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Under the pines, near the murmuring brook,
I know the wild orchids grow,
Fair and pure in their shady nook,
A page in God's own wonderful book
With a message for me to know.
So breathtakingly beautiful so adorned ,
Captured upon a stem scent shared adored .
breath of an angel poured.
Saving flora and fauna is essential for maintaining a healthy and balanced ecosystem. Here are some ways we can contribute to this cause:
Protect natural habitats: Natural habitats such as forests, wetlands, and grasslands are crucial for the survival of many species. We need to protect these habitats by preventing deforestation, preserving wetlands, and restoring degraded lands.
Reduce pollution: Pollution is a significant threat to flora and fauna. We can reduce pollution by using eco-friendly products, reducing the use of plastic, and properly disposing of waste.
Conserve water: Water is essential for the survival of plants and animals. We can conserve water by fixing leaky faucets, using water-efficient appliances, and reducing water usage.
Support sustainable agriculture: Agriculture practices such as monoculture and excessive use of pesticides can harm the environment. We can support sustainable agriculture by buying locally grown produce and supporting farmers who use sustainable practices.
Reduce carbon footprint: Climate change is a significant threat to flora and fauna. We can reduce our carbon footprint by using public transport, walking or cycling instead of driving, and reducing energy consumption at home.
Educate others: Educating others about the importance of flora and fauna conservation is crucial. We can raise awareness by sharing information on social media, volunteering at conservation organizations, and supporting conservation initiatives.
The quiet beauty of a pond or lake is instantly enhanced by a water lily's rounded leaves and starry flowers floating placidly on the surface. These unique aquatic plants can bloom in a range of colors anytime from late spring through fall in most regions of the country. Their leaves can be cup-shaped, star-shaped, and smooth or jagged. And while water lilies may be most visible on the surface of still freshwater, they are rooted in the mud below, where they overwinter and regrow the following year. Here are a few more interesting facts about these amazing flowers that will likely surprise you.
1. There Are Many Water Lily Colors
When you imagine a water lily, you probably think of the classic white bloom bursting from a deep green lily pad. But water lilies actually grow in a rainbow of colors, including pink, red, orange, yellow, purple, and blue. Tropical varieties take on jewel tones (purple, orange, bright blue, and yellow), whereas hardier varieties lean toward a pastel palette. Sometimes the blossoms on hardy varieties change shades as they age. Even the leaf colors vary from deep green to rich burgundy. Water lilies aren't just a one-trick pretty pony; they have more tricks up their sleeves.
2. Water Lilies Help Their Environment
Although they're primarily known for their stunning appearance, water lilies are actually important players in the aquatic ecosystem. These plants are found in shallow and still fresh water, as in ponds, lakes, and the edges of slow-moving streams. Because they rest on the water's surface, the flowers and pads provide shade, keeping the water cooler and preventing algae that thrives in heat from growing in excess. Water lilies also shelter fish from predatory birds and the heat of the sun.
3. The Water Lily Is July's Birth Flower
Attention July birthdays: Water lily is your flower. (Along with larkspur.) It's no wonder these bright blooms are linked to July, because they're mainly a summer flower. Water lilies bloom from May through September, putting July smack in the middle of prime season. In frost-free regions, water lilies bloom year-round. But you have to be lucky to catch a bloom, as each individual flower lasts for about four days before sinking under the water to decompose. The beauty is short-lived, but that makes it even more special.
4. The Water Lily Has Numerous Varieties
Each variety of these stunners (there are over 50 species) is unique, whether it's the shape, size, color, fragrance, or blooming pattern. Water lilies inhabit ponds, lakes, and streams all over the world. The largest variety is fittingly called the giant water lily. Other names for this huge flower are the Amazon water lily and the royal water lily. This massive, magnificent flower can grow to a diameter of three to six feet and can support 66 pounds of weight. That means a young child could perch on a giant pad, no problem.
5. The Water Lily Is an Important Spiritual Symbol
Water lilies mean many things in different areas of the world, but they have special significance in Buddhism and Hinduism. For these religions, the water lily symbolizes resurrection, because these flowers close up at night and reopen in the morning, similar to a spiritual rebirth. Buddhists also believe that the water lily represents enlightenment because a beautiful bloom emerges from the dark mud.
6. The Water Lily Is a Star in the Art World
The impressionist painter Claude Monet often used water lilies as a subject. In fact, he painted more than 250 pieces that featured this aquatic plant, and several of them are among his most famous works of art.
For Kreative People's contest: "SpringTime Diptychs"
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On a recent trip with a photo club, explored a nursery in downtown. These succulents were in an old Radio Flyer wagon. Bleach bypass.
Visit my Kreative People group member : Highlight Gallery
I have been tagged.
1) I have the best partner a bloke could ask for.
The best thing that has ever happened to me, I’m told!! haha
2) Love Photography (thought I would get the obvious out of the way)
3) Started off taking surfing photos because I was terrible at surfing.
4) First camera was an Olympus OM10 with a 35 and 150mm lens.
5) I love living in the country, but miss being able to take city night shots.
6) I have always lived by the coast.
7) I hate cooking and think it is a waste of time.
8) I like woodwork.
9) I was a bit of an artist in my early days.
10) I have a bit of a strange sense of humor.
11) I think the movie `The Birdcage’ With Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane is the funniest move ever, and then I like the Aussie classics, movie 'The Man from Snowy River' which was originally penned by Banjo Paterson. Also like the SiFi, STARGATE.
12) Music is a mixed bag of fruit, Led Zeppelin, Nat King Cole, Roy Orbison, Super Tramp, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, The Who, you get the picture.
13) Love my dogs, got two of them but one is a bit of a princess, we let her get away with it though.
14) I have traveled through, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, UK and west coast of the USA, as well as all around Australia, but there are still lots more places to see.
15) I love my 16-35 f2.8L lens……
16) I would hate to see the lower lakes of the Murray Rive die but without rain and a seven going on eight year drought it is either let the ocean in and kill it or let it dry up and turn saline. I don’t know all the facts but the picture below says it all. The sign on the jetty says mooring prohibited.
This is an area where the government is attempting a reforestation project in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Most of the higher elevations are covered with snow in the winter when there's also the most precipitation. Reforestation helps limit the runoff and the erosion, conserving both the water and the soil. Forested areas also attract more precipitation and capture large amounts of carbon.
I'm telling you, whoever invents the first automated kid washing machine is gonna be rich.
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Strobist:
Monolight pointed at the wall behind me, bare speedlites to the left and right.
One of the surprising things about Vegas is how much water there is here. Certainly, long term water conservation is really important, but I never expected to find the springs and wetlands scattered all over the valley. This is at Wetlands Park, just a couple of miles from the strip. Off to Lake Las Vegas to watch a band this evening.
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Neerathon23 - Event Ambassador , Major General Vikram Dev Dogra addressing the Runners.
He is also IRON Man Winner
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Containing the 'spill over' of climate change on the Indian subcontinent.
Part of the commisioned assignment on Global Warming (2009) by SEEDSINDIA and Christian Aid.
"I can’t verbalize the internal meaning of pictures whatsoever. Some of my friends can at very mystical levels, but I prefer to say that, if I feel something strongly, I would make a photograph that would be the equivalent of what I saw and felt...” —Ansel Adams
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
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another view of the fountain i posted several months ago....i like the pattern of weathering and condensation on this one....
san miguel de allende, gto
mexico
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Beautiful scenic Carcoar Dam or Lake Carcoar including Blayney Wind Farm located in the Central West of NSW, Australia
Situated 1,500ft above sea level, Lake Mathews is significant to Southern California because it is the terminus of the 242-mile aqueduct from the Colorado River and a distribution center. Owned by Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, it is completely fenced off to the public ever since the dam was constructed in 1939. The Lake Mathews Nature Reserve was established 1982 to protect habitat next to the reservoir for the bald eagle and 65 other plant and animal species.