#DailyFlowers
It is hot, hot, hot! And about to get hotter! The swimming pool heats up by 10am and you don't even want to step into it. Today was a mite better, it was breezy, still kinda is, so hopeful that coming days will also have a breezy feel. The flower hunting, pix-taking gang was active as usual and shared blooms galore, engaged in light hearted (or was it serious) poetic banter, upping the score. But, let's begin with
Of Roses on steroids
And rose look-a-likes
Of deep red beauties
That enliven the sight
Of gentle blooms
Driving away the gloom
Of flowery tales
From valleys and dales
An interesting tale of the lily
Whence upon the hunt went Vivek willy-nilly
Landed he on his neighbor's stoop
Seemed he was out of loop
And thence began a light banter
Shalini & Vivek did alternately canter
Weighty lines across the timeline
Bringing into play Gods most sublime
Any attempt to translate those lines
Would quite likely see me fined
My apologies to my non-Hindi speaking readers
I shall leave alone these leaders
But Shantha added two beauties dear
We cannot allow them to silently disappear
That lovely pink-red lights up the frame
Nature's radiance proudly proclaims
Thanks to awesome pinks putting on a fab show
Lovely hues so cooling
My tired mind is positively drooling
The Mussaenda philippica-Queen sirkit-Buddha's lamp
Places upon the frame its own unique stamp
The other pinks in its presence rejoice
We are spoiled by a variety for choice
The crab-apple tree that June did capture
Has a flowering arch that induces rapture
Botanical Gardens from Shantha came
While Shalini added countryside gardens into the game
Shashi added dogwood flowers
Colors from green to light pink they did shower
Back to the hills Shalini went
Her days in cool climes were spent
These boots were made for hanging, and that's what they do
Hang all around with beautiful flowers in them, too
At the war memorial she paid her respects
Beauty saluting sacrifice, a couplet does direct
Our attention to lives laid down
Glory for the motherland is the crown
Not just in gardens is beauty found
Nature's abundance on highways is found
Wild spider flower and wild caranda play
Delicate white blooms their kingdom survey
The giant calla lily & spurred butterfly pea
Up the ante to a massive degree
When nature mimics the summer's heat
Blazing oranges, yellows cover every corner & street
A bloom-laden Gulmohar against the sky
Seems with others to offer a fiery reply
Preening gleefully like a child
A merry splash against the green
A sight never ending, a loving scene
My Co-Contributors
Shantha, Rachna & Shashi; Vivek & Shantha (poetic banter, Vivek & Shalini); Rachna, Alka & UdayBaxiji; Shalini, June, Shantha & Shashi; Shalini & UdayBaxiji; Shalini; UdayBaxiji (1st 2 frames); UdayBaxiji & Ria; Alka, Ranjona & Vivek; Shashi & Rachna; Shashi & Vivek
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