22.8.10

Birds of Paradise

My host took me to the far corner of her garden to show me her birds of paradise. She led me through deep leaves and muddy ground to see these beauties. She pointed and told me to frame these 3. I got 3 kinds in one snap!

Then she drove me to her friend's garden to see more...



God Almighty first planted a garden. 
And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
-Francis Bacon 



Today's Flower        Mosaic Monday        Ruby Tuesday 



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27 comments:

  1. CarlettaAugust 22, 2010 at 8:26 AM

    Love the framing of the three and what a lovely collage!

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  2. EwaAugust 22, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    these are definitely beauties

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  3. EG CameraGirlAugust 22, 2010 at 9:28 AM

    Love the blooms in your exotic (to me, at least) garden.

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  4. RajeshAugust 22, 2010 at 10:32 AM

    Beautiful collection of flowers. Fantastic colors.

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  5. JaneAugust 22, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    Nice, I like the collage:)

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  6. edenAugust 22, 2010 at 2:23 PM

    Beautiful blooms. Love your collage

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  7. PJAugust 22, 2010 at 8:08 PM

    I wish we could grow these beauties in NW Florida but it's just not warm enough. A lovely, lovely mosaic.

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  8. CarolAugust 22, 2010 at 8:08 PM

    Beautiful blooms, they are Paradise! So pretty!

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  9. JamaAugust 22, 2010 at 9:05 PM

    These are aplenty in my neighbourhood, they thrive in hot climate. Just curios, which county are you in?

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  10. UnknownAugust 22, 2010 at 10:00 PM

    wow! does your friend collect Birds of Paradise? lovely shots!

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  11. LolaAugust 23, 2010 at 7:13 AM

    What a beautiful selection of flowers!

    Many thanks too for stopping by & looking forward to *seeing* you again next time,

    LOLA:)

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  12. Carolyn FordAugust 23, 2010 at 8:57 AM

    Tropical flowers are simply beautiful, always. Their lush green foliage and bright colored flowers capture the heart...your composition and collage are beautiful.

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  13. LizAugust 23, 2010 at 10:21 AM

    I see a lot of those around here, except for the purple one. Lovely shots!

    My entries:
    Moms... Check Nyo
    Yummy-as-can-be

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  14. Maria @ LSSAugust 23, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    Beautiful flowers!

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  15. Cafe au laitAugust 23, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    Pretty blooms. Happy Ruby Tuesday!

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  16. Gardening in a SandboxAugust 23, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    A wonderful tropical mosiac

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  17. anemonenAugust 23, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    I love all thoose red flowers.

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  18. lynda HowellsAugust 23, 2010 at 2:24 PM

    Such beautiful images..happy ruby tuesdayx lynda

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  19. Joanne OlivieriAugust 23, 2010 at 2:26 PM

    Wow, you know I never realized until just recently, visiting all these garden blogs that there are so many species of birds of paradise. These are beautiful.

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  20. lynda HowellsAugust 23, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    love these imagesx lynda

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  21. Teacher EngineerAugust 23, 2010 at 6:46 PM

    very lovely flowers:)

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  22. Teacher EngineerAugust 23, 2010 at 6:51 PM

    beautiful!!!

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  23. nikoAugust 23, 2010 at 9:51 PM

    you have nice flowers here!! nice!!!

    thanks for dropping by my blog..

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  24. MeriAugust 23, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    They're so exotic looking.

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  25. Auntie EAugust 24, 2010 at 6:15 AM

    Beautiful bird of paradise photo.
    My Ruby Link is here for you

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  26. MariceAugust 24, 2010 at 12:52 PM

    beautiful flowers! what are the names of those! we have have some of it in our garden but i dont know its name .

    u may view mine here

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  27. Maria's SpaceAugust 24, 2010 at 4:34 PM

    I have always found those flowers to be beautiful
    http://reesspace.blogspot.com/2010/08/ruby-tuesday-this-water-bottle-rocks.html

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