Category: Flowers

Flower a day – Sneezewort

Flowers

Sneezewort

Name also: Bastard pellitory, Fair-maid-of-France, Goose tongue, Sneezeweed yarrow, White tansy, Wild pellitory

Sneezewort has spread or been brought to Finland quite late, sometime in the 17th century, and for a long time after that it was rare. It only began to become more common at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, however, when hay started to be cultivated. 

For Cee´s Flower of the Day.

It grows all over Finland now, apart from the wide expanse of wilderness in Lapland. It still grows mainly where humans have left their mark in drained swamps, the edges of hay-fields, beside roads and on waste ground. It can survive a long time on old fields that have been reclaimed by the forest but in that case it flowers rarely.

Flower a day 🌻

Flowers

The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant with a sizeable daisy-like flower face. Its scientific name comes from the Greek words helios (“sun”) and anthos (“flower”). The flowers come in many colors (yellow, red, orange, maroon, brown), but they are commonly bright yellow with brown centers that ripen into heavy heads filled with seeds.  Sunflowers make excellent cut flowers, and many attract bees, birds, and butterflies.

For Cee´s Flower of the Day.

Sunflowers are heliotropic, which means that they turn their flowers to follow the movement of the Sun across the sky from east to west and then return at night to face the east, ready again for the morning sun. 

Nature- water plant’s

Flowers, Photography

Keeping it short and sweet

I found these as I went through my archive for Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #21 water plants

Nature- Fern

Flowers, Photography

One of the evergreens in my garden and also the ferns growing in nature appeal to me. Obviously I have taken many photos of it. Here are few of my favorite ones.

unraveling fern
Fern

I found these as I went through my archive for Denzil’s Nature Photo Challenge #19: Ferns

These i took few days ago…

Nature- Cacti

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Not the typical plant to Finland, so obviously these are not from here, the locations were i took these are Red Rock area in Nevada and Nice in France. The last set is from Crete with yellow flowers.

Cacti, the so important part of nature in the desert. I found these as I went through my archive for this challenge Cacti

I found these as I went through my archive for Denzil’s NPC #18 Cacti

Happy bee , be Happy

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Summer holiday and at the summer house, so I am a bit slow in replies as the days are filled with three active grandchildren screaming and playing around. I had forgotten how much food boys consume…. 🙂 But this is a post about bees 🐝 and butterflies 🦋

summer 2023 – 5

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This morning when I saw the title of Leanne Cole’s blog post  Losing a blogging friend and remembering Bren. Leanne wrote: When you look at Bren’s blog you can see a lot of flowers, she loved them too. I have put together some of my flowers in memory of her and hope you can do the same.

I got to know Bren for a short time, but she came across as caring, and encouraging person. Flowers for her memory.

I am also posting this For Cee´s Flower of the Day.

summer 2023 -4

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June, summer is here even though the temperatures are not that high. Nature is giving us its best that’s for sure.

One of my favorite flowers. White lilac

The scent is so lovely

Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day

summer 2023 – 3

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June, summer is here even though the temperatures are not that high. Nature is giving us its best that’s for sure.

One of my favorite flowers. Peony.

For Cee´s Flower of the Day.

Floral joy~ 9

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Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.

Something different, shaken and stirred .

Lilac time

Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day

Spring 2023 – 8

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Wild strawberry flower

I have had the flu now for two weeks and no end in sight. I’m so tired of coughing and sneezing 🤧. I have been doing nothing, but today I am going to post few photos. Well of flowers.

Looks promising, we will get some strawberries this summer

For Cee´s Flower of the Day.

Spring 2023 – 7

Flowers, Photography

I’m at my happy place, I can hear the birdsong, sound of the wind, bee’s buzzing in this so called place of silence. and smell scent of the Lily of the valley.

Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) is well known for its delicate bells and beautiful sweet scent. You’ll find lily of the valley throughout the northern hemisphere. Signifying the return of happiness, the plant is synonymous with the month of May, and it is indeed the birth flower for May.

Lily of the valley meaning

A symbol of purity, joy, love, sincerity, happiness and luck, lily of the valley . It’s actually the national flower of Finland, and in France, on 1st May for La Fête du Muguet, lily of the valleys are gifted to loved ones. This French custom dates back to the 16th century ) – symbolizing luck and happiness.

For Cee´s Flower of the Day.

Spring 2023 – 6

Flowers

I’m at my happy place, I can hear the birdsong, sound of the wind, bee’s buzzing in this so called place of silence.

Blossoms…

Here are some signs of spring , the joy and the glory of nature. I had made up my mind not to take flower pictures as I have so many of them already, but I did anyways.

Apple tree blossoms are in full bloom at the moment, what a glorious sight

For Cee´s Flower of the Day.

Spring 2023 – 5

Flowers

I’m at my happy place, I can hear the birdsong, sound of the wind, bee’s buzzing in this so called place of silence.

The variations of green…gotta to love it.

Here are some signs of spring , the joy and the glory of nature. I had made up my mind not to take flower pictures as I have so many of them already, but I did anyways. Cherry tree blossoms…well got to love them

Submitted for Cee’s Flower of the Day AND Nature Photo Challenge #14

Spring 2023 – 4

Flowers

I’m at my happy place, I can hear the birdsong, sound of the wind, bee’s buzzing in this so called place of silence.

The variations of green…gotta to love it.

Here are some signs of spring , the joy and the glory of nature. I had made up my mind not to take flower pictures as I have so many of them already, but I did anyways. Forget me not – I did not forget these tiny little wonders

Submitted for Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Spring 2023 – 3

Flowers

I’m at my happy place, I can hear the birdsong, sound of the wind, bee’s buzzing in this so called place of silence.

The variations of green…gotta to love it.

Here are some signs of spring , the joy and the glory of nature

Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral joy~ 8

Flowers, Photography

Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.

Something different, shaken and stirred .

Photographs were taken at the Botanical Garden in Helsinki, and I do not remember the name of the flower. It is pretty, it is orange and that’s all good.

Posted for Brens Floral Friday – For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Spring 2023 – 2

Flowers

I’m at my happy place, I can hear the birdsong, sound of the wind, bee’s buzzing in this so called place of silence.

I slept so well last night, such a blizz to be able to do so…

Here are some signs of spring , the joy and the glory of new green and pops of color.

For Denzil´s Nature Photo Challenge.

Floral joy~ 7

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Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.

Something different, shaken and stirred .

Art? Mess?

Photographs were taken at the Botanical Garden in Helsinki with shaking hands.

What do you make of this?

Posted for Brens Floral Friday – and Posted Cee´s Flower of the Day.

Floral joy~ 6

Flowers, Photography

Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.

Daffodils flowers symbolize new beginnings, rebirth and the arrival of spring. The ancient Greeks associated the flower with self-love, while in Victorian England, daffodils were given as gifts to express admiration and respect. In literature, the daffodil is often used as a symbol of unrequited love and hope.


“Picasso said that no one has to explain a daffodil. Good design is understandable to virtually everybody. You never have to ask why.”—Hugh Newell Jacobsen

Photographs were taken at the Botanical Garden in Helsinki

Posted for Brens Floral Friday – and Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day

Floral joy~ 5

Flowers, Photography

Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.

“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.” – Marianne Williamson

🌷 Tulip

“The tulip is a courtly queen, whom everyone bows to on first acquaintance.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Tulips are the perfect embodiment of grace and elegance.”

Posted for Brens Floral Friday – and Cee’s Flower of the Day Photography Challenge

Floral joy~ 4

Flowers, Photography

Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do. – Helen Keller

bud of a sunflower 🌻

Pick up a sunflower and count the florets running into its centre, or count the spiral scales of a pine cone or a pineapple, running from its bottom up its sides to the top, and you will find an extraordinary truth: recurring numbers, ratios and proportions. – Charles Jencks

Roses get all the glory, but sunflowers provide all the cheer. Whether encountering them growing wild in a field, or for sale at a local shop, sunflowers just exude happiness. Add some sunshine to your life 

Posted for Brens Floral Friday – FF#88 and Cee’s Flower of the Day Photography Challenge