One of the things I like to do is highlight the details, the small things, in flowers that you don’t see unless you – or your camera lens – get very close to the subject. This week, I found out how challenging it is to find the details in mythology. I posed a simple question […]
Category Archives: Flowers
Raise your words…
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi
….soothes my eyes….
“Nature’s beauty soothes my eyes, Refreshes my soul” – Debolina Hit hard by a flu bug – I need some light and colour!
….I could walk in my garden forever
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever – Tennyson When my father passed away, I was given a gift of remembrance from some coworkers. The gift was 50 tulip bulbs…. The other day I realized that this fall, it will be 10 years since […]
Orchid
I have never grown orchids – primarily because I do not possess anything close to a green thumb. I do really appreciate their beauty though….
Nobody sees a flower…
Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven’t time, and to see takes time – like to have a friend takes time. – Georgia O’Keeffe
….joy forever….
A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness. – John Keats Some people think that as a flower ages, it loses its loveliness – I disagree, especially if you can capture it through a photo…..
Everything has beauty….
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
….cold of winter…
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness – John Steinbeck Today we stopped in briefly to Allan Gardens to get a taste of the “warmth of summer” as we are expecting another round of “the cold of winter” overnight. There really is something wonderful about tulips […]
Following the curve – again
This is another photo I posted some time ago (as in October, 2012) but as I look out my window at my neighbour’s house, icicles hanging from the roof, this shot came to mind – I needed a boost! Hoping to head to Allan Gardens in Toronto tomorrow to get my “colours and flowers in […]
