Category Archives: flowers of Mexico

Heavenly Hibiscus:Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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                                                   Heavenly HibiscusIMG_5843 IMG_5845 IMG_5849 I found this gorgeous hibiscus outside the Casa del Sol B&B in Ajijic. I’ve been there twice in the past week for a Feria fashion show and then for a board meeting.  I broke my vow to never again attend a board meeting when I moved to Mexico!  Finally, after 14 years, I went to the Feria board meeting to find out what my duties as “coordinator of artist gifts” will be. (I’m not sure that is my title, but yeah, I caved for this very good cause.  I’ll give you more information later.)  It you love Mexican art (and if you live north of the border, you’ve never really seen the “real” stuff done by artists and artisans who continue centuries old traditions) you would love the Feria de Maestros del Arte! But more about that later.

“Cee” dahlias and more flowers here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/03/flower-of-the-day-october-4-2015-dahlia/

“Found” Mystery Flower: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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                                           “Found” Mystery FlowerVersion 2
DSC00012 (1)I thought perhaps this was a variety of Clematis, but the stamen and pistils are wrong.  If you know what it is, please let me know!

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/03/flower-of-the-day-october-4-2015-dahlia/

Purple Daisies: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/10/02/flower-of-the-day-october-2-2015-checkers-dahlia/

Zinnia: cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge, 9/29/15

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Zealous ZinniasIMG_5386 (1)Just when you think all these ladies have left the dance, several pop up in a different place!.
IMG_5385 (1) Shady Lady and Pup

 

“Cee” more floweres HERE!

Throw Away: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 9/27/15

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Throw Away
As I go through my pictures on days I’m not in the mood to go take new photos, trying to remember which ones I’ve already used on my blog, I also take the time to delete photos I know I will never use.  But today I got a wild idea and decided to restore the picture I’d just deleted and see if there was any part of it I could use.  After an hour or two of playing, I came up with fourteen possibilities.  I’m posting them all, and at the end, the picture of the giant blooming castor bean plant they all came from.IMG_5369 IMG_5373 IMG_5370 Version 7 Version 10 Version 9 Version 8 IMG_5371 Version 6 Version 5 Version 4 Version 3 Version 2 IMG_5368Below is the unedited photo I threw away and then retrieved–the mother of them all:

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I guess the moral of the story is that there are lots of possibilities in even a picture you think doesn’t warrant saving.  Unfortunately, I see this potential in other parts of my life as well, which is why I got distracted waiting for all these photos to download to my media file and started sorting closets.  I’m proud to say I sorted out a big box of clothes to give away and another to sell.  Photos are an easy thing to hold on to because they don’t take up much space, and if all else fails you can send them to the cloud.  Now if they could just invent a cloud for the rest of the clutter of my life!!!.

Do not miss this photo: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/27/flower-of-the-day-september-27-2015-bashful-dahlia/

Obelisco y Mas: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge, 9/26/15

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                                            Obelisco y Mas

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In Mexico, the hibiscus flower is an obelisco.  These two blooms were picked off the street in San Juan Cosala this morning as I came out of Cafe Saga after the girls’ dance class. I loved the rust-red color, which somehow I have been unable to duplicate in these photos.  I’ve tried decreasing the light to duplicate the color so that is why the photos are a bit dark,but none are the correct color.

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I carried the two flowers to my favorite local plant place and although they had a rather large plant that he said had this color blooms, it turns out that the blooms change color three times and are only this color for about a day, finally turning into yellow. The plant I bought has no blooms, but I bought it anyway.  If it isn’t the plant I want, no doubt it will be beautiful anyway as I’ve never met an hibiscus that I didn’t love.  I’ll show you the results!!!

For more flowers, look here:  http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/26/flower-of-the-day-september-26-2015-gitts-perfection-dahlia/

Bougainvillia: Still Life with Spotted Iris and Wheelbarrow: Cee’s Flower of the Day, 9/25/15

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Bougainvillia: Still Life with Spotted Iris and Wheelbarrow

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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/24/flower-of-the-day-september-25-2015-american-beauty/

More Aloe Flowers–Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 09/24/15

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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/24/flower-of-the-day-september-25-2015-american-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-67095

Butterfly? Cee’s Flower of the Day 9/24/15

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Butterfly?

IMG_5290Actually, a Crown of Thorns

 

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/24/flower-of-the-day-september-24-2015-checkers-dahlia/

In the Womb (Zinnias): Cee’s Flower of the Day, 9/23/15

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In the Womb (Zinnias) IMG_5394 IMG_5389 (1) IMG_5392IMG_5398 (1)
For more flowers, see:  http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/23/flower-of-the-day-september-23-2015-gitts-perfection-dahlia/