A couple of days ago I showed a photo of some crimson tulips. Today, I took this photo of a tulip indoors in a vase. The morning sunlight was muted by passing clouds to give this beautiful pastel pink over white effect.
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Crimson Tulips
These crimson beauties are opening up to today’s warm sunshine. I just love the color of these absolutely gorgeous tulips.
An Early Valentine
Friday, when we passed the floral section at the supermarket, we saw these nice phalaenopsis orchids on display. So, as an early valentine, we decided to get one. I took this shot of this beautiful flower this morning.
First Daffodil
After the last cold spell, the bulbs around the garden started to wake up and sprout. This is the first yellow daffodil of the season. Bright yellow daffodils are a powerful symbol of sunny spring days, and the most representative of all the daffodil flowers. You can buy bunches of these in the local supermarket, but I like growing them in our yard! They are big, bright and beautiful.
Stargazer Lily
Last weekend we purchased a bouquet of stargazer lilies for the dining room table. I took this picture yesterday of two of the flowers already open. There are more to come today and later in the week. These are my favorite flowers — I found the “meaning” of them on a floral website:
Primary Significance: The floral celebrity, stargazer lilies are young, bold, beautiful, and dramatic. The meaning of these fragrant flowers can be one of wealth and prosperity, but their white variety can dress down to genuinely express purity and sympathy.
Read more about the meaning of the Stargazer Lily at proflowers.com.
Painted Daisies
“Looks Fake!” That’s what I said the first time I saw the faces on Mount Rushmore. That’s what I said when I first saw Monument Valley and the Grand Canyon. We have all seen images of these places, yet when suddenly confronting them, they seem to have an air of having been painted there or something.
That’s the feeling I get when looking at some of the flowers in the local garden shop. I never get tired of flowers — especially the ones that look as if they are the product of an artist’s brush. And, when I think about it, maybe they are.
A Nice Rose
We were at the gun show most of the day, so we don’t have an article ready, therefore I present this nice rose as the daily post. We snapped this picture in the floral department at the supermarket. We didn’t buy roses, but we did get some nice stargazers that will be opening this week. More on that later.
