Flowery Reflections

 #DailyFlowers

  Over the last week, darker, warmer shades have come to the fore, so it is today.

From Vivek: Two more shades of hibiscus...at this rate our collection could be named “Fifty Shades of Hibiscus”

Hibiscus shades fifty
Vivek, you better be nifty
All of them in a series show
Or we might not get their flow
What a showcase that would be
For everyone to admire and see

And then he talks of: A budding beauty. Good morning 

He says: a budding beauty
Am sure he is thinking of stuff fruity
That fuchsia is divine
It makes all others wait in line

Shalini has decided to quote the greats: "Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being" - Rumi

 Floating flowers on water still
Laying there as if they still need to have their fill
Deep reflections the water offers
Even as it a mirror of the scene proffers

And if quoting Rumi wasn't enough she also decided to join the traveling for flowers group, though she didn't go too far: Dombiya - flowers that smell like honey. From my friend Medha's rooftop garden. 

They remind me of flowers on a cake
Natural  love, they real life personas take
Replete with the fragrance of honey
A crowd puller,  it certainly ain't funny!

Shashi is back to pulling international memories: Today's #DailyFlowers comes from a 2013 trip to #Warsaw #Poland The street was named after President Herbert Hoover 

 Belonging to one country, honored in another
Leaders never rank as others
Their names grace many a road, avenue and street
Familiarity which abroad is such a treat

This time he went closer home: #DailyFlowers 2013 from Brookside Gardens in the Maryland

Colors of Xmas, red, green and white
Shades that always delight
Add a brilliance wherever they go
Always move spirits high from low

Humans do sometimes nature mimic
At others they her colors like to pick
Students of biotechnology went to play
Just look what colors came out their way

A delicate tower
Filled with such incredible power
Cream and lavender blend and play
A couple in a gorgeous array

A cheery yellow layered beauty
Along with its smaller sibling, it's quite a cutie
Adding glory to winter morns
As it proudly its bush adorns

My Co-Contributors:

Vivek, Shalini, Shashi, Svariyar, Nilima and Archana