Crepe Myrtle and Lilacs
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This dark rose pink Crepe Myrtle is a striking tree loaded with blooms. It gives beautiful color to people’s yards and to my photostream. Okay, now I have flowers out of my system for awhile. HMM
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Had a front blow thru this morning and the crepe myrtle flowers were blown everywhere, one in the patio bench cushion that is a blue cushion.
A white Crepe Myrtle tree behind a wooden fence. Crepe Myrtle trees bloom from mid July through most of August. They are decorative trees with many trunks. The bark on several varieties peels off and has the color of cinnamon. HFF
A little beauty to start the week. The Covid-19 cases are soaring in our county.
I apologize for being way behind on commenting. Have a great week.
Red flower made out of crepe paper. I have a bunch of these in different colours which a friend gave me once. Very practical, you can hide them in a cupboard when you don't need them and get them out and give them shape again when you want colour in the room
I underexposed here because the colour became more intensive and then I tweaked it a little with LR filters
I was pleased that for once I managed a red image (nudge, nudge Mr. T) because it's so rare for me
they seem to be a little later than usual blossoming this summer, but they are looking pretty good now - HTMT!
Cinquième photo d'une série au marché Jean-Talon
Montréal, Qc
Fifth photo of a series at the Jean-Talon market
(aged 60-70 years old)
Myrtle was my great great aunt.
Of four sisters, she was exceptional.
Her husband, however, not so much!
He was a horrible farmer.
He literally didn’t know his way around a barn.
So, instead of sitting around and moaning,
She decided to tat.
Tatting is this thing people do with their hands
When they like to make hours and reality fancy
A manic frenzied finger filled fun
Tablecloths and three dimensional flowers standing in a vase
Intricate human spiderwebs made to last
An unreal amazing woman!
She made her own patterns out of her life.
Myrtle also had a huge garden.
She liked to use her hands in the dirt.
Getting close to the Earth where she’d eventually join
Planting seeds and watching patiently
Observing how each one took in the sun
at different angles and was changed.
When you live long enough, you can learn to wait for things.
I visited Myrtle when I was young (under 10) in Pennsylvania
A young girl beholds a woman nearly 100 years older
Wondering if that will be her future, too.
Myrtle lived to be 107.
She lived on her own until she was over 100,
tatting and making fudge.
When asked what her secret was, she said
She never ate greasy food (and chocolate makes you live longer.)
All of these things are true.
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