Considered the world over as a weed, the thistle is one of the national flowers of Scotland.
It may be hated by gardeners and farmers but is an incredibly beautiful plant and flower, and being quite large does not move around in the wind too much (making it a lot easier to photograph than more delicate summer wild flowers)!
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one’s own ever-shifting desires.
– Albert Einstein
My friend made this preserved flower arrangement and she presented it to me!
How beautiful!
If I can keep the best condition for it, it can keep for 2 or 3 years for it’s beauty.
This is a flower at my Inlaws place. It is a very pretty flower.
I have been tagged by (crafty1tutu)…..Thanks Ann
Highest Explore #109
16 Random things about me…
1. On the wrong side of 40
2. Have a beautiful wife “Aussie Jules”
3. Only started photography October 2007 while carrying Julies Canon G9 around for her.
4. Started using the G9 more after Julie started a flickr account for me.
5. Bought myself a Canon 50D in October 2008.(My own camera at last)
6. Might workout what the buttons and numbers mean one day.
7. I only take photos to post on flickr.
8. That must make me a candidate for flickr’s anonymous.
9. I worked on a sheep/wheet farm when I left school.
10. The last drought put an end to that job.
11. I became a carpenter/builder and my last house I built was 50 squares for my accountant.
12 Now I am a Manager/Designer/Engineer for a Prefabrication Factory.
13 We supply prefab frame products for all types of buildings, including housing, hospitals, schools, etc.
14. I don’t smoke and wish ciggies were banned.
15. I only drink occasionally and only a little.
16. I have lived in the country all my life.( I don’t like cities)
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Youtube video of Lotus Flowers + Music by Ahmad Farzad:
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White Lotus Flower in nature: Green Leaf:
The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.
Sesen A Lotus Flower. This is a symbol of the sun, of creation and rebirth. Because at night the flower closes and sinks underwater, at dawn it rises and opens again. According to one creation myth it was a giant lotus which first rose out of the watery chaos at the beginning of time. From this giant lotus the sun itself rose on the first day. A symbol of Upper Egypt .The lotus flower played a prominent role in the version of the creation story that originated in Heliopolis. Before the universe came into being, there was an infinite ocean of inert water which constituted the primeval being named Nun. Out of Nun emerged a lotus flower, together with a single mound of dry land. The lotus blossoms opened, and out stepped the self-created sun god, Atum, as a child. A slightly different version of the creation story originated in Hermopolis. In that version, the sun god who formed himself from the chaos of Nun emerged from the lotus petals as Ra. The lotus is a flower which opens and closes each day. His history went on to say that the petals of the lotus blossom enfolded him when he returned to it each night.
The lotus flower has been featured extensively throughout the art of ancient Egypt. In various works of art, you may see it held in the hand of a god or human, serving as a border to outline a section of the artwork, unfolding to reveal various gods or humans, and many other depictions. The ancient Egyptians from the 4th dynasty greatly valued the sacred lotus, in religious ceremonies and funerals. The ancient Egyptians developed the art of counting to a high degree, but their system of numeration was very crude. For example, the number 1,000 was symbolized by a picture of a lotus flower, and the number 2,000 was symbolized by a picture of two lotus flowers growing out of a bush.
Lotus Flower in Nature – Green Leaf / Green / : IMGP0689 – , ハスの花, 莲花, گل لوتوس, Fleur de Lotus, Lotosblume, कुंद, 연꽃,
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Link to Bahman Farzad’s images with a touch of green:
Link to a whie flower with a green patch
Link to a whie lotus flower with a green leaf on a white background
Link to a pink fractalius lotus flower with a green background
Link to a white lotus flower with a green background reflections
Link to a fractalius red lotus flower with a green background leaf Link to a red tulip with a green stem and leaf
Link to a white lotus flower and green leaves with the sun
“… white flower blooming in my mother’s yard into eden, into eden, don’t sleep you won’t get that far …” by Wobbleshop (the face of this flower was a flat, perfect circle over 7″ across – i’ve never seen anything like it before today!!)
é dia de flor na Quinta Flower – Fotografia de Marcos Arruda – Março de 2010
flores do meu jardim – amarelinhas – lindafoto – belafoto – eleições 2010
vem ai a expo londrina 2010 – fuji film finePix S1500 – Outono Brasileiro
foto vencedora em 1º lugar no grupo Duetos, dia 19/03/2010
