Contributing to Cathy—Rambling in the Garden—a weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday which features flowers from our gardens.
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After days of steady rain, the garden is singing with life—fresh greenery and fragrant blooms everywhere you look! I’m enjoying an incredible lineup: clematis, garden and creeping phlox, bellis, coreopsis, azalea, iris, foxglove, a rainbow of roses, Asiatic lilies, plantain lily, shasta daisies, daylilies, black-eyed Susans, hydrangeas, big blue, tickseed, gardenia, hosta, rhododendron, carnations, sage, catmint, lilacs, hydrangeas—and more surprises on the way.
It’s nature’s encore, and I’m here for every petal of it!
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Undecided,
purple, white—unsure,
so they asked
Nature’s mom.
She whispered, “Be both, boldly,
dare to blend as one.”
#Shadorma is a Spanish poetic form consisting of six lines (a sextain) with a syllabic pattern of 3-5-3-3-7-5. It has no set rhyme scheme and often conveys deep emotions or vivid imagery in a brief, structured way.
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Garden’s last hoorah! before winter (we skipped fall, it’s straight into winter weather)
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Last year these beauties didn’t flower
This year their blooms are starting to shower
Filling the garden and my heart with wonder
Variety of blooms we are blessed to discover
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Last year, my hydrangeas didn’t bloom. That was disheartening for a new gardener—wondering what I did or didn’t do. I shared this with you and received suggestions on what to do differently. I followed your advice and made the necessary changes.
As spring began unfolding this year, I watched the hydrangeas like a hawk. When the first flower heads appeared, relief washed over me—affirmation that my attention to their care at the start of the season was worthwhile.
And now, for your viewing pleasure, here are the first set of hydrangeas that skipped blooming last season. Enjoy!
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There’s a rabbit that’s made my garden his/her feeding ground and s/he has made my lilies her appetizer, main course and dessert!!!! So there aren’t too many that made it to blooming stage this year. This one did …
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Happy Sunday from the garden. This is how the roses greeted me this morning:
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I can’t keep this nature-inspired joy to myself, so here are some of the stunning roses that are dazzling my little garden this year. Enjoy!
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She’s pretty enough to be pompous. Don’t you agree?!
Last year, I planted these two beautiful peonies, but they didn’t bloom. This year, I’ve eagerly watched them transform through each stage, capturing the evolution of these stunning flowers. Enjoy the journey with me as these must-see blooms come to life!
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The sunflower may deceive you—it’s not a typical flower. Its petals, seemingly floral, are, in fact, disguised leaves, adopting a yellow hue to allure pollinators. Upon closer inspection, what you perceived as the flower is an intricate outline concealing numerous beautiful and delicate flowers, harmoniously aligned in nature’s geometry. Each small flower carries within it a multitude of sunflower fields in golden dust—a phenomenon termed infloration in biology. 🌻
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Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul!!
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. (Colossians 3:14)
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… happy orchid mom exclaiming: “my baby is blooming yet again!”
She’s my oldest baby (6 years) and this season’s first bloom!!! Waiting with bated breath for my other babies to bloom.
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Remembering
The allure
Of chrysanthemums fondly
Goodbye
Warm days
Hello winter cold
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Afterword: Hay(na)ku is a very simple poetic form and one of the newest. It was inaugurated on the Web on June 12th, 2003 (Philippines Independence Day) by Filipino poet Eileen Tabios (b. 1960). Three lines—L1: one word; L2: two words; L3: three words.
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Today I’m sharing not just one but a few flowerS of the day from my garden. Hope their sun-like qualities bring a smile to your face ☀️ 😊 🌞
These beauties all have two things in common — that sunshiny-yellow glow and gorgeousness!!
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It’s one of those days when my go-to restaurant saves the day—dinner is ready for pick up after a long tiring day at the office. They dress my bag with a flower every time, usually it’s a red rose or a sunflower. But this flower I don’t know.
Can you name that flower?! 😊
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… for Hugh’s Views & News blog, Wordless Wednesday!
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Hello sunshine!!!! Another “pretty by nature” reveal brought to you by the posh peonies gracing my garden for the first time this year.
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This pretty-by-nature velvety rose greets me with petals spread wide, with fragrant embrace and grace cause that’s how nature whispers: “I love you”.
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Saw this beautiful bouquet while browsing the Johannesburg airport and couldn’t resist sharing with you.
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… happy orchid mom exclaiming: “my baby is blooming yet again!”
She’s the first bloom of my season!!! Waiting with bated breath for my other babies to bloom.
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… also referred to as ‘Dark and Handsome’ or ‘Black swan’. Mother Nature totally rocks with flowers in the full range of the color spectrum including black!!!
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Flower shine, sun in
Warms heart, Fall trumped by Winter
No sun, frigid cold
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Shabbat Shalom everyone. Last week started a “Dear God” post—“how do I know”. I think the first step to knowing is being in a frame of mind to listen and to hear and that comes from a state of gratitude. Today is another “Dear God” post and it’s a simple prayer of gratitude.
First, a throwback to the welcome post of this blog where I shared why this site is called “createdbydeesign”. I genuinely believe that EVERY creative insight and EVERY word I’ve strung together to form EVERY art that I have ever written or formed, have been offsprings of God’s creativity.
God is the source of all creativity and all art. And it’s from His creation and creative wonders that I draw inspiration.
I mean, it can’t get more obvious than ART being smack dab in the middle of eARTh.
God could have made earth black and white and we’d have never known. That would be truly bland. Can you imagine earth without art, that would just be “eh”.
Who but a genius artist could think of, design, then create extraordinary flowers that look exactly like animals, aliens, humans, fairies and other strange creatures.
Dear God.
Thank You for channeling in us a bit of Your poetic-artistic creativity. Thank You for the art unfolded in majestic mountains, breathtaking meadows, massive oceans, boundless skies and splendiferous birds, flowers and faunas. I am grateful.
Amen
Shabbat Shalom. May you find peace, rest and bliss in the creative wonders of nature that lead you to a state of gratitude.
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Raindrops on lilies
Summer flowers unfolding
My favorite thing
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Why do you worry? Look at the wildflowers of the field and how they grow. They don’t work, they don’t make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. If God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, He will most certainly care for you. Don’t worry, have faith!
Matthew 6:28-30
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Bloomerang dark purple lilac—beautiful and fragrant
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Yellow hibiscus
Sunlight like summer blazing
Golden petals glow
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Said spring to the winter blues
It’s early release of my colorful blooms
I’ll wait no more for you to depart
I’m hastening in my season’s start
Said the winter blues to the spring flowers
Earth joined in with her healing powers
I tried, but failed, to keep you under
She opened her crevices, revealing your wonder
Said the people to winter and spring
Frolicking in snow or hearing birds sing
We love you both for many different reasons
Accepting the offerings of your differing seasons
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After-word: Spring hasn’t officially started but don’t tell that to the flowers that line the walk path to my way home. Mother Nature is on her own timetable and I’m not at all complaining. Hope you enjoy these early blooms and poetic rendition.
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I’ve long admired the beauty of flowers that bloom in early spring. I moved from admiration to action and planted tulips and hyacinths for the very first time!! And now the first signs of life have emerged from beneath the cold earth. In my excitement this Haiku was born. I just can’t wait to see them all in the glory of their full bloom 💐
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So we’re under a nor’easter with heavy snowfall. It’s cold but what a warmth in my heart this orchid is generating. She’s the first bloom of the season.
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I sent this photo to my mom and she was elated by what she saw. I didn’t see it till she pointed it out. What do you see when you look at this rose?
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Flowers often say what words cannot. Sharing this array of beauties to brighten your day.
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The roses are holding their own, defying the cold and still pushing out blooms, warming my heart and providing offerings to share with you
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For your viewing pleasure—of blooms and buds!
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For your viewing pleasure—one rose bush, many rose blooms …
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Presenting MsFoxglove, fashionably adorned in a lavender-polka-dotted-glove-like ensemble taking the 1st place award for the “most delicate” in the garden.
Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt.
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Currently unfolding in my potted garden is this gorgeous mum. And nothing betokens the arrival of autumn like mums in their rustic glory:
Here’s to mums gloriously draped in raindrops. I hope this brings some joy to your day.
Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt, Sheryl for hosting Your Daily Word Prompt, today’s word is betoken, and Tracy for hosting Ragtag Daily Prompt, today’s word is current.
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Here’s to mum in a fully-grown afro—she’s pretty by nature. I hope this brings some joy to your day.
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And also for Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt (though there is more than one flower today).
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My garden is still giving me vibrant vibes. Here’s to pretty red roses—pretty by nature. I hope they bring some joy to your day.
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Summer alive in
Himalayan vale—flowers,
Mountains—glorious
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Also contributing to the Flower of the Day prompt. Thanks to Cee for hosting.
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Blossoming flowers
Summer’s offerings, gifting
Nectar bonanza
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And also for Cee’s Flower of the Day prompt.
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So this was from early in the season but I’m already nostalgic for spring/summer. Here’s to pretty pink Azalea—pretty by nature. I hope she brings some joy to your day.
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Sharing this foxglove beauty from my garden to bring a little joy to your day today.
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Walking through a car park and this beauty stopped me in my track and out came my trusty iPhone to capture her elegance. Isn’t she lovely?!
Update: thanks to botanist extraordinaire, Eliza Waters, I now know the “coral flower” is really Cockscomb Celosia. It does resemble a cock’s comb, doesn’t it. It’s amazing how nature mimics itself.
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Earlier this summer I was strolling through a meadow looking for place to picnic and thought this spot was perfectly dreamy. No sooner had I settled in before bees started arriving. We cohabitated safely—me reading and they doing what bees do when they find a good flower.
With my trusty iPhone, captured this bee doing aerial gymnastics. As for the flower, I don’t know it’s name so I’ll just call it “purple mop head” 😊 If you know it, please name it🙏🏽. Happy Sunday!
UPDATE: Thanks to Eliza I now know the “purple mop head” is the Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe).
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Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt.
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They are an exquisite combination of class and elegance, adding beauty to any space.
It took me awhile to get the hang of keeping orchids alive and getting them to rebloom. Now that I have, I find so much joy in ‘raising’ my orchid babies.
I hope these bring a little joy to your day today.
Thanks to Cee for hosting the Flower of the Day prompt. Also contributing to Fandango’s One Word Challenge, today’s word is combination.
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