Far past its prime, this Bird of Paradise still displays a grotesque beauty.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt.
Past its Prime: Flower of the Day, May 30, 2017
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Category Archives: Flowers
Hibiscus: Flower of the Day, May 29, 2017
Every day, at least one new gift from each hibiscus bush. Same bush, new flower.
Hibiscus: Black and White Sunday and Cee’s Flower of the Day, May 28, 2017
The prompt was to publish a photo in both color and black and white. Luckily, I had just, on a whim, tried converting this hibiscus shot to black and white and was shocked to discover that I liked it better devoid of its gorgeous colors. Here is the site if you’d like to play along: https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/black-white-sunday-after-and-before-y1-05/
I’m also using this for Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
Saying It with Flowers
“Violets contain ionone, which short-circuits our sense of smell. The flower continues to exude its fragrance, but we lose the ability to smell it. Wait a minute or two, and its smell will blare again. Then it will fade again, and so on.”
— Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses
“Violets” jdb photo 2017
Saying It with Flowers
A lovely gesture, the violets—
but their scent vanished
before you walked out the door.
“It will come back,” you promised.
And so it did, that sweet aroma,
radiating from the deep heart of the flowers
for brief moments before
vanishing again—
coming and going with a greater regularity
than your coming and your going.
“There is a scientific cause for this,”
you noted, ” The fragrance is still there,
but we just lose our ability to smell it.
It will come back again.”
And you were right.
I could count upon it’s reappearance—
the mystery of its coming
and its going solved,
unlike your final exit
or why, when I requested
forget me nots,
violets are what
you gave.
“Forget Me Nots” image from internet
The prompt today was “radiate.”
Flower of the Day: Garden Salad
A few times a year the leaf-cutter ants make a salad table out of my garden, stripping the bougainvillea, especially. Today they were busy outside my walls but so far they’ve left the new little bougainvillea bush alone.
https://ceenphotography.com/2017/05/27/flower-of-the-day-may-28-2017-rhododendron/
Subtropical Garden
Subtropical Garden
Since I live below the tropic of Cancer, the varieties of plants that not only survive but thrive in my garden are manifold. Here are a few of the things that you would find in my garden if you came to visit, as well as the reasons why I love living here:
(Please click on any photo to enlarge all photos.)
For Cee’s garden prompt.
Sweet Violets: Flower of the Day, May 25, 2017
One of the songs our dad used to serenade us with was “Sweet Violets.” It was one song I knew all the lyrics to when I was a little girl. Still do. I bet you wish you could hear me singing along as you listen to it here. I’m curious about how many people recognize this song. If you do, please tell me so in the comments section. Did you sing along? I did. Every word.
For Cee’s daily flower prompt.
Frangipani: Flower of the day, May 23, 2017
My plumeria tree just keeps on blooming this year. The leaves are lusher than usual as well. I’ll try to enjoy them before the rains come and pick them all!
https://ceenphotography.com/2017/05/22/flower-of-the-day-may-23-2017-bearded-iris/
Red Eye Ivy Leaf Geraniums: Flower of the Day, May 22, 2017
I love these Red Eye Ivy Leaf Geraniums.
https://ceenphotography.com/2017/05/21/flower-of-the-day-may-22-2017-rhododendron/
Sky Blue––Thunbergia Grandiflora: Flower of the Day, May 21, 2017
Just try to convince me that this thunbergia isn’t sky blue! The first photo is of a thunbergia flower on the vine near my studio. The second is a mistake shot I took of the sky seconds later. I was amazed at how the colors matched!
