Christmas Eve Blooms

Good afternoon everyone.
I went out with my camera this morning
to see what all was in bloom.
What a nice surprise to see the different flowers
basking in our mild temps.

Hope those of you covered with snow will enjoy all the color,
and be inspired and encouraged.
Pretty soon you'll have your lovely gardens again,
and I'll be sweltering in the heat and humidity.

Again have a wonderful Christmas and a great 2009.


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May we all learn from the past,

look forward to the future,

and live mindfully,

each moment,

of every single day

that we are blessed with.

Love and hugs to all of you ~ FlowerLady

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Azalea

Blue Mist

Cocktail rose

Cocktail again.

White Ducher

The next two picture are also of Ducher.
I thought the speckles were really neat.

Mutabilis

Louis Phillipe

Hibiscus

The next three pictures are of flame vine blooms.

The next two pictures are of a weed.
I always call them paintbrushes,
but that might not be correct.

Vincent Godsiff

The next two pictures are of an unknown ground cover.
The first one with the blooms closed,
the second one after they have started to open.

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Flowers construct the most charming geometries:

circles like the sun,

ovals, cones, curlicues

and a variety of triangular eccentricities,

which when viewed with the eye of a magnifying glass

seem a Lilliputian frieze of psychedelic silhouettes.

Duane Michals, The Vanishing Act