Inside iron, you can find velvet;
Inside the hard, a soft centre —
And in the petal, there resides
The strength to hold up the sky.
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Lady Fi 
beautiful….:)
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Beautiful poem and photo. I love the idea of tenderness despite whatever harshness is apparent on the outside.
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This took my breath away Fiona! Thank you for such a lovely moment this morning.
Val x
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Reblogged this on Find Your Middle Ground and commented:
This photo and poem from Lady Fi took my breath away today.
Enjoy this precious moment.
Val x
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Beautiful! I come here via Val this morning.
Diana xo
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Distilled beauty – the merging of soft and strong. Lovely, Lady Fi.
Precious poetry too!
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Exquisite! Words and image…
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Wonderful light and wise words.
Best regards, Synnöve
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beautiful poetic view you have.
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Oh! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is just stunning.. in every way.
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beautiful pic…nice perspective
and oh how powerful the petals….
ha
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Beautifully written. In apparent weakness there can, indeed, be strength!
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It is blowing a fume into heaven, beautiful photo.
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What a beautiful start for my day, Fiona!! Exquisite capture and wise, wonderful words! Thank you! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Something so diverse in your portfolio my friend…lovely.
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Very nicely caught. It looks very much as if it was charged with sun power and then emitted it as a more material essence. Very evocotive. 🙂
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So very artistic!!
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Now if only everyone could realize their inner strength…:)JP
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This looks as if the flower is giving light to the sky! Illuminating!
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bokeh bubbling beauty
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Absolutely STUNNING))) x
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The words are beautiful and the photo is stunning.
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Lovely image and poetry!
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A beautiful photograph, and a truly, truly beautiful quote.
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Gorgeous.
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An in your photos, beauty and magic.
Thank you.
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Great photo, really touching quotation.
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Like a torch! very beautiful mastery of Bokeh! well done
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This is just beautiful 🙂
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What a beautiful photo and what a fantastic quote to go with it. Thanks.
Greetings from London.
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Glad you enjoyed my poetry…
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Beautiful, Fiona.
Hugs,
Betsy
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a big responsibility for a daisy..
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what a lovely image. I love the golden colors and the bokeh is beautiful! Have a happy weekend!
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So delightful…strong and soft rolled into one 🙂
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Completely stunning!
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Greetings from Bangkok! Wonderful photo and words – very special.
Wren x
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A stuuning shot!
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Fascinating image!
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Absolutely gorgeous! Hard to beat nature…
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I love this!! Beautiful!
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How lovely! Made me smile and think and smile some more.
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Exquisite!
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yep what louisianabelle said.
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Sheer (back lighted) poetry!
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
=^..^= ❤
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Wow! Fantastic photography.
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Looks so lovely!
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Excellent composition. Love the way you use stray lights as an subject for your shot.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Alexander
Alex’s World! – http://www.kakinan.com/alex
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Beautiful shot.
Sydney – City and Suburbs
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Stunner!!
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What a wonderful picture !!
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A magical melting of colour and light. So enchanting.
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Love your photo! Makes me feel so peaceful inside 🙂
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Fantasy art and finesse! Beautiful photo!
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Stunningly beautiful photo, the lighting is so pretty
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A different way of looking at skies, very beautiful !
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So simple and beautiful in that late summer light … I love it!
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everything about this photo makes me sigh – the light, the bokeh and composition – just wonderful!
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Inspirational!
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The translucence of the petals is stunning!
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Beautiful and I love the “the strength to hold up the sky”
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Gorgeous – I love how you have the light flowing up from the flower.
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Dazzling and very creative shot ~ thanks, ^_^
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
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Love it!
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Majestic! You always find the best perspectives LadyFi.
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Another sublime image Fiona j’adore.
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That is truly glorious, it cheered me immensely.
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Wonderful image.
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Beautiful sunny shots.
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A magical and lovely shot! So great!
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A wonderful photo.
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At first glance before I read the words I thought of a ritual burning of sorts -a torched flower effigy for the Sun. This image evokes a profound and varying message. Thank you for sharing.
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Of the several photos shared here today, yours has the most creative element to it. Wow!
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oh une merveille ce cliché,belle lumière
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What a beauty! Lovely! Can’t seem to get enough of it!
My Yatra Diary…
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Stunning!
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I like the way the flower seems to be emitting light or a substance. Fine shotl
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Wow! That’s a very special shot.
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Lovely!
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magical
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Another beautiful photo. I like the simplicity of daisies
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What a beautiful way to describe the picture. Loved it!
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in the most fragile, a hidden strength. Lovely, Fi! Looks like you’re having a magical summer.
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Beautiful!~ Apparently you have no bugs:)
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Gorgeous! Love the golden light. 🙂
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Nydelig … i ord og bilde. Ha en fortsatt fin sommer! Klem Irene
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These are magical shots, and I love them!
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Great shot and the words are so fitting.
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Perfect composition, a nice flower with superb lights.
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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Gosh that is just incredibly beautiful!
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very beautiful. Love the bokeh.
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Beautiful!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
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Love this picture!
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This is so beautiful!!
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It took my breath away, looking at it. Beautiful, magical image!
I like the poem
EmCi
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congrats on your POTW!
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