Sunday games are whacky

 #DailyFlowers

  I don't know who was the 1st poster today, but i do know that 2 of my regulars got into a competition as to who could share more images... my god, there's a crown to win it seems, well I leave them be to wrangle the crown, here are the flowers.

I start this lot with pix from my cousin, in a kind of an advance Happy Birthday greeting for her... i will wish her again tomorrow, but for the now

Happy Birthday is better said with flowers
On so many have you happiness showered
With flowers beautiful, multi-hued
Here i can post only a few

And now, for the rest, seems Shalini began, I think

A swing covered in flowers,
Adds to the charm;
If you can't do a rhyme
There's no harm... Another lame rhyme for you
@Kirti  :-p

Swing! Covered in flowers!
On the garden beauty showers
Rhyme or rime or not rime
Who is bothered all the time
Words are for fun, they are for play
They are to make merry the whole day

From Shashi: This photo was taken 20 years ago with a very basic digital camera about 1/5th resolution of today's cameras.  It was a different time and age but the memories live on...

The Stars & Stripes of the Land of the Free
Dreams that grow to become a tree
Of hearth, family, work and home
Tarry a while and then with glorious flowers do roam

From Sai, with just a Happy Saturday!

The purity of white heightened by the yellow dot
Bunched together they are a powerful lot
Look at them glow, look at them smile.
Their journey may be short, but it is one power-laden mile

From Vivek, Inspired by Saturday's amaltas, the jacarandas have bloomed.
Good morning!

Ah, what a perfect shot
Against the sky's deep blue, the jacarandas look so hot
Nature in full glory
Unfurls a majestic story

And then the two, I don't know what got into them, maybe  it was others egging them on, but Shalini came up with this.

Let me get in a picture
Before  @thaokar_vivek
These lilies, they know the crown is at stake
So out they come in their sublime glory
Before someone else can a claim make 

I have threatened not to write more rhyme today, so I give you the images as is

How could Vivek be left behind, so he turned up with this

and this:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1310109799594577923

My Co-contributors

Shalini, Rachna,  Shashi, Sai, Vivek

 

Saturday sees a slow, but steady return

 #DailyFlowers

 I know that I have missed more than a couple of days in the posting on the blog, but I have really not had the energy to do so. I haven't even been commenting on all images shared. Anyway, restarting here, hopefully will now be regular

The Wordsmith is coming slowly back.
Be kind and cut her some slack
She is like a tiny kitten weak
Her attention span is recovering but yet to peak

Also, changing things a little bit, most posters do add a comment to the pix and I find it easier to blend a reply to that, so will now post, poster's comment, my response and then the pix, in that order.

I found a comment by Shashi quite evocative of these times and am therefore starting with him. He posted this yesterday, Sept 25th, 2020

 Nature was always the same
Beautiful, intricate and colorful
It took a pandemic for me to appreciate nature more

My response:

 When things slow down, when the running stops
When you amble, walk and do some happy hops
You take a deep breath, look around and see
Nature's glory, beauty, colors as they were meant to be 

The one above is from Vivek, the one below from Shalini, I put these here to glory in the response to Shashi above

 

I really don't know who began today, so am just posting randomly... But Shalini brought forward memories of childhood and long summer days with  

When the summer sun turns fierce,
The amaltas bursts into flame...

My response:

And memories of long summers coming rushing back
When there was nothing to do but be lazy & give the day some slack
When out of the window, the amaltas' flame could be seen
And the scorching summer air would dance and set the scene

Sai talked of 

When colors blend smoothly 

We all know when the blend is that smooth:

Then you know mother nature's been at play
As she uses her palette to light up every day
Flowers are her true delight
A wide canvas that sets everybody's eyes alight

The group's self appointed jester was back at play:

Ignore the statue and enjoy the flowers. 

Good morning and have a lovely day.

 (Night for @shashib) 

Well, what can one say, but

The statue lifts the flowers
The silver-white against the color splashy
Gives the tiny beings more flower
Even though the statue is not very flashy

Gautam contributes sporadically, but when he does, it is beautiful

These are flowers from his Uncle's balcony

Flowers bring so much joy
Big or small, they are  like ephemeral toys
Adding a vibrant cheer to homes
Bringing nature closer when we cannot go out to roam

Shashi shared this

Have a great Saturday!

Two flowers, the guardians of the tree
With leaves green up there, flowers are unfettered n free
With the sun's rays adding a shine
Time after time, line after line

Sai, yesterday shared a beautiful image, I was too tired to rhyme, and honestly in the face of that my words would have been trite. I offer the image as is:

 Flower crown for the Gods.

My Co-Contributors

Shashi; Vivek, Shalini, Sai, Gautam