I love gardening —
I could watch it for hours!
Or even better, photograph it…
There’s nothing better
Than flowers in full bloom,
Scenting the air
And acting as a landing pad for bees,
Or petalled beauties
Wearing pink wigs.
Thanks to all my neighbours who have such photogenic gardens!
For more beauty, please visit: Our World Tuesday.
And Our Heart Macro!
Lady Fi 
Wow those poppies are gorgeous – wonderful scenes Jo.
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oh my .. i had never seen a white poppy .. lovely …
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Really wonderful and colorful.
Best regards, Synnöve
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Beautiful post, beautiful photos flowers Ladyfi! 😃❤️
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‘watch it for hours’ – too cute!
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A fine post of gorgeous flowers. I like your sentiment about watching flowers too. I wish we could have the fragrance on line! 😉
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We too love staring at these beauties.
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What a gift to have one’s own garden. Beautiful captures.
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Not my garden, unfortunately – I’m far too lazy for that! 😉
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful – that orange poppy is especially striking, and you know from my blog header I have a special place in my own heart for the bleeding ones! 🙂
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You’ve captured some beautiful garden delights. Your photos are gorgeous.
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How gorgeous! The poppies are beautiful!
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Gorgeous and delicate and vibrant photos! I feel much the same about gardening as you. Greatly appreciative of others’ efforts! 🙂
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wow those orange and purple flowers are amazing…so crisp…i def love a well done garden…but also the wildness of nature in the raw…..
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Such exquisite, colorful flowers, Fiona!! And superb captures as always! I love the bee in the next to last shot! Looks as though he’s found lunch!! Thanks as always for sharing the beauty of your world!! Have a great week!!
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I like how you snuck some humor into this marvelous post of posies and more. Nothing better than a little bit of poetry too with your photos. Love them!
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The bleeding hearts are indeed a wonder! And the poppies as landing pads is a brilliant leap of the imagination.
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Lovely shots from your garden.
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Not my garden – but a garden in my neighbourhood.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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What beautiful flowers you have in your garden.
I especially love the white poppy. We see a lot of reds/oranges here, but very few whites, so this is a real treat.
Happy day to you!
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Wondrous blossoms of summer!
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I love them in the same way you do! Beautiful shots. Tell your neighbors I said thanks!
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A feast for the eye!
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Flowers are so amazing in close up detail. There is so much more to see. Nicely caught and presented. 🙂
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Oh, you make me laugh, with “I love gardening —I could watch it for hours!, ha ha ha. Beautiful images you have done.
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Absolute Beauty!
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Gorgeous flowers, Fiona. You know me!!! I absolutely love pretty flowers. Yours are TERRIFIC.
Hugs,
Betsy
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The garden is gorgeous.
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Beautiful flowers. Very lovely colors.
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Beautiful colors. Summer is such a great time of year with flowers everywhere.
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Lovely shots of beautiful flowers!
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Absolutely gorgeous – and perfectly captured too.
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Your words and photos always have such an uplifting quality. Love all your neighbors’ blooms, but that poppy is a wowser!
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Yes, some wonderful photos, great colors and beautiful flowers!
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So colourful and beautiful!
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A beautiful variety of flowers from the garden! restore the colors of gaiety
To reside in Venice, personnaly I ‘was in a hotel in Mestre, and the bus to the hotel, a 15 minute ride – if you would like to address?
good week!
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THanks – but I’ve found a Bed and Breakfast in the outer reaches of Cannaregio.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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I love watching the flowers too. They are all so beautiful. And I love the cute Berner pup! Thanks for throwing that in for Our World. Have a happy week!
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That white Poppy is spectacular! Mine are ready to burst their little bud caps soon. Every morning, I look out the kitchen window hoping to see a new little spot of color!
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What a delight for morning; thank you verry muh for hosting♡♡♡ Lovely poppy is one of my favorite flower.
Sending you Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*
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Hi! Very beautiful. I like the bleeding-heart flowers very much. Thanks for sharing.
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I’ve never seen a white poppy. The red one is breath-taking.
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Every morning there seems to be something new, a wonderful way to begin the day! Awesome…crisp, clear photos…:)JP
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Lovely flowers! Wonderful shots!
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Now my heart is abloom! Thanks
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
=^..^= ❤
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AHHHHHH, Stunning.
I just ADORE mandarin poppies! xx
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gorgeous images.
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I also love gardening. The flowers are really relaxing.
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You and I are the same kind of gardeners! So I loved this post. We have good neighbors who share (and perfect strangers too who don’t even know they’re sharing … I’m shameless at stealing flowers!) So … we are them same, but you take better pictures! These are truly lovely. Wonderful summer.
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Beautiful!!!
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Those bleeding hearts are gorgeous!
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Your flowers are gorgeous!
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What a “deliciously” vibrant orange Poppy! (Interesting to see your photo too of the Bleeding Heart flowers, an image of which I also posted last week – hadn’t seen them previously) Thanks for hosting, Ladyfi
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love that poppy!!! these are great. you should join Annie’s garden link up on thursdays 🙂
http://www.manneskjur.com/gardens/60-how-does-your-garden-grow
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Beautiful shots, you are such a versatile photographer
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A visual treat!
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Gorgeous flowers, lush colors!
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Oh to have a green thumb!
xo jj
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Great poppies!
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Gorgeous flower photos!
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What a bunch of delight!
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That purple in the centre of the poppy – gorgeous!
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stuning shot of the poppy. 🙂
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Calling by today from Our World Tuesday, stunning shots of your neighbours flowers. 🙂
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Stunning photos and lovely sentiments. All the best, Bonny
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second picture is my favorite 🙂 it is so full of details 🙂
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Wonderful flowers, wonderful colors:) Greetings
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jolies
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I do like the shot with the bee – norther summer seems to be going to rather well!
Sorry for slow reply – hectic weeks!
Cheers – Stewart M
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Yes thanks indeed. Such vibrant colors that you found. We have not had much time for a regular flower garden, but we are doing a wildflower garden again in the backyard. It is so little work and produces beautiful rewards.
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All the flowers are gorgeous, but the winner is the fiery red poppy! It made my day! Thank you and have a great week!
Wil, ABCW Team.
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Those photos are gorgeous! I could almost smell the fragrance just from looking at the pictures!
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Hmmmm,….the best thing next to having your own beautiful garden is to have neighbors with fascinating gardens. The array of shots shows it.
Yoko
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You have some beautiful scenery.
Lucky for me, my wife is an avid gardner. I try to help with some of the maintenance, but she does all the hard work.
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Beautiful macro floral shots for OWT ~ thanks, ^_^
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
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Your neighbours may have great gardens, but you have a lovely eye for capturing their beauty. Wonderful shots.
Wren x
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Beautiful garden and gorgeous pictures.
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We always love shots of flowers…bring on summer.
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I love gardens but not the gardening. Beautiful flowers.
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Lovely! And love your quote!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
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I love the red poppie
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So many gorgeous flowers! The bleeding heart is gorgeous! Cheers! Danette
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I hate gardening with a passion, but I love nature, and I have to admit those photos are stunning!
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oh how gorgeous!!! Thanks so much for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)
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I agree – flowers are wonderful photo subjects! You have some amazing shots here. I really love the poppies.
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It should be a law that all neighbors have to be like yours…smile.
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You can’t beat a good flower photo 🙂
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The flowers are gorgeous … so true, flowers in full bloom one of the beauties of nature.
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these are beautiful! i love that side of the flowers that colours our life
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Nice… very nice…
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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What gorgeous colors, thank God for neighbors’ gardens 🙂 Thanks for visiting us Ladyfi.
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Pretty flowers! I would watch flowers the whole day. I just bough Bleeding Heart plant, can’t wait for spring!
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beautiful photos of your garden flowers – you must have a really green thumb, kiddo!
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Nope – I don’t like gardening, but my neighbours do!
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I couldn’t agree more Fiona.. as much as I complain about my ‘jungle’ it’s extremely satisfying working out there.
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Beautiful flowers, stunning colors and close-up photos
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What gorgeous blooms! I love pretty gardens too and miss my old garden terribly. We only have a tiny courtyard at the back of our unit.
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They are all pretty but I specially love the picture of the orange poppy.
EmCi
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Beautiful posts my friend ,beautiful blog thank you for share it for us ! with love maxima
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