For Terri’s Sunday Stills – Fabulous Florals. Spring is in the air, and everywhere she is breaking out the sparkle.

“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”
~Rainier Maria Rilke

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,
the whole world would change.”
~Buddha

“Feed me Seymour” ~ Audrey – Little Shop of Horrors
Spooky pitcher plants lurking in the shadows, waiting for … lunch.

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope” ~ Lady Bird Johnson
Many varieties of Rhododendron thrill the eye and delight the spirit.

“It’s always spring and everyone’s in love and flowers pick themselves.” ~E.E. Cummings
Wild Hibiscus, a marvelous nature walk find.

Flowers floating to the ground
petals falling, make no sound
pink snow flying fills the air
petals falling everywhere
flowers in my hair
the scent of spring
fills the air. ~JP
If we were having coffee this week, I’d tell you April has been a mixed bag of a month. It started with a mad dash to South Dakota that was more exhausting than exciting. Then to a nasty virus (not COVID) that led to a Sarcie Flare, which led to a 14-day round of steroid therapy, which led to visits with my pulmo and cardio doctors, and is now ending with me wearing a heart monitor (don’t worry, it’s nothing serious). So maybe it hasn’t been quite the fun month I was hoping for but I got lots of yard work done and the front and back areas are beginning to come together. Come Spring and Welcome.
Til next time ~ Stay Trippy Hippies ~JP
Wonderful and fabulous flowers, JP! Those pitcher plants are so cool (my mom raised many of those carnivorous plants back in the day)! What a lovely poem…I can see the petals falling and flying from here!
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Thank you Terri. The faux plum was shedding so many petals, it was like a pink blizzard 😉. I love carnivorous plants for their otherworldly beauty and also their inherent “creepy” factor.
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Your pictures are fabulous. The colors look so bright!
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My favorite thing about Spring is the brightness of color after a drab winter.
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I know! Me too! You would have loved that place.
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Beautiful flowers, JP. The pitcher plants are indeed spooky. I’m sorry to hear about your health issues. I hope you have a great weekend. Thank you for linking up with #weekendcoffeeshare.
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Thank you Natalie. I’ll heal it just takes longer than it used to 😉 flowers are one of my favorite photo subjects.
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Pretty flowers! We are just coming off snow storms. I am hoping that something in my tiny flower garden will have survived. Good on the yard work! We have a lot of bare spots, but my husband bought some grass seed that is supposed to be shade tolerant and we got it spread out before the rain started again.
Best wishes for your week! — Liz
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Thank you Liz. Nice thing about moving a bit farther south is our snow leaves earlier in the year. 😉
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Terrific flowers, signifying the season!
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“You can learn a lot of things from the flowers.” — Alice in Wonderland
I love taking pictures of flowers. They offer so many shapes and colours, beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much. Flowers are so photogenic 🌺
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Love the pitcher plants! I grew several varieties in pots when I lived in Portland, and I currently grow venus flytraps on my kitchen windowsill. Carnivorous plants are fascinating.
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Thank you Janet. I love Venus flytraps. I may try growing some now that I have the room 😊
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Beautiful up close photos. Love your poem. So fitting for Spring.
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Thank you so much
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I’m sorry to hear about all your health problems this month. Hope you’re getting back to normal? Your spring photos are wonderful with all those bright colours!
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Thank you so much. Yep, starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. 😊
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Lovely
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Thank you so much.
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What beautiful photos and I love your poem! Hopefully May will be a much better month for you.
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Sorry to hear you health took a dive, hope you’ll soon be back up. And those flowers… the colours… I am drooling 🙂
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Thanks so much. Flares are a real pain. I needed a good shot of color!
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Happy to provide 😊​
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I love the contrasting petals of the lantanas and violas!
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I adore those tiny flowers 🌹 so precious.
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You do live in pure beauty!! 🪴🌸
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