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Time for some winter fantasy! My Witch Hazel blooms are visiting the land of Faerie where they can find the magic needed to help them wait for the first signs of spring.

"Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own."

~ P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins

"... The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland."

~ L.M. Montgomery

" Winter flowers " by Berit Sundman

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The Rose of Winter by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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The Hellebore or Lenten Rose is my third very favorite flower that blooms in winter. Here is a painting of a lovely Hellebore that is now blooming in a pot on my deck. It promises me every time I look out my window that winter won't last forever.

"For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, still smiles on, and it is never cast down."

~ Rumi

La vie en rose by Mireia B. L.

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Winter can be colorful too.

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El invierno puede ser colorido también.

PEEKING OUT FROM WITHIN THE SHADOWS by REBAWAY

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winterflower with drops......... by atsjebosma

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#MacroMondays'"

# caused by nature

#Hellebore - redux 2019

HMM

January Fantasy Flower by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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Just when I need them most, my Hellebores are late blooming this winter. So I must dream a fantasy January flower.

"Winter is on my head,

But eternal spring is in my heart."

~ Victor Hugo

ANEMONE BLANDA by REBAWAY

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The First of this years little gems are staring to make and appearance around the garden, Also known as Winter or Grecian Wind flower and Balken Anemone. Also has White and Pink varieties. It certainly lives up to is name as we had had some very strong winds of late here in the UK.

It has also become a Garden Escapee and can be found in localised areas out in the countryside.

Ice Queen by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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Back to the icy grip of winter, because spring seems far away at this moment in time. The queen of winter flowers (the Hellebore) defies the cold, and ice, and snow to inspire me to paint the colors of winter.

"The color of springtime is flowers; the color of winter is in our imagination."

~ Terri Guillemets

Let's Dream of Spring by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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I am definitely feeling the winter blahs - the snow is gone and everything is sodden and soggy outside. Can't listen to the news of the world - I'm feeling surrounded by chaos at home and abroad. Desperately wish that we could somehow share our over abundance of rain with Australia to snuff out those horrendous, heartbreaking fires. Time to daydeam of spring!

"If we had no winter,

the spring would not be so pleasant."

~ Unknown

"The day that the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."

~ Bernard Williams

"H" is for Hope and Hellebores by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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I simply love the intrepid winter flowers! They give me hope and cheer in the darkest days of January. They counteract the insanity of the daily news and speak of new beginnings in their tightly furled buds.

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

~ Theodore Roosevelt

winterflower by Herman Hengelo

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Seen in our garden

Bewitched by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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I have three reliably blooming winter flowers in my garden (Witch Hazel, Mahonia, and Hellebore), which always help me through the winter months by adding their beauty and, in this case, unusual sparks of color. This dramatic and captivating flower is called Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginia) and blooms on a small tree. A form of lichen likes to grow on its branches and I think it makes a striking combination with the orange blossoms.

"For a few moments, her imagination and her heart were bewitched." ~ Jane Austen

DOWN IN THE WOODS TODAY by REBAWAY

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As the sun was now shining I decided on another visit to my local woods. A gentle breeze was wafting through the trees making these naturalised Snowdrops dance with the joys and promise of the coming spring

Winter flower by Berit Sundman

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DEEP IN THE SHADOWS by REBAWAY

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Naturalised snowdrops emerge through the ground cover.

Is it God or is it love that brings you home by mimmi thorsdotter

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GLOWING IN THE SHADOWS by REBAWAY

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A patch of light illuminates the scene.

Winterflower by Oliver Zxllx

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A Stalwart Flower for January by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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Sturdy and reliable, my Witch Hazel shrub (Hamamelis 'Jelena') blooms in defiance of the darkest days of winter. Its rather weird, bronze-yellow blooms add color to the January gloom just when you need it most.

"In the bleak mid-winter

Frosty wind made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron,

Water like a stone; ...

~ Christina Rosetti

"All art is but imitation of nature."

~ Seneca the Younger

SNOWDROP BASKET by REBAWAY

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WINTER FLOWER. by Victor Manuel Gómez G.

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Enjoy it in Large clicking the letter L

"Flor de Invierno"

Entered in "Nothing Green" January 2017 TMI Contest,

COLD AND BEAUTIFUL -Glow!! DECEMBER Challenge. And **New Challenge #6.0 ~VIVID WINTERLAND~ **

"Thank you all my kind Flickrs Friends. Your comments and invitations are much motivating and appreciated".

Querétaro-México.

Textures and images: my own .

Winter Magic by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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It's that time again :) When winter days are brooding and dark, I look outside and my magical Witch Hazel is blooming again to bring cheer to January days in my garden. The rhythms of nature are so comforting when all around seems chaotic and depressing. I treasure this weird and magical flower!

"The Earth laughs in flowers."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"She turned to the sunlight and

shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor:

"Winter is dead." ~ A.A. Milne

Snowflake (genus Leucojum) by Karen Webb

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I have been trying to photograph the snowflakes flowering in my garden. On Monday I decided to photograph a group of three but didn't like the composition. Tuesday I tried again with the same three flowers and tilted the camera more to give me a new composition, I got some images I liked but I still wasn't happy. This morning I had one more attempt and finally settled on this image.

Papierstruik (Edgeworthia) by Sylvia Sassen

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Chinese paper bush

First Iris of the Year (Iris Reticulata Harmony) by natureloving

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thanks to you all keep clicking and posting

see you in Spring

Winter Bouquet by Magda Banach

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THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE by REBAWAY

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Yellow vs Winter by Sandy Duncan Rudd

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I treasure the winter-blooming flowers and shrubs that live in my garden. They defy the dark days of winter and bring me hope and good cheer. One of the longest blooming and most sturdy and reliable is Mahonia (Oregon Grape) some cultivars bloom in March, but one cultivar called 'Charity' starts blooming in November and continues into February. I planted six of them and I'm rewarded every time I look out my window.

"How lovely yellow is! It stands for the sun."

~ Vincent Van Gogh

Christmas Eve - "Winter flowers" by Tomas Tropmor

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Winter flower by Magda Banach

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