With their wildflower beauty and lush texture, asters have long been considered an enchanted flower. In ancient times, it was thought that the perfume from their burning leaves could drive away evil serpents. Today, they’re known as a talisman of love and a symbol of patience. Also known as starworts, Michaelmas daisies or Frost flowers, […]
Category Archives: Flowers
Sunflower Sunday — I see beauty all around by rob paine
Major Mess Up — Simply Painting
At this point in my artist journey, I really thought that I had come through the painter’s block. I picked a bouquet of lilies from my flower garden and set to work on a new painting. I really like how this turned out at first, but this is just a small corner of this painting… […]
Red Poppies (again) — Smiling to life.wordpress
Greetings, and smiles…My favourite flower, and bee together: enough reason for me to be happy! I took hundreds of bee, and poppy images this summer. One poppy plant is still blooming!!! Happiness ❤ . Therefore they are today’s treat, at least for me. I cannot add more, better images of my poppies because of upload limit: […]
Nigella damascena — Smiling to life.wordpress
Flowers of growing Nigella are surrounded by a series of bracts. These are supported by a thread-like leaf structure, known as a ruff, on the cultivar love in a mist plant. This gives the appearance of the flowers being surrounded by a mist, hence the romantic name. Double flowers appear to peek through the mist […]
Bearded Penstemon Wildflower and You — Becoming is Superior to Being
Bearded Penstemon Wildflower — Computer Art by kenne You missing, bone hard the trees seep their white bloom through stem, tendril, leaf. And your beard: light curling through the sweet, dark hair, all blossoming. How far do these white clouds reach, from here to that place you are now? — from “Poems from Paradise” by […]
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Sunflowers — Daily Paintings Christa Friedl
Each year in summer time there fields of yellow blooming sunflowers. It is always a challenge to get them right. Thank you for viewing my art. If you are interested in purchasing this painting please contact me by email – christafriedl@aon.at Im sommer sieht man in Österreich überall die gelben Sonnenblumenfelder. Es ist jedes Jahr […]
Peaceful — Smiling to life.wordpress
To be in peace with oneself creates tranquility even in chaos. We need to reach a peaceful place in our minds and souls… I wish you all a peaceful weekend 🙂
Rosy Friday — Smiling to life.wordpress
” Happy Rosy Day is celebrated every Friday. It is a day to embrace the art of positive thinking and gratitude, celebrate and love yourself, and indulge yourself in life’s sweet little luxuries. “Happy Rosy Day!” and #happyrosyday is expressed on social media any time people are having a delightful, bright, promising, cheerful, optimistic, fun, or […]
Coppertips — Smiling to life.wordpress
“Crocosmia ‘Limpopo’ montbretia ‘Limpopo’ ‘Limpopo’ is a cormous perennial, up to 75cm high, with grass-like green leaves. Arching sprays of large flowers, up to 6cm across, of orange and salmon-pink with apricot-coloured throats, appear over a long period in late summer.” Happy new week, happy Monday 🙂