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'Not all magic is fireworks and fanfare. Sometimes magic is quiet and sneaks up on you'.
Jeff Guinn
The center petals of this flower were not quite ready to show off their inner beauty. The image reminded me of fireworks of the floral variety.
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not."
Georgia O'Keeffe
"The love of nature is a passion for those in whom it once lodges. It can never be quenched. It cannot change. It is a furious, burning, physical greed, as well as a state of mystical exaltation. It will have its own."
Mary Webb
Sometimes the simple beauty of flowers makes me wish everyone could experience the view through a macro lens.
O solitude of longing
Where love has been confined
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
Leonard Cohan
Climbing Nightshade offers up beautiful flowers. Most articles I read mention the toxic nature of the berries, but this link states all parts are toxic. Perhaps I'll pop some gardening gloves in my pocket the next time I wander down the trail featuring these delightful flowers.
"In childhood the daylight always fails too soon - except when there are going to be fireworks."
Jan Struther
I love perennial flowers. Once in awhile I will find a vibrant flower pushing its way through the other annuals in my garden. It is then that I am reminded that my perennial flowers will always return year after year. I really loved the center of this flower. It reminded me of a trumpet, calling all pollinators to come and visit.
Every year the Clematis flowers appear as bright spots in a wall of greenery....and every year I celebrate the arrival of the blossoms with days of capturing images. On this day, the sun was shining and a strong breeze had moved across the landscape. I was certain that the tendrils of the flower would continue to dance in the wind. Fortune smiled on me as everything became still. Click!
Ahhhh, to be a pollinator and dash from one flower to the next....or as Eddie Izzard said, "Honey bees are amazing creatures. I mean, think about it, do earwigs make chutney?"
"Life is full of surprises. Why is that always surprising?"
Cathleen Schine
I love little surprises in other people's gardens. Many years ago we were staying in a rental house at the beach. I'd given up hope of finding any freshly blooming flowers, as the rest of the garden was full of small shrubs and ferns. Then the most delightful sight was in front of me. A small purple and pink lantern-like Fuchsia.
Pittock Mansion has been called Portland's Historic House Museum. While visiting the well maintained gardens there many years ago, I found myself focused on one flower. Now that I look back at the photographs I took that day, obviously the center of this blossom attracted me as if I were an insect intent on landing there.
If you are interested in the history of this place and the people who lived there, do check this out. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittock_Mansion