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!

TODAY'S FLOWERS - Oriental Lilies

With our extreme heat lately, there is nothing else flowering

except a few lilies in pots.

Though there are not many, the scent is still almost overpowering

A glamorous virginal white that, on closer inspection,

is quite hairy.

also, these few brilliantly stunning pinks.

Click on the side-bar to access this beautiful meme hosted by

Luiz Santilli Jr. and his team.

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ Perfectly Pink

Even in the depth of winter my roses back me up.



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A week to mid-winter and I'm pruning roses but how can you
chop back such beautiful flower heads? I guess I'm just a soft
touch so I work around the buds and flowers and trim them later.

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A little wonder from the shade house, a gloriously perfumed
little Cyclamen.
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Enlarge if you wish, you may be rewarded.

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Thanks to Luiz Santilli Jr. and his trusty flower Team for

letting us share in this meme. Just click the Logo to view or join.

SkyWatch ~ and God Still Swung the Brush

Third and last week of the same extraordinary sunset.
Please do enlarge them, you will be rewarded.

not content with gentle washes, now the highlights come into

play

streaks of blinding gold career across the sky

mutating, softening into pink on blue and

ever so slowly deepening into the purple and blue

of oncoming night. A ghostly whorl of white among the darkening

clouds

as darkness turns the evening into the dreamy blue stillness

of the night.

If you have not enlarged any up to now, at least enlarge the last

one to get the full force of that magical blue.

My thanks to the SkyWatch team for the opportunity to take part

in this wonderful meme.

SkyWatch ~ More Sunset

To follow on from last week's sunset . . .

Now the Great Painter swung the brush again



with traces still of red, yet turning more to purple hues



a quick stroke melds both pink and blue



bringing to light the last glow of the sun.



The wonder is not yet ended. To be continued . . .

All photos enlarge for more colour magic.

The Logo at right opens a wealth of skies around the world which,
thanks to our wonderful SkyWatch Team we can all enjoy and share.

TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ Roses Again

Here are some of the roses in my front garden, unfortunately
they are just fading and apart from them there are just two white
Oriental Lilies in a pot to give me consolation.

This bed of roses is in tones of pink, except for 'Avon', the one

touch of red as contrast.

In the back garden most roses are in the inbetween phase.

Below is 'Perle d'Amour', the flowers are only just over 1"

across but sweetly perfumed and profuse in repeating.

All photos enlarge and the Logo takes you to so many more.

Today's Flowers is presented by Luiz Santilli Jr. and his fabulous team.