Beauty In Decay - Still Life.

This is the last outing for the roses from a couple of weeks ago.  The petals are falling and the flowers are starting to dry out, but they still have an elegant beauty even in this state. I will save a couple of the stems and let them dry out completely and put them with my 'bits and pieces' for possible future blips.  Thank you to Nickimags888 for hosting the Still Life challenge.

I have added an extra of a Thrush seen this morning. I am assuming that it is a Mistle Thrush.  Saw one last year, but that is the only time.