Lest We Forget - Poppy For Remembrance Day

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Hydrangea Bloom

This dried bloom on my little hydrangea bush was taken recently before the arrival of the wet and windy weather.  I am sharing this composition with the Trees n Bushes  meme today.

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     I have also shared this photo on my Instagram stream.

Cottage Garden

After six weeks of travelling in Asia, it was lovely to return home to Wales and the beautiful display of cottage garden flowers in my garden.

 

Magnolia and Camellia Blooms - Greenway House - Pink Saturday

 I discovered another Photography Meme this morning Pink Saturday, perfect choice to share these magnificent Magnolia and Camellia Blooms that I captured on a recent visit to Agatha Christie's home in Devon 'Greenway House'. The post about my visit can be found on Travel Tales

                                                                     Pink Saturday

Glorious Rhododendron and Camellia - Floral Friday Fotos

May 1st and I am back! After a break of three months I found out that I am missing my photography blog, so have decided to revive it.
The plan is to try and post regular photos by picking a different meme each time to help me decide which of my ever growing supply of photos to use.
Of course the spirit of participating in memes is to visit other contributors, this is where I may run into trouble due to lack of time. I will do my best to call by as many other participants as I can and will always do so to those that have visited and commented on my own posts. After all it is part of the fun!

To start me off I have chosen to join Floral Friday Fotos today with two photos of a stunning Rhododendron and Camellia, I photographed in Devon on March 25th 2015. The first I had seen this year. Taken at Greenway, the post about my visit can be found on Travel Tales.

Oleander - Marta - Italy

Continuing my floral theme from earlier this week, Flowers Everywhere, I am today joining the meme Floral Friday Fotos.  Have a lovely weekend everyone, I will be back with more photos from my world next week.

ABC Wednesday - F - Floral or Furry - Marta - Italy

Mesembryanthemum

Floral or furry both favourites photographed in Marta, Italy

ABC Wednesday

                                           

Flowers Everywhere - Marta in Bloom

I am sharing today with Our World Tuesday some of the beautiful displays of flowers in the Centro Storico of Marta in Italy.

Orchid

Photographed with Nikon Coolpix  P500

This photo was taken in October 2011 during a trip David and I took to Thailand. If you are interested in viewing more photos from this trip I am posting about the trip on Travel Tales, the latest post is River trip to Grand Palace-Bangkok.

Today I am joining the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

Signs of Spring

These photos were taken in Tywyn, Wales, earlier today a welcome sign that Spring is not that far away.

I may not be posting here very often over the coming months, please see my note in the side column.

Zinnia and Snail

One of the last Zinnia's in flower in Our Garden in Italy - November 2012

This week I am joining the Blo-Ma flowers and Macro meme.

Cyclamen

Cyclamen - Information Courtesy of Burke's Backyard Fact Sheet
Most gardeners think of cyclamen as delicate indoor plants. However they can be grown outside, and in fact occur naturally in harsh, rocky areas in the Mediterranean and Europe. The miniature wild Italian cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium), will thrive and multiply in a shady position in the garden. It is a very long-flowering, hardy species, which grows in both frosty and hot areas. The flowers are usually pink or white, and the leaves are patterned and marbled in white and silver.


                                      I have chosen to link up today with Floral Friday Fotos

Floral Friday Fotos

Fading Zinnia

I am participating in two memes today, Flower Art Friday and Photo Art Friday, have a lovely weekend everyone, see you next week, with more photos from My World.

Mandevilla Splendens

 

Mandevilla Splendens, or Dipladenia Splendens is an evergreen vine from the Mandevilla Genus and is a native of Brazil. It climbs up to three metres by twining itself around things. 

Earlier in the summer we had guests buy us this beautiful Mandevilla Splendens as a thankyou gift. We have never grown it before but will certainly be doing so again as it thrived in the heat and drought we have had in Italy for the last three months. My choice of subject today fits all three of the memes below.

Blo-Ma Flower Macro

Our World Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday

Cactus Flower

                              

The cactus flower has such a short life, I took this series of photos on the morning of July 26th and within twenty four hours it was no more.

ABC Wednesday

Geranium

Photo taken June 6th 2012 in Our Garden. 

Flower Art Friday

Floral Friday Fotos