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In fall time, orange berries develops from the pink flowers of the spindle bush, a bush that is rarely grown in this neck of the woods. An incidental and lucky find while on a neighbourhood walk.
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Holga 120N with Foma 400 film.
Porterdale, Georgia
#serendipity #floweringbush
Those looked like leaves to me, but they could be flower petals.
Sorry, but I'm still trying to figure out my California flowers. I think that's an Italian honey bee. This is on Cannery Row in Monterey, California.
Because the front of house seems different we went out and bought three flowering shrubs for the hill. One will go in front of each window while this Victoria Weigela will go in between them.
Canon EOS 7D with a Sigma 105 f2.8 macro lens.
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on The most Gigantic Honeysuckle Bush I've ever seen. It was a busy place for bees and butterflies. This Honeysuckle had a most powerful fragrance today.
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There's lots of pink flowering shrubs and trees that are starting to bloom right now which makes me very happy. This pink floral scene was lightly edited in Topaz Studio 2. HSS!
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July 11, 2023 - "The Convent of the Capuchos or Cork Convent was established in 1560. It is noteworthy for the extreme poverty of its construction, which represents the ideal of the Order of St Francis of Assisi, and for the extensive use of cork in the protection and decoration of its small spaces.
EBuilt with respect for the harmony between human and divine construction, it is based on nature, inseparable from the vegetation, incorporating enormous granite rocks into the building. It is said that Filipe I of Portugal (II of Spain), after visiting Sintra and the Convent of the Capuchos in 1581, commented that the two places he liked most in all his kingdoms were the Escorial for its wealth and the Convent of the Capuchos for its poverty. “In my Kingdoms, there are two things I have that greatly please me: El Escorial because it is very rich and the ‘Convento de Santa Cruz’ because it is very poor.”
The wood that surrounds it, having survived the gradual deforestation of the Sintra hills, was cared for and maintained for centuries by the friars who lived in the Convent. It therefore constitutes an exceptional example of the primitive forest of the Sintra hills, made up principally of deciduous oaks, with elements of the Mediterranean maquis, such as a great profusion of ferns, mosses, epiphytes and climbing plants, which wrap and cloak everything in a dense tangle of vegetation. Because of its rarity, its state of conservation and the importance of many specimens, this wood represents an important natural asset worth safeguarding" Previous description: visitworldheritage.com/en/eu/convent-of-the-capuchos/8199...
Camellias blooming in the shade, discretely tucked behind some leaves. Delicate tendrils of red color permeate the petals, and their splendor stands out in the soft, mottled light.
