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More Tapalpa Flowers

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                                           More Tapalpa Flowers

I’ve always thought this Tapalpa scene looked like a scene from a French painting–the mist, the trees and the muted colors of the fields of flowers in the background.

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAnd here are other scenes from the day’s outing.  Fourteen of us  traveling in my van, including me, (taking the picture) and baby Oscar who is hidden in his sister’s arms.

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I was trying to compensate for the shadows on the girls’ faces here and perhaps overdid it a bit.  Reminds me of the bright Kodacolor prints of the sixties!

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/14/flower-of-the-day-september-14-2015-maarn-dahlia/

Pickin’ Petals Flower Farm: Flower of the Day

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PETAL PICKIN’

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For my flower of the day today, I want to give you a link to an incredible nursery.  You won’t believe what you’ll see there.  Incredible!  Here it is: https://freshcutky.wordpress.com/

Don’t miss this one by Cee, or the others who have links on her blog: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/13/flower-of-the-day-september-13-2015-bashful-dahlia/

Oscar and Carmen Play with Flowers (Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge)

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Oscar and Carmen Play with Flowers

I think there were twelve of us in my full-sized van that day, off to see the wildflowers and rocks of Tapalpa.  This series of pictures is all about Carmen and Oscar. Oscar is the little boy you saw diligently doing his English homework at my dining room table a few days ago.  He is now nine.  In these pictures he is two.  Carmen is his sister and stylist.

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Oscar was pretty happy with his handful of pristine white flowers

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But Carmen had a better idea.

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She looked beautiful in her  cosmos garland, in spite of the sun in her eyes that gave her a wistful look.

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But she had further plans.

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And I’m not too sure how Oscar feels about his sister’s attempt to spruce up his look, but I thought he looked adorable!

For more gorgeous flowers, go HERE.

Not Ready to Pop

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Not Ready to Pop

IMG_4142 Version 4 Version 8I love the seed pods on these flowers almost as much as the flowers.  I earlier identified the flower as a heliconia, having found a picture of it with other heliconias, but I now think I am perhaps wrong.  I Googled it and was so excited to find a picture that looked exactly like my big pot filled with these flowers.  So, I was once again willing to be persuaded that it was an uncharacteristic version of a heliconia when I spotted the url for the flower.  It was my picture!  Ha.  If anyone knows what this is I’d love to find out.  It turns brown and pops open to emit very large shiny black round seeds.  At any rate, I love these black and whites of what I guess are mystery flower ovaries!!!

For more black and white beauties, look here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/10/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-what-is-beautiful-to-you/

This is what the flower looks like, for identification purposes only.  Obviously not a black and white!

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First Blush: Bougainvillea–Flower of the Day Challenge 9/5/15

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First Blush: Bougainvillea– Flower of the Day Challenge

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IMG_4656This bougainvillea has a different look from my others.  I love its simplicity, color, and the three pistil-like protrusions. I know that literally, these are leaves, not flowers, but somewhere within their makeup they contain what will become flowers!

More flor:  5/09/05/flower-of-the-day-september-5-2015-orchid/

Mexican Color:Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Mexican Color: Cee’s Flower of the day Challenge

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Still Don’t Know the Name of This Flower! Cee’s Flower of the Day, Aug. 10, 20

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                                           Still Don’t Know the Name of This Flower!


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IMG_3536I am still trying to remember the name of this flower.  I have a paler variety at home but these beauties are in bloom on the Lake Chapala Society grounds. I love the seed pods as well, so I’m showing one above.  They burst open and spill out the black bee bee seeds, insuring a new generation of plants.

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/10/flower-of-the-day-august-10-2015-rose/

Tabachine (Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge, Aug. 4, 2015)

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Tabachine: Showy, Outrageous and Beloved by ButterfliesVersion 2 IMG_2525 IMG_2526 IMG_2528Known also as the Poinciana,  Dwarf Poinciana, or Bush Poinciana–this smaller version of the Royal Poinciana Tree is known as a Tabachine in Mexico,

To see Cee’s outrageous hibiscus macro, go HERE

Plumeria (Frangipani) : Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge–Aug 3

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Plumeria (Frangipani)

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You have never seen clover in this detail!  Have a look at further flower pix:  http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/03/flower-of-the-day-august-3-2015-clover/

Thunbergia Grandiflora–Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Thunbergia Grandiflora–Blue flowers to go with last night’s blue moon!

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To see Cee’s dahlia and other blooms go here:
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/07/31/flower-of-the-day-july-31-2015-dahlia/