Colors are the smiles of nature. ~Leigh Hunt
Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment. ~Claude Monet
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858
Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~John Ruskin
I hope some day to meet God, because I want to thank Him for the flowers. ~Robert Brault
Flowers whisper “Beauty!” to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall. ~Dr. SunWolf
**Images from the garden of Sue Kelcey – my second Mom and my inspiration. I hope this inspires you just as much. Love and blessings.
Living, Loving, Laughing.... 
Beautiful… absolutely beautiful captures 🙂
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Absolutely love the Nikon Macro lens 105mm. Thank-you!
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It’s one of the lenses I want to get when I get a camera and a tilt shift one 😀
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Fabulous. The colours made me smile. Very uplifting.
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Thank you! They make me smile too.
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Wow! What a collection of beauties! Very nicely done!
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Thank you! I just took the photos. The blooms are on their own. 😉
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Beautiful. I can’t help but smile viewing all these lovely blooms 🙂
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She has a beautiful garden and does it having use of only one arm. Her other arm never regained motion after her brain aneurysm in 2010.
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I just went to the floral beyond – BEAUTIFUL 🙂
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I love that!! The floral beyond. We should go there more often. 🙂
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*clapping*
Angelia, each and everyone of these images are stunning! And you truly captured not only their beauty, but also their ‘life force.’
Amazing!
And I loved the second to last quote!
Thank you so much for sharing these, my friend. TOTALLY made me smile 🙂
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Thanks Ron! Makes me smile to read your comment. They do seem to have a force about them that is powerful and poetic. 🙂
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What gorgeous images!
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Thank you, dear! Wish I could bring my camera your way and get flowers and mountains. 🙂
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Come anytime!
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That must be some garden!
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A lot of these were in containers. 🙂
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Wow!! Breathtaking!
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Thank you!
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You have found your true passion. Beautiful!
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Thanks, Mo! I think so too. 🙂
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These pictures are absolutely beautiful! I never boticrd that the leaves on my tiny pink flowers are in thr shspe of hearts! Love just pours out!
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:44:42 +0000 To: suelrussell@hotmail.com
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Love does pour out. In many ways!
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Beautiful!! 🙂
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Thanks, Arindam. You have been missed. 🙂
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You are really kind, Angelia. 🙂
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These photos are beautiful and breathtaking! I would really like to have one of each of these flowers in my garden – your friend has a treasure! I’m glad you were able to share these with us. Simply beautiful!
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They are beautiful and she is blessed to have them. She loves flowers more than anything (almost). 🙂
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Beautiful. Although, I believe Mr. Beecher’s thought is not correct. I don’t believe God “forgot” to put a soul in flowers. I do believe that to be a very odd thought.
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I can understand that. They do speak to us and maybe that is their soul speaking to our heart. 🙂
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Or they don’t have souls because they are flowers. But it wasn’t something that was forgotten, he just didn’t give flowers souls . . . .
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Insanely good macro shots. The 105mm macro of canon is only 700. Can I borrow 650 from you? Ahihihi
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Well if you used a NIKON, we could maybe strike a trade or something. But noooooo Canon. Poo. 🙂 Do what I did. Shoot weddings until you can buy it. Hahaha.
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