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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Fresh Market: Fordsburg

Images taken at the Fordsburg Fresh Market.

a Macro Monday post here and here

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Blue Beads

Blue ceramic beads hanging on a doorknob - just love the

texture and detail.

a Wordless Wednesday post and

MidWeek blues

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Poppies

 I simply had to buy poppies, wait for them to open slowly, coming out

of their rather unappealing "shells" and watch in amazement

at the beauty and delicacy of each flower.    

They remind me in part of soft crinkly paper, in in others others of a

creased taffetta or even silk (fabric).  

These are some of the images captured - enjoy!

a Color Carnival post

and

Ruby Tuesday post

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Contrasts

I entitled this picture "contrast" because I loved the look of the 

 fragile poppies and wildflowers growing on this embankment against

a rock solid (literally) wall and old olive tree.  

The contrast is also in relation to new life and growth vs. the old, ancient and

 established - the ancient walls of the castle and the very old olive tree

under which the poppies were growing.

 This image was taken during the recent trip to Portugal outside the

St. George Castle in Lisbon.  We were in a rush and a  snapped a few images

in a hurry, wish I'd caught more of the olive tree... alas!! 

A Ruby Tuesday post

and My World Tuesday

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African Daisies

I recently spotted a garden bed full of the vibrant African daisies, and
camera in hand hopped out the car to capture what I could.
Don't you just love their vibrant sunny "faces" in an array of yellow
 to deep orange shades???  
I decided best I post some now, as spring is in the air, and it's time to
post blossoms, poppies and other spring type blooms ....

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Through the Aloes

a simple country setting .... vibrant terracotta wall and spiky aloes

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