Tuesday, February 1, 2011

136. Red flowers

Is this Hellebore aka Christmas or Lenten rose?

Macro Monday #123

Ruby Tuesday

5 comments:

  1. Whatever they are, they're lovely.
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  2. It look like Hollyhocks. I thought it's poppies but when I see the leaves I am sure it's Hollyhocks. That is so pretty!! Love the color!
    Reb Flower

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  3. Not sure but they are pretty.

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  4. I agree with Kim: They look like hollyhocks to me, at least the ones I remember from my childhood.

    SEEING RED

    Tonight, my dear, I’m seeing red—
    Or is it puce or rose?
    Whatever’s going round my head
    Is tingling all my toes.

    My heart, my dear, becomes inflamed
    With passion sore ablaze;
    Perhaps it is because I miss
    Your glowing, crimson gaze.

    Whate’er the cause, my face is flushed
    Like a ripened cherry,
    No longer healthy, but inflamed—
    See the vessels serry*?

    A certain sanguine aftertaste
    Is clinging to my tongue,
    For I have kissed your ruby lips—
    To which the claret clung.


    *serry – (archaic) to crowd closely together

    © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher

    Lady in Red

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