Succlent Rose

To me the gorgeous Echevaria looks like another form of a rose.  In fact I'm convinced

that some people refer to these succulents as "desert rose" but, I may be wrong ....

 ...the shape and almost delicate look about them ....

 and not only do they remind me of a rose, I think they go well with roses too, even 

through technically speaking they are on opposite ends of the plant spectrum .... 

I was "playing" around, as I like to do... and put this collage together ..... now tell me

they don't look good together!?

A macro Monday post here and here

Flowers Today post

Mosaic Monday post

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Dahlias

Another Monday and time for macro's or close up images - as I adore the fine detail 

of flowers and the insects that live in and around them, so this is always a favorite 

post for me.   Today's selection is of dahlias ...

I adore the shape of the flowers, the petals, the vibrant colours and at times the 

'weathered look" and feel about them ...

Wishing you a great week ahead.  I leave you with a thought : 

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Macro Monday post here and here

A Today's Flower post here

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for thinking aloud

Bottle Brush

The bottle brush flower is truly amazing .... it starts off as these little "balls" tightly

wrapped, on a 'stalk" and slowly they start opening, stretching, as it were, in order

to open up into the specimen above.

Below are a few images of different stages of growth and of the  detail.

  

 A Macro Monday post here and here

a Flowers today post

Ruby Tuesday post here

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Beauvais Close-ups

Hello everyone I have, admittedly been neglecting my blog, although by the same
 token, muts say that's it's not on purpose ... I'm busy with a  lot of background work
in getting {Gena D Photography}  off the ground, and sadly at times, certain things
 need to take a back seat.  
Anyway .... onto the task at hand ... here is a selection of close-up shots taken
this weekend ....

A Macro Monday post here and here

and Today's Flowers here

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Wonders from a vegetable garden

would you believe that this selection of images were all taken in

mom's garden in Portugal (June this year)

I am always in awe of how the simplest things in the right lighting

can create an amazing image.

{simple things like onion, garlic, parsely, cabbage and green beans...}

This is a Macro Monday post here and here

and Today's Flowers here

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Wisteria Blues

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.  

Henry David Thoreau

a number of weeks ago, I was lamenting how I find it so difficult

 to capture a decent  image of westeria.  in frustration I picked a piece,

placed it in a glass vessel, and then tried again.

the pics above are the product of the effort - at least now

 I feel one can see the detail little more clearly.

A flowers today post

Macro Monday here and here

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Feverfew - a medicinal herb

Photography quote:
Wherever there is light, one can photograph. - Alfred Stieglitz

The dainty white daisy-like flowers of the Feverfew plant - which is in fact

a  medicinal herb - see link for more info
View more Macros here and here

and more Flowers here

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Iris in fine detail

 

Irises have got to be one of the most gorgeous flowers - especially when

you examine the fine detail - the wonderful lilacy-purple shade,

the yellow brush like parts, the luminous petals, the pearly inside of

the flower, the wonderful black and white markings .....

View more Today's Flowers posts here

and more macro posts here and here

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Coneflower

this gorgeous flower is commonly called a coneflower.

It's one of a few types, and this particular one is also known as

 Echinacea - the medicinal flower

being used in homeopathic remedies for colds and flu, amongst other things...

I took these images at the annual Herb  Happening on the Doonholm Farm -

a local nursery that specialises in (amongst other things) herbs.

They have a great herbal labyrinth - really worth replicating in your own

garden if you have the space, and well as a Monastic herb garden

(in the original layout of monastic gardens)

a butterfly was kind enough to "pose" for me ....

I guess this is why it's called a coneflower???

View more macro images here and here

and also more flower images here

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An indigenous beauty

a gorgeous Strelitzia  - indigenous to South Africa and commonly

known as Bird of Paradise.

this was taken whilst on my walkout at the Voortrekker Monument

(Pilgrims monument) recently ... see post below for more

images and details.

To view more macro posts click here and here

and more Flowers, click here

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Nigella Damascena

The blue flower with the long and strange name, also commonly known as
 "Love in the Mist" ..... and it's seed pods, below

view more Macros, here and here

view more Flowers here

and of course, more Blue Monday posts here

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