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 



27 comments:

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

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  2. these are definitely beauties

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

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  4. Beautiful collection of flowers. Fantastic colors.

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  5. Beautiful blooms. Love your collage

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  6. 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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  7. Beautiful blooms, they are Paradise! So pretty!

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

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

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. Such beautiful images..happy ruby tuesdayx lynda

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  14. 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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  15. you have nice flowers here!! nice!!!

    thanks for dropping by my blog..

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  16. 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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  17. 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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