Flowers, Our Constant Friends: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“Don’t wait for someone to bring you flowers. Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul.”
– Luther Burbank
Have you read it? I’m still to buy it. Spotted it at the airport enroute East Africa
Flowers, Our Constant Friends
Flowers are our constant friends, in good times and the not-so-good times. Just gazing at a blooming flower can infuse us with so much joy and radiance.
I know this is my second post this season on flowers, but I can’t seem to have enough of them, as they nod their heads in full bloom. I love the riot of colours doting our condo and the nearby alleys, this time of the year. It makes the Corona Virus scare less larger than life. Something optimistic to fall back on, you see! 🙂
Everywhere I go, I carry back a flower from that place as a keep sake. I sometimes even carry back the leaves, like I did of the Baobab tree in Maniyara, East Africa.
Do you recognise the flowers in the second picture and in my feature image? Would love to know their name if you do. I spotted them in the very basic, tiny Arusha airport, in Tanzania. I was bowled over by the intoxicating fragrance and the purple, lavender hues.
Do flowers enchant you too? Do they give you more reasons to smile? Any life-lessons you take back from them?
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32 thoughts on “Flowers, Our Constant Friends: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom”
what a beautiful bunch of flowers. Gerberas are my favorite. Been planning to grow them at home for a long time.
Very easy to grow. And they are enchanting
I don’t have a garden, but I like flowers. These are gorgeous!
I wish you a nice day! 🙂
Those flowers from the Arusha airport are beautiful!! Love all the gorgeous blooms you’ve shared here – flowers never fail to life my mood. Ever!
I really don’t know much about flower names… my mother though used to be a botany whiz. Maybe she can help… will ask
African Lillies, Roshan. But do show them to her. 🙂
I can NOT imagine a world without flowers!
Sigh! I hear you babes.
To be honest, I am not a very outdoorsy person. But there are some ‘nature things’ that always bring a smile to my face. Flowers are at the top of that list. Followed by the glow of fireflies in the dark during long summer evening walks.
Wow, Shantala. Thank you for reminding me of the fireflies. I love them too. In North India we call them “jugnu” and we have spent many childhood nights, when we would have power cuts, trying to catch them and hold them in our palms, as they glowed a hue of red encased in our palms. 🙂
flowers indeed are my friends
🙂 Aye, aye Carol!
Flowers have there own soul and they have so many stories ,if only we have the patience and heart to feel them and hear there stories.
Beautiful pictures
Thanks Vikram, for swinging by. Touched. 🙂
So very rightly said. Flowers can teach us many life lessons, if only we tuned in to their magic more often.
I can’t imagine a world without flowers! Beautiful photos, Natasha!
I know, Veronica. Such precious beings indeed. 🙂
These are so pretty, Natasha. I’m pretty sure that the ones you saw at Arusha airport are the African Lilies or the Lily of the Nile as Monika said ( or Blue Lily). The Pink and White African Daisies are no less stunning! Nature gives us so much to treasure, Natasha that despite the chaos that we human create every now and then, with walls that divide us, there is still plenty of beauty and wonder left for us to savour together, so we might feel blessed again. Time and again, we take Nature for granted, don’t we?
Thank you for sharing this beautiful post, today, Natasha! Happy #ww and a fabulous week ahead, my friend!
Much love always,
<3
Oops, sorry for the typo. Pl excuse. Meant humans.
Yes, we do take nature of granted, Esha. But I’m so glad that the current generation is slowly but surely waking up to a certain level of awareness.
I’m so glad this post resonated, my dear friend. Lots of love always. Keep smiling and beaming like a precious flower always. <3 <3
I agree that we need to take pleasure in flowers and in nature despite what is happening in our world. I could guess that your flowers are Osteospermum, what we call African daisies but I am not that familiar with them.
Yes, there is so much of good as well happening in the world. It’s just that the skewed reports keep getting circulated more. Though I know things are tough but if we look back historically, people have lived in the worst of times – plague, world wars and so much more.
Have a blessed week, Alana. 🙂
As a single chap, flowers are the best housemates I could possibly wish for! They make no demands – except for the odd drop of water – and they bring nothing but joy. Lovely pictures Natasha.
My pics and Linky!
Keith would love to see your home blooms some day. A #WW post, what say? 🙂
I keep discovering new beauties on my morning walks and am filled with gratitude for the way flowers light up our lives.
Oh, yes Corinne. They add so much optimism and sunshine to our lives. They are a beacon of joy and hope.
Thank you for swinging by.
Lovely flowers. Indeed the precious friends, that help us being better!
Lovely images! The plate is very beautiful. I enjoyed looking at it! Thank you!
Happy WW!
Thank you dear, lovely Suzana. 🙂 Your comment always make me smile, as do your blog posts. Thank you for for being part of Esha and mine, #WW. Hugs and love. <3
They are my best friends too.
I knew it Sunita. They definitely would be yours too. 🙂 Love
A wonderful post. So very nice. Thanks for sharing it. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
I love the subject of the post Natasha. I love flowers, they tug my soul and I find them a source of unbridled joy. I have been posting a floral series on Delhi Spring and its a task choosing the pics…… each being so beautiful and unique. The ice babies are such a delight. The lilac flowers…… are they the Drooping Lily of the Nile? The name is as exotic as the bunch 🙂
Have a very Happy Wednesday and a happy week ahead Natasha!
I figured they are African Lilies, Monika. I have a picture of the same variety in white. Think I should post it sometime soon. Or maybe add them to this post. What say ? 🙂
You have a florally gratifying week too, Monika. 🙂 <3
Would love to go on a Delhi walk with you one of these days, exploring the blooming sidewalks. I would love to see those tulips you posted about. Are they still blooming?