Tag: Blommor
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Today’s Flowers & Colors…
Today’s flowers, today’s colors.. ..and some wise words. “The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they make the best of everything.” – Oprah Winfrey “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”– Walter Hagen “Listen to silence. It has so much […]
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Flowers & Colors
Finally, it has become a little cooler, just over 30 degrees and a pleasant breeze. The beautiful Bougainvillea with its lovely colors blooms to the fullest, despite scorching sun and drought! Cee’s Flower of The Day / Bougainvillea Yesterday morning, we signed an agreement for a house in Tala Village.We have only been here for […]
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Bye Bye Malta
Bye Bye Malta – Hello Cyprus!We’ve arrived, we’ve been here for exactly a week now and it feels great! We rent a house by the sea in Latchi and we’ll stay here for at least three months while exploring the area around the Paphos district. All photos in this post are from my archive. Every […]
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CoLor ColoUr…
I love color, color makes me happy! Being surrounded by colors affects how we feel, even though we don’t always know about it. “We live in a rainbow of chaos” – Paul Cezanne “Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it” – Danny Kaye Pre-Moving Checklist: Today all our […]
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Flower of The Day
Greater Snapdragon. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day Pre-Moving Checklist: Has found out what requirements apply to bring our dogs into Cyprus from Malta. Passport / Rabies vaccination date / Microchip Number etc. Sixteen days left…
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A Rose is a Rose is a…
Someone has planted roses along the path where I usually walk with my dogs here in Rabat. Every time i walk by the flowers have changed, sometimes there are no flowers at all but there are always new buds coming up. The meaning of “A rose is a rose is a rose” is often attributed […]
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Another Wild Plant
Here’s another interesting find within the huge kingdom of plants.What do you think is so special about this one? Does it produce something edible? This very special plant is considered to be one of Malta’s most beautiful flowers! Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Flower of The Day
With reference to yesterday’s green plant and the question, “What are you looking at?”. It wasn’t as simple as I thought but it’s certainly a kind of onion-plant. Onion is a vegetable cultivated species of the genus Allium, Allium is Latin for Garlic. But the Allium family includes more than just onions so I had […]
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Flower of The Day
Maltese name: Ħalib it-tajr kbir English name: Large Star of Bethlehem Flowering time: April-May Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Lovely Spring!
It feels wonderful to be able to go out and find nature just around the corner. I’ll never regret moving from Sliema to Rabat. Even if it’s temporary, this is how I want to live in the future, close to nature along with my lovely dogs. A selection of images taken while walking my dogs […]
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Yellow Mellow
Above are some trifling knowledge, a couple of quotes and some flowers from yesterday’s walk with my doggies. I chose the yellow ones, there are plenty of them now. Don’t forget to click on an image to enlarge. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day By the way, we’ve moved from Sliema to Rabat! Nature […]
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Poppy- Flower of The Day
Yesterday I saw the first poppies of the year, one of my favorites when it comes to wildflowers. “The earth laughs in flowers.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson” The purple is not as common as the red ones. Sure, they’re all beautiful!“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” […]
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Gladiolus – Wild plants of Malta
This is one of many colorful wild flowers that can be seen here on the island right now. The beautiful gladioli are sometimes called the sword lily because of the sword-shaped leaves of the plants in this genus but the most widely-used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus. This lovely flower appear […]
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Almond trees, Flowers & Nuts
Species name: Prunus dulcis Maltese name: Siġra tal-Lewż English name: Almond Status for Malta: Non-native species, but introduced in Malta before 1492 when Columbus discovered the New World. Flowering Time: Dec-Feb. But they are still in bloom here in Malta, even though we are in the middle of March. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The […]
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Gerbera – Flower of The Day
Gerberas are believed to symbolize Beauty, Innocence, and Purity. “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions” – Pablo Picasso “Whether the flower or the color is the focus I do not know. I do know the flower is painted large to convey my experience with the flower – and what is my experience […]
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Wild Plants of Malta – Narcissus Tazetta
The beautiful wild flower Narcissus Tazetta has flourished in diversity here on the island of Malta since time immemorial. Today, there are significantly fewer of these beauties seen in nature, mainly due to its attractiveness and delicious scent which leads to man being tempted to pick them. It may be easy to be tempted, but […]
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Dog Joy
Fanny, her daughter Felicia and their best friend Freja running and playing in a sea of greenery and white flowers. Running together in nature without a leash is pure joy, both for the dogs and their owners. My dear husband, our best friend Fredrik, two basenji’s and a very cute American beagle. Here we go!!! […]
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Tulips – Flower of The Day
I bought a bouquet of tulips, in two different colors, three pink and four red. That was then, now they have begun to fade. But my images do not wither, they remain as long as I choose to keep them, I can keep them alive. “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t […]
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January Wildflowers
Ja, alla dessa vilda blommor växer och frodas här på ön just nu. Som vanligt lägger jag upp lite för många bilder men det är så svårt att välja. Dessutom är det av olika skäl lite långt mellan inläggen just nu, tid har jag men känner ofta att jag inte vet vad jag vill med […]
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Welcome Year 2021
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” -Albert Einstein “The past is our lesson. The present is our gift. The future is our motivation.” – Anonymous I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. – Benjamin Disraeli Among wild flowers, colors, thoughts […]
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Happiness & Joy!
That was yesterday, when we celebrated Christmas Eve at home. Today, we went to Ta Qali Nature Park. A blue sky with few clouds, green grass and plenty of wildflowers. It felt like spring in the air. While Fanny could run without a leash as usual, little Felicia jumped happily and curiously around in the […]
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Flower of The Day
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a wildflower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. And Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage. A dove house filled with doves and pigeons Shudders Hell through all its regions.”– William […]
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That was then…
That was then, last summer, when the bumblebees were playing hide and seek.“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin”― Mother Theresa” This spring I saw lots of these, as well as during the summer and fall. Now that winter is here, they are still there. Unaware of […]
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Pembroke Part 2
Here are some more pictures from Pembroke Heritage Trail. This time I show you some plants and a cute little lizard that I guess is a kind of chameleon. These are some of the plants that are now found in the Pembroke area. Pembroke, Malta, November 2020 By the way… This is the puppy that […]
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More from Ta’ Qali
Here are some more images from Ta’ Qali Nature Park. The weather here on the island is fantastic considering that we are already in November. It’s the first time this year that I see a ladybug and the berries of the olive trees are ready to be harvested. Now that the first rains have fallen […]
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Ta’ Qali in October
Här är några bilder från Ta’ Qali Nature Park dit jag åker med Fanny nästan varje dag nu när hon sakta men säkert börjar vänja sig vid att vara ifrån valparna under längre stunder. Höstfärger. Färgstarkt och vitt, två av en mångfald av de blommor som växer här just nu. Ett av många små hus […]
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Saturday’s Flower
“May the flowers remind us why the rain was so necessary” -Xan Oku Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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På promenad…
Tänkte att jag skulle visa några bilder från området där jag bor, där jag ofta går mina promenader utmed havet tillsammans med Fanny. Här har vi gått otaliga gånger och det är inte alltid som vädret är så här fint. Man kan gå hela sträckan på cirka tre km utmed havet från Tigne i Sliema […]
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The Power of Color
“Life is a painting, and you are the artist. You have on your palette all the colors in the spectrum – the same ones available to Michaelangelo and Da Vinci” – Paul J. Meyer“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” ― Wassily Kandinsky“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. […]
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Make Life Beautiful
“A good life is a collection of happy moments” -Denis Waitley“Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone. Don’t stress about the future, it hasn’t arrived. Live in the present and make it beautiful” – Unknown Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day And for those who may be curious about Fanny’s pregnancy. Fanny is always […]
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Sun Flower
“Sunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there.” ― J.R. Rim. “Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace.” – Old French Proverb.“…and are we not all just wilting flowers in a crowded garden waiting for someone who will appreciate the beauty of our petals While it […]
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Today’s Flowers & Quote
“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” – Luther Burbank. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Flowers, Quotes & Thoughts
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn” “Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” — Peter Adams “When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” — Ansel Adams“I don’t trust words. I trust pictures.” — Gilles Peress […]
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White Beauty
“White has it all, its beauty is absolute, it’s the perfect harmony” – Coco Chanel“For those colours you which to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground” -Leonardo da Vinci“If peace of mind considered as pure as white colour then I know why it’s my favorite color” – Rubeena Khan. “Let the beauty […]
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Mimosa or What?
It’s getting hot here in Malta now and most flowers fades away and thus all its colors, except this one. The mimosa trees bloomed here in Malta in April and these really look like mimosa but… …I really can’t recognize their long sharp thorns.Whatever it is, they give a lovely splash of color in nature, […]
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Flowers of The Day
When I look at above images, I realize that they would probably fit better in a theme called “Today’s insect”. So here I show some wildflowers that are found here in Malta, without any visible insect.Finally, Fanny, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a stunningly flourishing scenery. Susan’s Flower on Fridays Cee’s Photo Challenge […]
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Spiny Caper – Wildflowers in Malta
I have shown this flower before, its very common here in Malta and I like it a lot because it’s so special. The plant is actually a bush and each flower lasts only for one day and one night which means you can see a lot of flowers in different stages on the same plant. […]
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Hide and Seek with a Bumblebee
Don’t ask me why but I really love bumblebees and there are many to be found now among the flowers. But they are not always so easy to capture as they usually hide half of themselves deep into a flower.Thanks for not hiding. Sometimes you’re lucky!
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Flower of The Day
Now the cactus is blooming and within a few months we can pick tasty and sweet Prickly pears for free. When you see them like this it feels hard to believe that they will be edible. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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