TODAY'S FLOWERS - Another Blooming Orchid

It is almost winter, only two weeks to go and still no 

autumn rains . . .

The garden yields nothing at all, just my orchids give me

a thrill now and again

although I have lost quite a few through our

long, hot summer.

The first photo was taken last week when it first opened and 

was more pinkish

the second, a few minutes ago when I noticed that the

colour had intensified and turned more magenta.

Flowers are there to enhance our lives, open your eyes and enjoy!

SkyWatch ~ Sunrise Surprise

I have often seen wonderful red gold sunrises but this, as I

opened my bleary eyes was a sufficient surprise for me to leap

out of bed . . .

it started out as superimposed pink on blue

but quickly deepened into an almost magenta hue

and for a moment, gave me this striped effect before as

suddenly as it had come, like a dream, it had gone.

It just goes to show it is worth keeping a lookout.

Join the hundreds who post their skies on SkyWatch each week, it is

so interesting to watch the skies around the world.