Helsinki, Finland.

~Pic dedicated to SJ, for her continued support and for winning 1st prize~......

Closed off from love

I didn't need the pain

Once or twice was enough

And it was all in vain

Time starts to pass

Before you know it you're frozen

But something happened

For the very first time with you

My heart melted to the ground

Found something true

And everyone's looking 'round

Thinking I'm going crazy

But I don't care what they say

I'm in love with you

They try to pull me away

But they don't know the truth

My heart's crippled by the vein

That I keep on closing

You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

I keep bleeding

I keep, keep bleeding love

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open

Trying hard not to hear

But they talk so loud

Their piercing sounds fill my ears

Try to fill me with doubt

Yet I know that their goal

Is to keep me from falling

Hey, yeah!

But nothing's greater

Than the rush that comes with your embrace

And in this world of loneliness

I see your face

Yet everyone around me

Thinks that I'm going crazy

Maybe, maybe

But I don't care what they say

I'm in love with you

They try to pull me away

But they don't know the truth

My heart's crippled by the vein

That I keep on closing

You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

I keep bleeding

I keep, keep bleeding love

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open

And it's draining all of me

Oh they find it hard to believe

I'll be wearing these scars

For everyone to see

I don't care what they say

I'm in love with you

They try to pull me away

But they don't know the truth

My heart's crippled by the pain

That I keep all closed in

You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

I keep bleeding

I keep, keep bleeding love

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

I keep bleeding

I keep, keep bleeding love

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love~

If you have a minute, enjoy this magical romantic song and video by Leona Lewis~

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ctIC65PV0

EXPLORE 1-25-09 Thanks Flickr friends~

My neighbor asked me to get a photo of the milk jug in a corner by her back porch.

Spring time in the Botanic Gardens October 4, 2015 Christchurch New Zealand.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis (bleeding heart or Asian bleeding-heart) is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos, but is still widely referenced under its old name Dicentra spectabilis (now listed as a synonym). It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers, borne in spring.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprocapnos

*canon 30D; 100mm macro

From my Father's garden - my first in person visit to my parents since Christmas 2019, due to lockdowns, travel and gathering restrictions and worries over infection.

I have loved these since I was a little girl..and now have my own :)...the sun is out here so far this am...gonna go hopefully enjoy some of it! Hope you all have a great day/night...will catch up later! Thanks so much for your visits!

Explore, June 9, 2013, #67, thanks!!

Bleeding heart

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in my garden

A macro of last summer's lovely flowers in our garden...

Bleeding Hearts at the MN Landscape Arboretum.

Thank you for looking.

Happy Bokeh Today:):)

Closed off from love

I didn't need the pain

Once or twice was enough

And it was all in vain

Time starts to pass

Before you know it you're frozen

But something happened

For the very first time with you

My heart melted into the ground

Found something true

And everyone's looking 'round

Thinking I'm going crazy

But I don't care what they say

I'm in love with you

They try to pull me away

But they don't know the truth

My heart's crippled by the vein

That I keep on closing

You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

I keep bleeding

I keep, keep bleeding love

Keep bleeding

Keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open

-Leona Lewis

those lines i chose have a lot of meaning behind them in accordance to my life.

behind the scenes

(Anika was talking to me about this song last night and I realized it was perfect.)

Waterdrops

One of the first perennials to show in the garden, caught in bright sunlight and no wind, allowing me to get in close with a macro set on a tripod.

On Explore, June 18 2013 #293

sorry folks, yet another flower shot....I do like these dainty flowers, not perfectly lined up like some images but still nice ;-)

Jupiter-8 50/2 ltm

ケマンソウ（タイツリソウ）　　　　　　　　in my garden

学名　Lamprocapnos spectabilis (formerly Dicentra spectabilis)

英名　Bleeding Heart

Bleeding heart

This time of year is always special when the Bleeding Heart comes into bloom.

ケマンソウ(華鬘草)

タイツリソウ(鯛釣草)

Polaroid 195 Land Camera // FP-100C bleached negative

"Bleeding neon" effect done in-camera by pulling the white tab, laterally moving the film negative while the shutter was still open. Test subject was rescued from the food court of Northridge Mall in Milwaukee.

DSC09164 - April 28, 2015 12:46pm, Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama, Japan.

Thankfully my Dicentra (bleeding hearts) plant has come back with vengeance this year after being stood on last year by the kids. This year it's back strong and has grown very fast with lots of arms of hearts. This image was taken as the late evening sun cast its glow across our back garden.

In full bloom for only a short time while it's relatively cool in spring. These are in my front yard.

Bleeding Hearts with bumble bees.

Marys Peak, part seven - from Hikes of 2024.

More from Marys Peak (in fact, a few days more).

Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.

Photographed at my home.

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ODC - Grace/Graceful

"The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye, but found by the heart ..." Judy Garland

Pair of bleeding hearts photographed in the garden

Tränendes Herz - eine sehr beliebte Staude aus dem Bauerngarten.