For this weekly photo challenge I have picked-out for you some photos of colorful flowers, trees and fruits either from our garden or from my field in Greece.
What a feast for my eyes and soul! You have done it again. Photos full of life and passion. I miss that. I miss the fan fare of colour which nature puts on in the summer. Your garden, as I have said before is your very own Paradise. x
Yes, dear Karen, in these more or less dark weeks we need a little color to feel good. A garden is something very special that you can make your paradise, a garden of Eden. xxx
Red is the colour of passion and blood; yes, it’s vibrant! We have some of the same flowers in this part of the world. I have pomegranate trees that the resident possums like to strip bare of all its shoots so I would be lucky to see flowers, let alone fruit.
On my field we have now 3 pomegranate trees. They have a lot of fruits and sometimes some birds like to pick them from inside, so I only find the outside 😦 But I share these fruits with them, because I love birds. We take some home and I made some wonderful recipes with them. Pomegranates are a symbol for fertility and they are very beautiful, also the flowers. Thanks for commenting, dear Mary, have a nice day, kind regards Mitza
yes, I just bought 3 pomegranates from Turkey to put them into joghurt, which is delicious. But lots of work to pick out the seeds and my kitchen looks afterwards as if I killed somebody…with all these red spots, hehe
I just saw it in tv that they smacked them and I wanted to try it out tomorrow, otherwise somebody might call the police because of all the “blood” in my kitchen. hehe
Hahaha; I think the trick is to break the membranes holding the seeds without crushing the seeds. When I want juice I roll the fruit hard on the bench then make a little hole on the skin and put a straw into the bag of juice.
Thanks a lot, dear Alex. These blue ones are from Kefalonia. Have you noticed that they always look as if a little light was on inside? I don’t know why, but even though it is some kind of weed in Greece, I love them. Hope you are fine, have snow and all the best, kind regards Mitza
I saw one place in Kefalonia where these flowers were growing over a garage and they looked like a wonderful curtain, really wonderful. I’m always so overwhelmed by the beauty of nature because it is so divine.
Have a wonderful weekend. Hope you are fine and you enjoy your studies. This is the best time of your life, enjoy it!!
This is really what we all need during this stretch of the winter doldrums: the bright colors of flowers to remind us that winter does not last forever. Thank you, Mitza, for those lovely photos!
Wow Mitza, that is what I call Vibrantly delicious photos! Absolutely stunning colors, there is no one can match Mother Natures ability to produce such range of colors. My day just got more bright and beautiful because of your post, refreshing to see all the happiness and joyfulness of such beauty on the first day of February!
Thank you Mitza for brightening up my day! Many hugs to you and a happy February~Eva
Dear Eva, always enjoy your hearty words so much. The joy I gave to you by the colors, you gave back to me by your lovely words. Thank you so much. Good to know you, wishing you a happy February, too, virtual hugs Mitza
my goodness, these fit the bill for Vibrant! Great photos Mitza! I quite like the coleus especially, well and the morning glory, and the hibiscus. maybe I just like them all! lol wonderful photos. crank up the heat and stay warm 🙂 cheers, Debi
Do you have morning glory in Oz? They are so special because they always look as if they had a little light inside. Thanks for liking my vibrant colors and flowers. Cheers Mitza
I’m always planning to draw something and never have the time for it. I’m just embroidering an old-fashioned handbag with cross stitches and in the evenings I’m knitting a pullover. Of course bicycling twice a day and cooking, ironing, etc. etc. ….sigh
Yesterday you wrote something about 45 years of cooking. I thought you were only 45 looking at your photo. I started very early to cook even for my mother. This was the only thing I could get her attention. But nowadays I wouldn’t cook if my son wasn’t here. But it’s so much fun to do extraordinary things like tortilla wraps or sushi with him together. Well I enjoy every day he is still here. 🙂
did Lots of chores growing up! cooking was one which I did like. And thank you Mitza, I’m 10+ yrs over your estimate! Perth heat has aged me in 7 years though… before, the North American cool climate helped, & genetics. My older brother looks way younger than me. Its good you have your son to cook for, that way you create nice new and fun things!!
I’m even older than you, I’m 63. Due to my sunbathing in Greece I suddenly feel that I look like an apple you forgot in a shelf, hehe. But I don’t color my white hair anymore. It fits to me and why lying about my age?
How very brightening for a winter’s day! I haven’t seen a hibiscus in a very long time, although they grow like weeds in Florida where I spent 36 years. My mother would pick them in the early morning, and put them around the house. The flowers last only one day, whether they are on the plant, picked and put into water, or just left on a shelf like a photograph! We had many bushes of them – singles, like your peach-colored example; doubles; and triples that were almost like huge roses.
Oh, I’m happy I could bring back some good memories to you by my photos. It’s always good to move people somehow. I love hibiscus, specially this salmon color. They are from Greece, but we have some in our garden, too, not that big though 🙂
Thanks a lot, Riccardo. I’m sure you know most of the flowers and plants you have seen. Flowers are a part of the (paradise) garden and make me very happy by their beauty. Have a nice weekend, too, Riccardo, regards Mitza
you are welcome, we seem to have the same weather here and I know that some colored plants can give a little good mood in these days. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
thank you so much. I’m always happy to hear that people are enjoying my posts like I do with yours, too. It’s quite cold here still but a lot of snowdrops and helebores are looking at us, beautiful.
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Here’s another approach to the transcendence of the floral kingdom — just straight ahead beautiful photography.
Lovely choices for the challenge!
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thanks a lot, have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Lovely photos Mitza. Are these blossoming currently or photos from previous times?
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thanks, Brad. These photos are from summer. Now we don’t have any colorful plants in our garden. 😦
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Stunning photos!! Love the vibrant colors. 👏🏻👍🏻😊
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thank you very much for your approval, I’m actually more the pastel type. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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What a feast for my eyes and soul! You have done it again. Photos full of life and passion. I miss that. I miss the fan fare of colour which nature puts on in the summer. Your garden, as I have said before is your very own Paradise. x
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Yes, dear Karen, in these more or less dark weeks we need a little color to feel good. A garden is something very special that you can make your paradise, a garden of Eden. xxx
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Red is the colour of passion and blood; yes, it’s vibrant! We have some of the same flowers in this part of the world. I have pomegranate trees that the resident possums like to strip bare of all its shoots so I would be lucky to see flowers, let alone fruit.
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On my field we have now 3 pomegranate trees. They have a lot of fruits and sometimes some birds like to pick them from inside, so I only find the outside 😦 But I share these fruits with them, because I love birds. We take some home and I made some wonderful recipes with them. Pomegranates are a symbol for fertility and they are very beautiful, also the flowers. Thanks for commenting, dear Mary, have a nice day, kind regards Mitza
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They are beautiful trees with lovely flowers and fruit.
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yes, I just bought 3 pomegranates from Turkey to put them into joghurt, which is delicious. But lots of work to pick out the seeds and my kitchen looks afterwards as if I killed somebody…with all these red spots, hehe
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I roll in on the bench then smack it with a wooden spoon after splitting it open and they pop out.
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I just saw it in tv that they smacked them and I wanted to try it out tomorrow, otherwise somebody might call the police because of all the “blood” in my kitchen. hehe
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Yes, it’s a bloody business 🙂
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tried to knock on them, but didn’t work. Left my kitchen like a mass-murderer, hehe, but it was really delicious:)
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Hahaha; I think the trick is to break the membranes holding the seeds without crushing the seeds. When I want juice I roll the fruit hard on the bench then make a little hole on the skin and put a straw into the bag of juice.
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that sounds good, but my joghurt with pomegranate seeds was delicious, too
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Lovely gallery!!! From all the red toned flowers the two blue ones really strike out! I find that fascinating! 😀
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Thanks a lot, dear Alex. These blue ones are from Kefalonia. Have you noticed that they always look as if a little light was on inside? I don’t know why, but even though it is some kind of weed in Greece, I love them. Hope you are fine, have snow and all the best, kind regards Mitza
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Yes, you are absolutely about the light inside, Mitza 😉 I have noticed it as well… I find them lovely! 😀
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I saw one place in Kefalonia where these flowers were growing over a garage and they looked like a wonderful curtain, really wonderful. I’m always so overwhelmed by the beauty of nature because it is so divine.
Have a wonderful weekend. Hope you are fine and you enjoy your studies. This is the best time of your life, enjoy it!!
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Gorgeous.
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thank you very much, have a nice day, regards itza
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Stunning photos! Wow!
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I really appreciate your kind words, thanks and have a nice day, regards Mitza
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You definitely hit the target with these photos. 🙂
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Thank you so much, that’s really nice to know. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Superb macros! Great red and blue shades! 🙂
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thanks a lot, Tomas, fifty shades of red and blue, maybe, hehe
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FANTASTIC!
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thank you so much, have a nice day, regards Mitza
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I am ready for spring seeing these flowers!.
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I think you must wait until summer, these are all from very hot months. Thanks for commenting, regards Mitza
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This is really what we all need during this stretch of the winter doldrums: the bright colors of flowers to remind us that winter does not last forever. Thank you, Mitza, for those lovely photos!
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you are welcome, Peter. I need some color in these dark days, too, even though I’m more a pastel type.
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Wow Mitza, that is what I call Vibrantly delicious photos! Absolutely stunning colors, there is no one can match Mother Natures ability to produce such range of colors. My day just got more bright and beautiful because of your post, refreshing to see all the happiness and joyfulness of such beauty on the first day of February!
Thank you Mitza for brightening up my day! Many hugs to you and a happy February~Eva
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Dear Eva, always enjoy your hearty words so much. The joy I gave to you by the colors, you gave back to me by your lovely words. Thank you so much. Good to know you, wishing you a happy February, too, virtual hugs Mitza
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So many pretty flowers, difficult to pick up my favourite!
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thanks a lot for your nice words, I’m glad you like all of them. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Ach….so viele schöne bunte Bilder. Herrlich.
Danke, dass du uns schon so schön auf den Frühling vorbereitest liebe Mitza!!
Liebe Grüsse
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Sehr gerne mache ich das für alle lieben Menschen auf der Welt, liebe Grüße aus dem sehr stürmischen Hamburg, Mitza
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Beautiful and ‘vibrant’ in deed. I love the Coral tree flower. Can it be grown outside in a very cold climate?
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Now, this only grows in Mediterranean climate. If you have a glass house in your garden or a place inside your house would be fine.
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my goodness, these fit the bill for Vibrant! Great photos Mitza! I quite like the coleus especially, well and the morning glory, and the hibiscus. maybe I just like them all! lol wonderful photos. crank up the heat and stay warm 🙂 cheers, Debi
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Do you have morning glory in Oz? They are so special because they always look as if they had a little light inside. Thanks for liking my vibrant colors and flowers. Cheers Mitza
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we do, just not around here in Perth; lots in Sydney though! so, what’s next on your art/photo agenda Mitza ?!!
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I’m always planning to draw something and never have the time for it. I’m just embroidering an old-fashioned handbag with cross stitches and in the evenings I’m knitting a pullover. Of course bicycling twice a day and cooking, ironing, etc. etc. ….sigh
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I started to hate cooking; I used to really like it, for 45 years. now, not so much. wonder why?
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Yes, I understand. I don’t know why I still like it after so many decades, but looking at my son when he enjoys what I cook makes me happy.
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yes, when the kids lived at home, I really enjoyed it!!
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Yesterday you wrote something about 45 years of cooking. I thought you were only 45 looking at your photo. I started very early to cook even for my mother. This was the only thing I could get her attention. But nowadays I wouldn’t cook if my son wasn’t here. But it’s so much fun to do extraordinary things like tortilla wraps or sushi with him together. Well I enjoy every day he is still here. 🙂
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did Lots of chores growing up! cooking was one which I did like. And thank you Mitza, I’m 10+ yrs over your estimate! Perth heat has aged me in 7 years though… before, the North American cool climate helped, & genetics. My older brother looks way younger than me. Its good you have your son to cook for, that way you create nice new and fun things!!
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I’m even older than you, I’m 63. Due to my sunbathing in Greece I suddenly feel that I look like an apple you forgot in a shelf, hehe. But I don’t color my white hair anymore. It fits to me and why lying about my age?
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love your apple analogy Mitza, lol. my friend at work has short white hair, and it is the most stunning look on her.
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That’s exactly what I have but I don’t feel stunning, hehe
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How very brightening for a winter’s day! I haven’t seen a hibiscus in a very long time, although they grow like weeds in Florida where I spent 36 years. My mother would pick them in the early morning, and put them around the house. The flowers last only one day, whether they are on the plant, picked and put into water, or just left on a shelf like a photograph! We had many bushes of them – singles, like your peach-colored example; doubles; and triples that were almost like huge roses.
Thanks for the memories! ;->
Virtual hugs,
Judie
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Oh, I’m happy I could bring back some good memories to you by my photos. It’s always good to move people somehow. I love hibiscus, specially this salmon color. They are from Greece, but we have some in our garden, too, not that big though 🙂
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Love your wonderful macros, Mitza. Have a nice weekend. Riccardo
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Thanks a lot, Riccardo. I’m sure you know most of the flowers and plants you have seen. Flowers are a part of the (paradise) garden and make me very happy by their beauty. Have a nice weekend, too, Riccardo, regards Mitza
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It’s gloomy today in Chicago. Thanks for sharing these intensely colored photos of plant life!
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you are welcome, we seem to have the same weather here and I know that some colored plants can give a little good mood in these days. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Wow- absolutely stunning photos and I’m enjoying this post on a frigid winter day, longing for my garden in a few months. Well done!❤️
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thank you so much. I’m always happy to hear that people are enjoying my posts like I do with yours, too. It’s quite cold here still but a lot of snowdrops and helebores are looking at us, beautiful.
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Here’s another approach to the transcendence of the floral kingdom — just straight ahead beautiful photography.
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thanks a lot for your kind words, have a nice day, regards Mitza
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Wonderful flowers .! Great shot Mitza.! 🍁
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thank you, Francisco. Have a nice day, regards Mitza
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You’re welcome Mitza.! Thank you.! Have a nice day you too.! Regards, Francisco 🍁
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