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the calla lily expresses the idea of life and fertility, while on the other hand it is a well-known symbol of death
Calla lilies are said to come from the ancient god Hera, the wife of Zeus. In the story, Zeus brought Hercules to nurse from his wife while she was sleeping. He wanted his son to have the strength of the gods. Hera awoke and pushed the baby away from her. Drops of milk flew across the sky creating the milky way and everywhere they landed on earth, calla lilies bloomed.
Calla Lilies near Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands, a hilly peninsula at the southernmost end of Marin County, California, United States, located just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge, which connects the two counties and peninsulas. The Marin Headlands were home to the Native American Coastal Miwok tribe, who moved between the bay side of the peninsula and the ocean side seasonally, for thousands of years. The entire area is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The Headlands are famous for their views of the Bay Area, especially of the Golden Gate Bridge. In the waters surrounding the Headlands, harbor seals can be found year-round, gray whales can be seen in the spring and fall, and seabirds such as common murres and surf scoters swim within sight of shore.
Every year at this time I gather a few wild Calla Lilies from the coast and spend hours having creative time.
I just noticed that Easter and Passover are this weekend. What better posting than a Cala Lily which is often called the Easter Lily. Whatever is hysterical background, when I see one wild, I shoots it. And this one, popping out in some wild Monterey Bay vegetation, really caught my eye. A docent from the local Sea Mammal Rescue told me that they are native to parts of California, but I don't think that's true. Still, I'll list it as a wildflower and hope there's no governmental (emphasis on "mental") oversight committee for misnaming flowers.
Oh, okay, I'll look it up: "Zantedeschia aethiopica (known as calla lily and arum lily) is a species in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. 'Crowborough' is a more cold tolerant cultivar growing to 90 cm (35 in) tall, suited to cool climates, such as Ireland or Britain and the north-western United States." Well, this was at Big Sur and fills the bill. Besides, what a beautiful wildflower just from a photographic standpoint.
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From a recent early morning walk around the neighborhood.
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Olympus E-M1.3
Olympus 60mm f:2.8
Calla live a Frequenze Disturbate 2006 - Urbino - Altre foto su www.ultrasonica.it/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=58
In an hour at Home Depot I found not only many different plants with a variety of textured leaves, but also many flowers!! What fun to discover and capture them!
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From Wikipedia ~ All Zantedeschia produce large, showy flowers spathes and are often grown both as ornamental plants and for cut flowers. Zantedeschia are relatively hardy plants, but some are more winter-hardy than others. In this regard there may be considered two groups, a hardy outdoor group with large white flowers (arum lilies) and less hardy group with white-spotted leaves and flowers in many colors (calla lilies), such as yellow, orange, pink and purple.
Taken at Home Depot, Laguna Woods, Orange County,
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