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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

Horace

A Rose by Any Other Name

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22 Comments CherryPie on May 30th 2010

22 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. MTG says:
    May 30, 2010 at 6:58 pm

    Such beautiful colour. The annual aphid invasion snaps up my roses.

    • CherryPie says:
      May 30, 2010 at 11:10 pm

      A number of years ago my Dad tended a huge rose bed in his front garden, it always turned people’s heads as they walked by. One or two of the blooms always made their way into the house.

      I must admit I can’t be bothered with the hassle of looking after roses in my garden, they are too much like hard work!

  2. Sean Jeating says:
    May 30, 2010 at 7:22 pm

    Good one(s).

  3. jams O'Donnell says:
    May 30, 2010 at 8:45 pm

    THat is so true Cherie

  4. Janice says:
    May 30, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    How true …particularly for many artists.

    • CherryPie says:
      May 30, 2010 at 11:15 pm

      I could see how an artist’s talents could be enhanced by difficult circumstances. Life’s troubles seem to bring out creativity to express the mood of the time.

  5. JD says:
    May 30, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    My grandfather always had a rose in his lapel and when I say rose, I mean a ROSE!! It had large petals and would include leaves, stem and a few thorns all held in place with a very large brass safety pin.
    When he wasn’t working, his delights were the CIU club, his allotment and reading Shakespeare.
    Adversity certainly forged him; he was a coal-miner.

    • CherryPie says:
      May 31, 2010 at 12:13 am

      Your grandfather sounds a wonderful man. I am sure he had many a tale to tell and that people would benefit from him sharing his experiences.

      I know people who worked in the mines and have heard their stories of the struggles they experienced. It is another world that the people of today don’t really understand.

    • Sean Jeating says:
      May 31, 2010 at 12:22 am

      Hardly could wait for the reply of the lady of this blog, as your words made me feel … how to say? … so good.

  6. CherryPie says:
    May 31, 2010 at 12:35 am

    I speak as I feel :-) Now should I just I take on the challenge of just one rose?

    • Sean Jeating says:
      May 31, 2010 at 12:51 am

      You speak as you feel, and thus you speak beautifully, CherryPie.
      Perhaps, once again I managed to express my thoughts in a misunderstandable way? :)
      Well, in other words: When reading JD’s lines, spontaneously I wrote a long sermon, but then thought it might me impolite not to wait until your reply, and … therefore (thankfully?) deleted all.
      Sometimes, ah … almost always less is more.

      • CherryPie says:
        May 31, 2010 at 1:16 am

        I was a little unsure of which of the comments you were referring to when you said you hardly could wait, but now I understand :-)

        I must admit to being a little curious on your original thoughts in response to JD…

        Please don’t feel you have to wait for me to respond first, my comments thread is a discussion area for everyone to enjoy and explore ideas and thoughts with each other.

        • Sean Jeating says:
          May 31, 2010 at 1:43 am

          You are lovely, CherryPie. Thank you.
          As for my thoughts: All my words would (just have) be(en) a looong echo of what JD beautifully put within four sentences. Well, and at half past two I ought rather to put my head on the pillow.
          Perhaps tomorrow?
          The peace of the night.

  7. CalumCarr says:
    May 31, 2010 at 5:43 am

    Just beautiful!

  8. Ginnie says:
    May 31, 2010 at 6:40 am

    Very true words, Cherie, and beautifully illustrated!

  9. Ellee says:
    June 1, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Did you see the pic of the multi coloured rose in the papers today? It just doesn’t look real, a rose isn’t meant to look like Joseph’s rainbow coloured coat…