flores viejitas

Everything beautiful dies in the end.
The effect of five days on my beautiful dahlias.

“And therein lies the whole of man’s plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.” 

(Milan Kundera - The unbearable lightness of being).

flores

A snap of some beautiful dahlias given to me yesterday by a very special boy. Everything about them is so delicate and pretty, they remind me of russian folkloric prints and the flowers painted on their matroyshka dolls. i'm sure he was aware of that too...he's very clever. x