Just the Two of Us
"I see the crystal raindrops fall
And the beauty of it all
Is when the sun comes shining through
To make those rainbows in my mind
When I think of you sometime
And I wanna spend some time with you
Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I"
(Bill Withers; Grover Washington Jr.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5OLnN7UvM
These are Lotus Leaves emerging from the pond. The slit-leaves floating on the pond are Water Lily plants. They each
produce beautiful flowers and are often mistaken for each other.
The Lotus flower (Nelumbo family) has many symbolic meanings, some depending on the color of the flower they produce. They are especially meaningful in Eastern religions, Hinduism (Peace, Eternity), Buddhism (Purity, Beauty, Divinity, Re-birth), Egyptian (associated with the Sun, re-birth).
The symbols of re-birth and re-incarnation can be traced to the fact that the Lotus flowers submerge in the evening and rise again in the morning.
An interesting quality of the Lotus Leave is that it is superhydrophobic...water 'balls' up like mercury and helps to cleanse the leave in contrast to it's dirty, muddy roots.
This is often called, "The Lotus Effect."
The American Lotus flower is in the Nelumbo Lutea family.
For FlickrFriday
Theme: Leaves
Just the Two of Us
"I see the crystal raindrops fall
And the beauty of it all
Is when the sun comes shining through
To make those rainbows in my mind
When I think of you sometime
And I wanna spend some time with you
Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I"
(Bill Withers; Grover Washington Jr.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5OLnN7UvM
These are Lotus Leaves emerging from the pond. The slit-leaves floating on the pond are Water Lily plants. They each
produce beautiful flowers and are often mistaken for each other.
The Lotus flower (Nelumbo family) has many symbolic meanings, some depending on the color of the flower they produce. They are especially meaningful in Eastern religions, Hinduism (Peace, Eternity), Buddhism (Purity, Beauty, Divinity, Re-birth), Egyptian (associated with the Sun, re-birth).
The symbols of re-birth and re-incarnation can be traced to the fact that the Lotus flowers submerge in the evening and rise again in the morning.
An interesting quality of the Lotus Leave is that it is superhydrophobic...water 'balls' up like mercury and helps to cleanse the leave in contrast to it's dirty, muddy roots.
This is often called, "The Lotus Effect."
The American Lotus flower is in the Nelumbo Lutea family.
For FlickrFriday
Theme: Leaves