DAILY PHOTO: Flower Market

Taken Sept 7, 2013 at Gandhi Bazaar

Taken Sept 7, 2013 at Gandhi Bazaar

DAILY PHOTO: Orange as Cammoflague

IMG_0292The background in this photo is the Hindu temple that is on the site of Tipu Sultan’s Palace, but which predates the Sultan’s Indo-Islamic teak structure. There is a simple but beautiful garden in between the palace and the temple that displays various flowering plants.

 

DAILY PHOTO: Caye Caulker Corsage

Taken on Caye Caulker in Belize

Taken on Caye Caulker in Belize

DAILY PHOTO: Mountainside Vermilions

Taken in 2011 near Machu Picchu

Taken in 2011 near Machu Picchu

DAILY PHOTO: Roadside Foxglove

Taken June 2, 2013 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia

Taken June 2, 2013 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia

This flower is the source of a common heart medicine.

DAILY PHOTO: Flowers on a Pond

April 2012; Yellow River, Georgia

April 2012; Yellow River, Georgia

Early Spring Haiku

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stalwart Beech tree
still gathering sunlight
on last year’s leaf

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dandelion
arrives to party first
eager flower

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a bud breaks open
its tiny leaf waves hello
welcoming the spring

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spring’s urgent leisure
flowers drop a fine pollen
to ride listless winds

DAILY PHOTO: Sunflower Field in Rural Hungary

Taken between Szentendre and Visegrad

Taken on the road between Szentendre and Visegrad