My plant identifier couldn’t tell me what flower this is. Can you?
For Cee’s FOTD
Mystery Flower: FOTD Nov 30, 2023
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Leaves After Rain: For FOTD Nov 29, 2023
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Finally, we had rain––of course on the first day my friends arrived for a two-day visit. At any rate, at least in addition to getting pretty wet, I got these shots
For Cee’s FOTD
Let There Be Light! For CFFC
Okay, I couldn’t resist. My husband Bob Brown and I used to make lamps so they seem to be naturals to show for this prompt. To see more of our lamps, go HERE.
This is the only one that I still have. Bob did the wood and stone. I made the paper and formed the spiral shade.
Stages of the Silk Floss Tree, For FOTD Nov 28, 2023
The Flower
The “Fruit”
The Tree
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We have one of these trees at the end of our block which finally allowed me to capture it in all of its phases. When the flowers fall off, this very large pod develops.Called a fruit, it is not edible but actually eventually falls off to reveal the large white fiber ball which is
kapok,used to stuff pillows and cold-weather clothing as well as life preservers.
For Cee’s FOTD
Windblown, For FOTD Nov 27, 2023
Lucky me, to capture these windblown leaves before they flew over the wall? Actually, they are caught in a spiderweb. Sorry for the deception. The photodevil made me do it.
For Cee’s FOTD
For LAPC #277: Empty Spaces
or down again.
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There is nothing like an empty space to attract our attention to what it surrounds or leads up to, but sometimes empty spaces themselves are filled with reflections of what surrounds them.
Waterscapes for “Water Water Everywhere” Prompt
Round and Round, for Sunday Stills
Merry-go-Round
balloons lifting off the ground,
1 1/2 ” round stone formed by the wave action in Lake Michigan. Found in a little stand by the side of the road
Floating around in innertubes?.
Round Plate, Round Jars
A round of applause for ladies in hats at Open Circle
Drop the handkerchief. Remember this circle game?
I really can’t remember what this wheel was for
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Bougainvillea, For FOTD Nov 26, 2023
For Cee’s FOTD
If I Were Marooned on An Island with Only Three Foods?
If I were marooned on an island with only three foods, what three foods would I choose?
Potatoes, Whole Milk, Oil.
What I could make from these three ingredients? Baked potatoes with butter and sour cream, French fries (alas, no ketchup), mashed potatoes with milk and butter, potato chips, scalloped potatoes, fried potatoes, VODKA!!!!!
What I’d miss most: Salt (but I figure I could obtain it from seawater), green vegetables, (Surely there are some edible greens on the island? More likely than wild potatoes.) As for meat, there must be some game on the island and fish in the ocean or lake around it.
The Prompt for My Vivid Blog is Potatoes. Can’t resist that one!
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 