Tag Archives: Bougainvillea images

More Bougainvillea: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge, May 2, 2016

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These are the bougainvilleas that are flourishing beneath the royal poinciana tree this year. I can see the ants carrying away the petals that have fallen on the cobblestones.  I’d like to believe they’ve been blown down, but there are probably trusty cutter ants up above, using their incisors to lop off the leaves and petals.  If I don’t do something to wage a war, the bushes and tree will be stripped in a week.  Hate to do it, but this really is war against the cutter ants.

( Please click on photos to see much larger views.)

 

https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/01/flower-of-the-day-may-2-2016-rhododendron/

Color Your World Yellow-Orange

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My entire house is yellow orange! As is my living room and bedroom and studio… all different hues. I have been so busy that I hadn’t noticed that everything is blooming.  The Royal Poinciana is the fullest I’ve ever seen it.  I’ll show more of it tomorrow!

 

https://jennifernicholewells.com/2016/04/29/color-your-world-yellow-orange/

Bougainvillea: Flower of the Day 2016/4/21

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The real flower of the bougainvillea is usually outshone by its brilliantly colored leaves.  Here the flower gets its due–center stage–while the flashy leaves retreat into the darkness.

https://ceenphotography.com/2016/04/20/flower-of-the-day-april-21-2016-bearded-iris/

For Cee: Flower of the Day April 1, 2016

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Ok Cee, you posted my favorite flower today, so here is one of your faves for you.  Similar color, different bloom.  Happy April Fool’s Day, but no fooling here.  Just took this picture a minute ago.

To see Cee’s flower of the day, go HERE.

The Neighborhood–A Flower a Day, Mar 19, 2016

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The most wonderful thing about bougainvilleas is often their surroundings.  They can obscure faults, serve as security and also as home to many creatures: possums, lizards, iguanas and my own cat.  Here are some beautiful places that bougainvilleas exist in La Manzanilla:

(Click on first photo, then on arrows to enlarge and view photos.)

http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/18/flower-of-the-day-march-19-2016-magnolia-tree/

Bougainvillea Shadows: A Flower a Day, March 17, 2015

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Carried away by its more flashy parts, sometimes we overlook the subtleties of nature.  I found these shadow shots of bougainvilleas to be as intriguing as the flowers themselves.

(CLICK on first picture, then on arrows to increase size and view entire gallery.)

 

Bougainvilleas––Flower of the day Mar 16, 2016

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The wild tumble of bougainvillea actually forms a wall in my friend’s open-walled house.  She lives about as outside as it is possible to live without actually living outside.  Later on this week, I’ll show you her house, studio and art.  I love the wildness of these intermixed vines, the shadows and the colors. Here’s another one for you, Cee.

Click on the first image and then on arrows to enlarge photos and see entire gallery.

http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/15/flower-of-the-day-march-16-2016-tulip-field-from-last-year/

Yellow Bear’s Garden: Bougainvillea––Flower of the Day Feb. 25, 2016

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In Yellow Bear’s Garden: Bougainvillea

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To view more flowers, go here: http://ceenphotography.com/2016/02/24/flower-of-the-day-february-25-2016-daffodils/

Cee’s Flower of the Day, Jan 24, 2016 and Color Your World Cerise

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Cerise Bougainvillea

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http://jennifernicholewells.com/2016/01/24/color-your-world-cerise/

http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/23/flower-of-the-day-january-24-2016-rhododendron/

Bouquet: Flower of the Day, Jan 11, 2016

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What if you could wave your hand and pound your fingers on a magical machine to transform one simple flower into an entire bouquet of beautiful and varied flowers? And what if this cost you nothing?  This is what I gained from one lackluster and not even very well-focused photo of a bougainvillea bush in my yard.  By “mining” different locations on the photo and using only the simple tools available as part of my “photos” app that came with my MacBook Air, I created all of these different floral images. None will win any prizes, but this was just a fast playful interlude in an otherwise busy day.  Try it.  Fun, fun.

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This is the picture I started with and considered deleting.

http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/11/flower-of-the-day-january-11-2016-amaryllis/