Nature and garden

The Ten Commandments of Gardening

Thou shalt be patient till it’s thyme to garden
Thou shalt be outstanding in thy field
Thou shalt lovingly care for the Earth
Thou shalt weed thy garden diligently
Thou shalt take time to smell the flowers
Thou shalt keep a fresh from the garden attitude
Thou shalt give freely of the bounty of thy harvest
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors soil
Thou shalt listen to your Garden Angels
Thou shalt bloom where you are planted and
grow strong under God’s tender care.
~ No Name~

Link: DigiDi

“If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if it were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.”
-Henri Poincare-

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You have heard of flower child from the 60′s but here is truly a flower bulldog! Squiggy loves flowers and loves to sit in a bed of flowers and loves to color flowers. Yellow is my favorite and seems to be Squiggy’s favorite color for flowers too! Sun is out and very hot and humid with bad storms moving in later afternoon and evening. Going back up to visit daughter but will have to head back in time before storms move in. It’s too hot today for Squiggy toes to sit in the flowers. Air conditoning will have it’s workout! Thanks again to everyone for thoughts, prayers and concerns for daughter! She should be more alert today.

Larnach Castle Garden in Dunedin, New Zealand

…The Beauty of Nature…

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Michelangelo

from http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoro/

One of my favorite shots…I could not find another leaf with a perfect heart. Truly amazing creation of the forces of nature.

Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/koooljoe/

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The Gardens boast one of the finest tree collections in the world, set on banks around a great lake. The famous Pantheon, Temple of Flora and Temple of Apollo (where Darcy first proposed to Elizabeth in the new Pride and Prejudice Film) form the centre-point for countless vistas from around the garden, inspired by classic Renaissance landscape paintings.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saxonfenken/192706164/

Bárrio – Alcobaça
Portugal

source: anacm.silva

A kind of anemone…maybe…
You can see more detail on the original size.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolphin_dolphin/2492232890/

Momiji Garden, East Vancouver.

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