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Tag: Colourful

Posted on August 12, 2022March 4, 2023

De Droomtuin Mosaic by Lian de Gier (The Dream Garden)

Peacock mosaic, detail of De Droomtuin by Lian de Gier

In my post of highlights from this year’s Floriade Expo, I shared a teaser of a bird detail from Lian de Gier’s wonder-full mosaic on display in the Green House. If you didn’t see the peacock for lack of a tail, at least you had an excuse, not being in front of the whole 5m x 2.5m mosaic. Continue reading “De Droomtuin Mosaic by Lian de Gier (The Dream Garden)”

Posted on June 14, 2022

Tulips, Snapdragons and Pansies

Colourful tulips, snapdragons and pansies

A bed of tulips underplanted with snapdragons, themselves underplanted by pansies, offered a subject too colourful to resist. Continue reading “Tulips, Snapdragons and Pansies”

Posted on June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

Violas and Petunias

Bedding plants: violas and petunias

Shared for Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Posted on May 25, 2022May 26, 2022

Wordless Wednesday: Bedazzling

Orange azalea in full bloom
Continue reading “Wordless Wednesday: Bedazzling”

Posted on May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

Pavement Flowers: Taraxacum officianale

Dandelions growing in the pavement
Dandelions looking happy in a gap between wall and pavement

Continue reading “Pavement Flowers: Taraxacum officianale”

Posted on April 12, 2022April 12, 2022

Keeping Fondren Funky: Tree Art by Bill Taylor

Painted juniper tree snag by Bill Taylor

It’s standard practice to cut down living trees and make them into painted fences or decorated trinket boxes, but rare to leave a dead tree standing and turn it into sculpture. Continue reading “Keeping Fondren Funky: Tree Art by Bill Taylor”

Posted on December 15, 2021

Where Was I?

Juliet Forrest Glass Flower Garden Ornaments
Juliet Forrest Glass Flowers

It’s the season for quizzes. Half of these pictures were taken in Mississippi and half in England.  Can you guess which is which? Continue reading “Where Was I?”

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