Zinnia Zoom
I am constantly amazed by what happens as I zoom in on a flower. There is an entire new world revealed at each stage of the zoom! In this way, a flower is a good parallel to everything. The closer we look, the more complex everything is revealed to be. This is why I like poetry. It is the microbiology of words.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/18/flower-of-the-day-october-18-2015-maran-dahlia/
Plumeria (Mixed Messages)
How to honor the last three frangipani (plumeria) blooms on a tree doomed to the axe? This tree has grown to block the view, and for 14 years I’ve suffered from its scent that others find intoxicating. Finally, weeks ago, I told Pasiano it must go. He hasn’t been swift in following requests. I haven’t been swift in asking why.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/16/flower-of-the-day-october-16-2015-day-lily-in-black-and-white/
Couldn’t resist another bougainvillea!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/15/flower-of-the-day-october-15-2015-dahlia/
“Brokedown” Zinnia
I don’t know why this “brokedown” zinnia appeals to me so much, but it does. It looks like it took a bite out of this little berry hanging over its shoulder a week or so ago and then just let it hang!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/13/flower-of-the-day-october-13-2015-bearded-iris/
I just removed a large bush of Crown of Thorns that was becoming a hazard in both my pool and the path that were on either side of it. I took this last picture of the blooms before we did so. This particular plant is lighter in color than others and acquires a richness close up, I think.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/11/flower-of-the-day-october-11-2015-columbine/
Didn’t have a spare second yesterday to post a flower, so I’m it!!! Here is a flower to atone: Oct. 9 in Arrears: Sun Rose.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/09/flower-of-the-day-october-9-2015-rose/
Wallflower Bougainvillea
I love this shy little wallflower, so I’m going to let her be the star in this late post.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/08/flower-of-the-day-october-8-2015-dahlia/
Bleached Hibiscus
I can’t compete with that deep red, Cee, so I’m going in the opposite direction. Here is an hibiscus with the color drained out of it. I would love to have one that was really this color! (Or lack of color.)
I was given this flower today so want to share it. See: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/07/flower-of-the-day-october-7-2015-hibiscus-for-judy/
Hibiscus: Faded Glory
Part of maintaining an interest in life is finding beauty in all of its stages–not just the budding and full bloom, but also in its slow relaxation towards the finish.
The interior of this lush hibiscus, long past its prime, reminds me of a messy bed with it’s bent and tumbled stamens and pollen spilled out over rumpled and twisted sheets. I can imagine the almost drunken pleasure of bees and other pollinators as they burrowed into the flower, creating this disorder!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/05/flower-of-the-day-october-5-2015-small-daisy/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 