Pretty in Pink
Found this little charmer along the street in La Manzanilla yesterday.
Just right for Cee’s challenge.
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/26/cees-fun-foto-challenge-pink-or-magenta-flowers/
Dusty Petals
There are not an excessive number of flowers in La Manzanilla, but I found these little blooms down the street in a strip of soil near the curb, well-dusted by traffic on the sandy pavers. If anyone knows what they are, please let me know.
For more flowers, see: http://ceenphotography.com/2016/01/25/flower-of-the-day-january-25-2016-parrot-tulip/
Morrie Gets a Pedicure, and Other Burnt Orange Delights.
Yes, I was surprised that Morrie took so well to being pampered with an on-site bath, blow-dry, grooming and pedicure. (This enterprising young man has started a business where he comes to your house to groom and wash your dog. He seems to be popular as he was booked solid for a week. Fortunately, he had an appointment with a dog a block away from me so although I’m 5 km. out of town, he just worked me in after his other appointment.) Morrie was a bit rank. Hated to leave him with the house sitter in that condition. And yes, I was proud of the boy. And yes, he immediately went down and rolled in the dirt and the grass. A fella’s gotta have some pride, much as he seemed to enjoy the attention.
http://jennifernicholewells.com/2016/01/18/color-your-world-burnt-orange/
Yellow!!!
Finally!!!! I’ve been saving this one for this challenge for weeks now and keep bringing it up from my desktop. I’ve never seen a yellow poinsettia before and think it probably changed from green to yellow to white or some other color, but I loved it at this stage!! So glad to finally be able to use it. I promise no more poinsettias for awhile. Well, unless there’s a really neat one!!! Backsliding already.
Thunbergia: Private Property
Since my flower bank was completely empty, I went out and took dozens of shots of different flowers today, but at I was going through them––cropping, sharpening, nudging this way and that––this is the one that most captured my interest. So, here it is––a photo so evocatively personal that I feel as though I’m invading the plant’s privacy in sharing it. This is a purple/blue Thunbergia Grandiflora undressed. Its petals have fallen to ground leaving other beauties exposed. Soon there will be a new bud for a new year that I wish you happiness in!!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/12/31/flower-of-the-day-january-1-2016-amaryllis-bud-day-6/
Desert Daisy––Flower of the Day
Took a little walk in my friend’s neighborhood and found this lovely, much enlarged!!! I call it a daisy. If someone knows better, please advise. Happy Xmas Eve, dear bloggers and viewers and friends all!!
For more Xmas flowers, go here:
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/12/24/flower-of-the-day-december-24-2015-poinsettia/
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