tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post4275423083281332224..comments2024-01-30T05:22:06.674-08:00Comments on A Majority of Two: Stop And Smell The Roses...Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-88888377352471672922011-01-26T16:38:23.168-08:002011-01-26T16:38:23.168-08:00I love David Austin Roses and antiques! Hybrid T&...I love David Austin Roses and antiques! Hybrid T's however, no. They are leggy, diseased, gawky and weird.<br /><br />I say go for it! Do the things you love.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778054413371087920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-29433141472815851192011-01-26T09:36:02.986-08:002011-01-26T09:36:02.986-08:00Career changes are great.
If you don't reach ...Career changes are great.<br /><br />If you don't reach for your dreams you can't expect them to come true.Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881826389793941197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-29005666226711460192011-01-26T08:24:37.161-08:002011-01-26T08:24:37.161-08:00It's interesting Jo that you wrote about two d...It's interesting Jo that you wrote about two different varieties of roses - one cultured and offered in a "formal" setting and the other "wild" and growing with "abandon." <br /><br />I read the first half of your post as a metaphor leading to the second half.<br /><br />You are at crossroads here - a stable career versus creative passion.<br /><br />I think Russell had some excellent thoughts. It certainly would be a way to move toward your dream and in a comfortable way.Paula Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923061193682673368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-49268972927374850482011-01-26T07:24:26.486-08:002011-01-26T07:24:26.486-08:00Oh I love roses and the look and smell of em but d...Oh I love roses and the look and smell of em but dont agree when most people say that a rose is the most beautiful of all flowers. Perhaps they havent seen itsy-bitsy flowers growing by the side of the road or wild roses as you said. I love flowers..all flowers. For me nature and all the beauti that it holds is ethereal and unmatched by human beauty.budh.aaahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13277544197089022458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-63719000368819952672011-01-25T23:37:00.436-08:002011-01-25T23:37:00.436-08:00I think you know what I think about this issue.
...I think you know what I think about this issue. <br /><br />I love English country gardens in which everything grows all over the place, untrimmed and undisciplined in any way. I also love wildflowers, and while the scent of some cultivated roses is exquisite, the form of the plant is usually too severe for my taste. And I don't love thorns.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-76094705038656822582011-01-25T12:50:22.445-08:002011-01-25T12:50:22.445-08:00I love what Russell said!I love what Russell said!Jennifer Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194865772198170276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-65118176630324994522011-01-25T08:39:51.788-08:002011-01-25T08:39:51.788-08:00I agree about roses. I have one miniature rose bus...I agree about roses. I have one miniature rose bush to which I do absolutely nothing and it grows in a wild profusion amongst the iris, shasta daisies, peonies and chrysanthemums... until frost. As for stopping? You have so many gifts, Jo. Take a lesson from someone who did not stop until her health MADE her stop. Now I am going after the artistic dreams because I cannot be "responsible" and work full time. You deserve the exploration, the fulfillment, the joy--it would match the joy you give us all from your blog. So there.JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-41915477511399807182011-01-25T00:43:39.313-08:002011-01-25T00:43:39.313-08:00I'm not a roses girl either... that doesn'...I'm not a roses girl either... that doesn't mean I'd send them back to the flowershop (just in case anyone's listening!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-17169281443770522522011-01-24T20:52:52.397-08:002011-01-24T20:52:52.397-08:00I left work last year and I love the freedom. If ...I left work last year and I love the freedom. If you can get out, go for it!<br /><br />My husband is allergic to roses so we only have them outside. I love tulips and daffodils.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-14403642054818974572011-01-24T14:33:37.521-08:002011-01-24T14:33:37.521-08:00I think I read that 90% of our cut roses come from...I think I read that 90% of our cut roses come from Columbia and Ecuador. To make them hearty for traveling and disease resistant, most of the traditional rose smell has been bred out of them. They are now a flower without a fragence.<br /><br />There is a lesson in that, I think. Something to do with maximizing the short term at the expense of your soul. Or something like that.<br /><br />Do what you want. It is YOUR life. But don't act too hastily. We have to be somewhat pragmatic even while chasing our dream.<br /><br />Maybe you can work less hours or a 3 or 4 day week....Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072219347283927398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-30609769390383918332011-01-24T14:16:33.983-08:002011-01-24T14:16:33.983-08:00I completely agree about the roses. I forbade my h...I completely agree about the roses. I forbade my husband many years ago to send me hothouse roses any more. They lack any personality in the flower world.<br /><br />Give me wildflowers of any kind any day!<br /><br />Sometimes it's so hard for us to do what we know is ultimately best for us. We have all these responsibilities to our family, our co-workers, our bosses, and our careers.<br /><br />I'm kind of hoping you'll get downsized. Sounds as if you're ready for it. Best of luck!Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937847762010497687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-41863989043418553782011-01-24T13:25:38.642-08:002011-01-24T13:25:38.642-08:00Jo, good luck to you. I hope you can escape the tr...Jo, good luck to you. I hope you can escape the treadmill soonest.<br /><br />Somebody once remarked:"If work was so bloody marvellous then all the ruling class would have snapped it up immediately."<br /><br />Some work is good, but only if you ENJOY it. Otherwise it's just WORK!PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-31622790627288086492011-01-24T12:44:13.631-08:002011-01-24T12:44:13.631-08:00Knowing my own retirement is just months away and ...Knowing my own retirement is just months away and considering how much I am looking forward to it, I'd say YES! Let them make you redundant and then go ahead and be anything but!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-36649584710362630022011-01-24T09:47:35.158-08:002011-01-24T09:47:35.158-08:00Oh, I hope, with you, that you are shown the door....Oh, I hope, with you, that you are shown the door. Having to stay behind would most likely be unbearable (and so much more work).<br />I am also with you on the roses.VioletSkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222821877918680480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-50160286131292953422011-01-24T07:47:32.611-08:002011-01-24T07:47:32.611-08:00I will always have a soft spot for roses because m...I will always have a soft spot for roses because my Grandma loved them and she spent many hours pruning her rose bushes into submission.The scent makes me think of her.However I love big wild shows of flowers like...Hydrangeas. I also adore Cosmos.I love that scene in "The Color Purple" when Celie is standing in a giant field of purple Cosmos, just love it.<br /><br />I think you should leap into your next adventure, paint and read. Put the juice that your job has been sucking out, back into your life. You are so talented.Jennifer Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194865772198170276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-57477418841590619072011-01-24T07:38:16.750-08:002011-01-24T07:38:16.750-08:00Good luck with what your future might bring. Chan...Good luck with what your future might bring. Change is a good thing. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-62680196330954401162011-01-23T23:45:49.672-08:002011-01-23T23:45:49.672-08:00Nope. I just love roses. Any kind. Sadly, the ones...Nope. I just love roses. Any kind. Sadly, the ones we get at the florist seem to have no scent at all. (Cape Town)fiftyoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372578925298011630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-30838716196484629532011-01-23T23:38:24.366-08:002011-01-23T23:38:24.366-08:00If you are ready, you should do it. It's not ...If you are ready, you should do it. It's not that you won't know what to do with yourself but quite the opposite, you will finally have time for your own self.<br /><br />If you recall, I did something similar last year (although I still do some consultancy work) I am taking the time to develop spiritually, emotionally and to recover physically. I think it was a good decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-45889133275084059552011-01-23T23:21:39.520-08:002011-01-23T23:21:39.520-08:00Nothing on roses, but the heading made me think. ...Nothing on roses, but the heading made me think. We don't really stop to smell the roses way enough. Not just the roses, but all flowers big and small.Firefly the Travel Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-47997561778835010252011-01-23T19:39:20.270-08:002011-01-23T19:39:20.270-08:00Go for it. It's great fun having the whole da...Go for it. It's great fun having the whole day to do with what you want.Pamela Kiefferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10627605593041223171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-27165663723632034452011-01-23T19:34:50.884-08:002011-01-23T19:34:50.884-08:00if you can take the leap, then do it!
you could gr...if you can take the leap, then do it!<br />you could grow wild roses and then<br />paint them.myletterstoemilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555607498974287844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-27210330120481415802011-01-23T18:44:38.289-08:002011-01-23T18:44:38.289-08:00You are a wild Canadian rose masquerading as a &qu...You are a wild Canadian rose masquerading as a "lady."<br />And very well I might add.<br /><br /><br />Miss ya at da beach...<br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-54213331328806952382011-01-23T17:10:27.882-08:002011-01-23T17:10:27.882-08:00lol.. Jo you definitely go against the grain,very ...lol.. Jo you definitely go against the grain,very cool.. more reason for you take a leap!! <br />happy blogging<br />- SySYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133339104832835879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-56952061855033873642011-01-23T16:34:37.286-08:002011-01-23T16:34:37.286-08:00If you will be able to get by afterwards, then go ...If you will be able to get by afterwards, then go for it... working worlds are frequently relentlessly empty of meaningful sustenance, where today profit rules and all creativity is subservient to it. Best to return to your art... life is short...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1518800171649154035.post-23081831148749734212011-01-23T16:00:33.228-08:002011-01-23T16:00:33.228-08:00I love to GET roses, but the scent can be cloying ...I love to GET roses, but the scent can be cloying - & I don't find rose gardens pretty at all. Give me a blowzy peony bush & I'm a happy camper :)<br /><br />I had a period of time where I hoped I would be downsized - I knew the severance package would be really nice & my job was so hectic. But then I got cold feet & transferred to another department instead. I'm glad I did - MUCH less stressful job now. But if I were in your situation I would strongly consider taking any package they offer & running with it!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.com