Upside Down

January 29, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nectar’s potency –not diminished upside-down –does butterfly seekperspective, or is uprightonly a human construct? (For Cee’s Flower of the Day. Also linking up to my weekly challenge: upside-down.)

Like a Sunset

January 28, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nature replicates –borrows fiery sunset hues,sets petals ablaze. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Delectable

January 24, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Pops of red entice,punctuate wintry scene –Spring around corner. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Imbibing

January 23, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Winged creaturessip sweetness, inhale yellow –intoxication. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Friday Follies (Rated R?)

January 18, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My husband doesn’t see the humour in this, but where I’m from signs warn: Bump Ahead. A ‘speed hump’ is a ‘quickie’. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Posted for Friday Follies, hosted by Proscenium.

Oh, Orchids!

January 17, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

More orchids from the botanical gardens in Corpus Christi. For Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.

Wild and Delicate

January 15, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Colour does not fade into white here in Texas, as it does back home. Despite the relative cold, wildflowers still make an appearance, and the cycle of life continues to be represented, as demonstrated in this photo. (Submitted for Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge.)

Friday Follies

January 11, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The road to humble – who knew? (Posted for Proscenium’s Friday Follies.)

Christmas Red, but…

December 25, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Coral bean pods burstexpose brilliance of red –not to be eaten. For Cee’s Flower of the Day

Little Red

December 22, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Even tiny bloomsaspire to splendour – assertpassionate colour. (For Cee’s Flower of the Day.)

Ukraine

Planted seeds for prosperity –images of children frolickingthe delight of yellow horizonstradition setting our fields ablaze Till greed came knocking –brother turning on brother Rhetoric and lies shrapnelshattering our dreams Only the deer frolic nowunwitting participants inthis unprovoked slaughterland mines defiling landscapes But seeds are not lost,nor are the legacy of generationswhose soil has known […]

Winter, Please

(Image my own)

Sing Along

Dove’s mournful cryspotlights Nature’s calling –Let us find a harmonic notesing along for conservation,for preservation, for a strongtomorrow – find our voicesand join the chorus. (Image my own)