Your pictures capture the quiet beauty which rests in models going past their prime. They command our attention and our stare. They are fascinating to behold.
It's pretty hard to follow that comment of John's with anything that measures up but I agree, there is no mistaking the continued beauty in this flower and you have presented it in a quiet and regal fashion.
Beautiful shapes and lines and detail. A reminder that nothing lasts for ever and also a reminder of our own mortality. For that reason I will not have it on my desktop today. :)
My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust