Fading Flowers

 I don't know what it is about flowers.  I have a love/hate relationship with them.  My favorite flowers are pink tulips.  I'm not fond of roses.  I had a rose that I took from my dad's casket.  I carefully brought it home from Snowflake.  I meticulously hung it upside-down for weeks to let it dry in perfect condition.  I have delicately moved it to three different houses.  The other day, I came home from work and found it crushed.  I'm sure a grandchild thought it was too interesting to leave alone.  

Something about dying flowers is very lonely to me.  I think I captured that perception in these photos.