lord’s help…
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Wonderfully truthful words spoken here! He knows just the right mix of challenges which produce in us the desire to run to Him. Then as we do we see the blessing produced. Sounds like you have been in this situation a few times? For us it has been many dozens of times. We’re slow sheep, lol.
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I have a “God-healthy” mixture of God’s hand…some challenges along with His blessings. May you also experience His love in this way, as it encourages growth in His word!
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We are sorry that your disability has hindered you from that joy of gardening. Thank God though you can have someone helping you so at least the joy of seeing and smelling them can be embraced. We like that… “colors of the rainbow”. Ain’t it great He’s given you that!
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No, I’m somewhat disabled and can’t do it anymore. I used to love to trim and care for the roses. We have a nice rose garden in front of our home with all the colors of the rainbow! But I pay a gardener to tend to it now…
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This is good. There are so many varieties and it’ll be nice seeing you photography each one.
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Such beautiful pictures. Floral photography is what really amazes me the most. Whenever I see a flower, I take a picture. I mean, look at my Gravatar image! 😉
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Thank you Steve. We had so much fun that day at the Maplewood Park. We only wish we could have recorded the wonderful scent of the roses to share. Do you do any gardening?
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Some lovely photos here! Thanks for sharing them…
Steve
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This is so nice to hear you say!!! What a huge blessing to know our joy of sharing what we see is touching others. We have been so blessed being able to travel like we have been and capture the moments in photos, video and words to share. Thank you for making the time to follow along and share your comments with us.
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I wish I had enough time, to visit more. Your blog is entertaining with captivating pictures. There is no dull moment reading through your post. Well-done Tom and Audrey.👍👍👍
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Oooo.. the roses are gorgeous! Love the garden.
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Thank you. It is so nice meeting you and having you along with us to explore each others journeys.
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Fabulous🖒
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Gorgeous
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Lovely! 😍
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Thank you so much, dear one(s)! 😘💖👍🏼💘
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Yes you can but you are already with us in thought and we are glad you are. Your encouragement is always uplifting.
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Awesome Anne. We are glad you enjoyed them as a salute to your birth.
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Awesome. We look forward to it.
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Omg I can imagine! I love being along with you 😊. Can I be your Hitchhiker Gypsy Mascot! 😉💓
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Roses are my birth flower and I love them. Thank you for these lovely photos.
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Oh, that’s awesome, yanks! We will have more than enough time I. New York to be able to do that 😁👍🏻
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You are welcome and thank you for sharing His word.
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Thank you so much for sharing!
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Thank you so much!
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You will simply enjoy the beauty of it all. It is an amazing display of Gods wonders.
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Indeed the New York State was a red rose, I did it with pleasure dear friends.
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No, but I’d love to go there.
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Ann, this was so beautiful. You are so thoughtful. We noticed the New York State flower was a red rose. You are an awesome friend to us.
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It sure is something isn’t it. Have you been?
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Beautiful. I love the Maple Rose Garden.
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You are welcome Ann.
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Thank you for your encouragement.
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Thanks for the photos, I like it very much ❤
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Always my pleasure…love your blog so much!
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Thank you Clarissa. Thank you for making time to let us know.
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Wonderful photography, no words needed (the pictures tell the story)…
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We thought of you Ann when at the rose garden from a conversation we had awhile back and you mentioned loving roses. Also the post from your trips to rose gardens. We were glad to have you with us.
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Thank you.
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Isn’t it amazing Laina. They each have a distinct look and smell too. Great having you along with us.
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Those roses are right here in Rochester, NY. So when you are this way ya gotta let us know and we’ll bring you on tour.
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Beautiful roses Tom and Audrey, the yellow rose is the Graham Darby, a English rose. Overhere te roses are in bloom and very nice to see and smell. To smell on a rose can make you happy, it was a happy day for you both and ofcorse Emma.
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You captured it perfectly!
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Wow, I had no idea that there were that many kinds of roses! How cool!! I love the pictures 😊❤️❤️
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Wow, that is A LOT of roses! The place looks beutiful, I would love to be able to go there on the big trip. Where is this?
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Awesome Margaret. They have such a beautiful scent.
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Thank you for your encouragement. It was precious watching them walk through the garden and touch each rose as they held each others arms.
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This is awesome to hear Mary. The offer stands that if you are around please let us know and we’ll sit for a cup of coffee and tour you around.
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Isn’t it beautiful. Like Paul the tender said when the temps hit 80 everything pops and it sure did. The next day when we returned after it hit 80 everything had bloomed. Incredible fragrances.
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Thank you. Its amazing the difference a day makes… when we went back after the 80 degree temps all popped and the fragrances were awesome. Thank you for being with us.
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The photos are wonderful! I love roses. I can almost smell them. Thank you
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All are beautiful shots but that last one grabbed my heart! Touching shot!
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You have convinced me that I need to visit Rochester! Perhaps later this summer when I visit Niagara Falls.
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Goodness that sure is a lovely garden. I love roses too. 😊
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Beautiful roses!
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