Spring Celebrations

#DailyFlowers

Well, spring is truly and completely here and flowers are wearing its brilliant colors. Spring is time for renewal, time for flora and fauna to start stirring again, so let's join the burst of color

Reds and pinks trend in spring
As with them they warmer temps bring
Colors vivid, colors bright
Teamed together they are brilliance right
The colors of love are in sight
Together they songs recite
Joy, love, care, friends all came out to play
With their abundance they light up our days

 

From Shalini: Two-in-one....Phool bhi, scenery bhi;  Good morning from Vizag, aka  Vishakhapatnam....flowers make this kalyan mandapam so pretty!

Of late, Shalini has begun to travel
She brings forth mysteries to unravel
In one, flower, water, palace merge
In the other, beauty of flower curtains emerge

Flowers to praise, flowers to adorn
In the bride's braids to be worn
Scented blooms add to her beauty
Their gorgeousness fulfills its duty

एक  रास्ता , कुछ  फूल और तन्हाई
पर रही अधूरी कहानी जो घर आयी
पूरी होगी किस्से और के ज़ुबानी
जाने कहाँ कहाँ से घूमती आयी लिखने की स्याही
फूल खिले हैं झूमतें हैं मस्ती में
समीर बिखेरता है रास्तों पे
जाने क्या क्या यह कह जाते हैं
जाने कौन सा गान गुनगुनाते है

Vivek, he of the painting window fame
Decided he needed to step up his game
Bougainvillea against painted squares
Chorus of flowery affairs

Off for a picnic he and missus went
In the company of flowers and trees V-day spent
Generously he did share some blooms
It did seem as if flora was glorying in its costumes

 
Then full bouquets for the group he brought
Two bushes laden with blooms he sought
Wonder what story they would tell
If they could, what powers would they spell

If all these pix didn't us sate
He brought forth a flower really great
Gorgeousness is its name
The rose lived up to its fame!

Without Shashi the post is incomplete

Into memories he did go
Then sheer brilliance did out flow
The fiery orange flowers
Showcased their powers
Juxtaposed against chocolate and roses
Grace and flame their beauty imposes
Such a sight you will not see
Colors on a contrasting spree

Memories gave a trio and colorful blooms
Filling surroundings with flowery perfumes
Deep pinks, purple-plays and cream-yellows
Cheery hails and mellowed fellows

My Co-Contributors

Rachna & Shinjini; Rachna; Vishnu; Anjali; Vishnu; Shalini; Vivek; Shashi

Pink Loveliness

 #DailyFlowers

 The weather is currently quite strange; days are warming up, but nights esp. late nights-early mornings still have a nip in them. Seasons are changing, the world as usual moves, albeit slowly. But flowers are still in fulsome bloom, adding the much needed cheer to lives still constrained. 

Over the last few days, I have received so many flowers in so many variations of pink that I would be forgiven if i assumed that Pink was Nature's main color, apart from the green, of course.

 Nature's love affair with pinks has no end
To us she does numerous hues of the color send
We scramble to give them names
But they have their own fame
Rose, fuchsia, watermelon,
Taffy, flamingo, salmon
Amaranth, magenta, carnation
Fandago, cerise, ruby
And many more yet to see

What wonders love and care can achieve
Have to be closely seen to believe
These two were lavished great love and care
And generous permission granted to share

From Shalini, come blooms still going strong: More of the same and still not tired of it...sachcha pyaar

 Saccha pyar hota hai saccha
Isko jo bhandhta thaga woh nahin kaccha
Pyare peele phool yeh hubby ke diye
Kaise na lambe jiyen?

 A view from the first floor. The Champa in our front yard has blossomed. Good morning #DailyFlowers

Full of zest and color here's the champa dancing
Outside Vivek's 1st floor, it was gaily prancing
Some more pinks deep for us to admire
Gaze long and fill our hearts desire

नजाकत। सुप्रभात

 From a fruiting vine to a delicate flower
Nature does its creations generously shower
On humans with short attention spans
Nevertheless, we do make for adoring fans

Flowers created by artists of food
On the plate they look so wholesome and good
And the other, the painter's palette
Looks like it won the universal ballot

Among all the pinks, this delicate mauve came in
A yellow centered single it went for the big win
Overlapping petals do a cradle create
Seems fragile but its strength is great

What do you when friends in 2 cities send you the same flower, on the same day, well... पलाश (टेसू, ढाक) के फूल, also known as the Flame of the Forest, flowers in spring.

Palash or the flame of the forest in full bloom
Cast against the house and sky like a brilliant plume
Spindly spine-like flowers
Majestic, heaven-facing towers

My Co-Contributors

Pinks: Anjali; Freda Aunty, Rina & Vishnu; Anjali; Rachna;

Others: Archana; Shalini; Vivek; Shashi; Vishnu; Shalini & Anjali

 

Of Statues and Flowers

 #DailyFlowers

 Alright! I have been slow in posting! But I have been trying to get my fingers to keyboard, so here I am... 

So, who do we start with...? Let's see Shashi is a good one: Good morning. #DailyFlowers from a 2016 visit to India. & Today's flower pictures come from a Indian wedding a few years ago

Flowers on a wall
With their beauty to us call
Red-pinks, whites and green
Bond together to create a welcoming scene
Weddings and flowers are meant to be seen
As whites, pinks, golds are the reigning queens
With their colors flowers blessings shower
Add to the already graceful bower

Happy Sunday. Today's flowers Bouquet are from a trip to Piura, Peru #DailyFlowers

Flowers do chapels grace
The creams & yellows light up the place
Close and closer yet to the Lord
Even as if we rejoice in his word
And then the traveler was heard
Clip-clopping on the road with his horse
What sights and scenes would his ride have spurred
What mysterious tales colored his course

Another day, another mall, and here's a weird sculpture which kept us thinking - is this a Chinese warrior? The sculpture overshadowed the flowers, but #DailyFlowers has kept us sharp - we focused on the pretty yellow things too 

Shalini these days is mall hopping
I hope she is also doing some goodies shopping
Chinese statue overlooking flowers
As if it could capture the blossoms powers

 Friends are worth the while indeed
Sharing their beautiful blooms are good deeds
Spring's yellows team with violets gentle
Blossoms gorgeous and ornamental

Not content with malls and friends
A coupe of years back Shalini did a wedding attend
The pix is old but the flowers look new
As they cast their charms on the blessed crew

 V went visiting a nursery, there met up with a pricey hybrid

When man with nature tinkers
Adds high prices to his endeavors
You wonder whether the world's gone mad
Or in the rush for beauty have we been had
Nevertheless the radiant colors do glow
And somehow seem to have a symmetrical flow
The color-intense burden on a single tree
Makes me want to set them free

Pinks of all hues have come to town
They are major players in flowery crowns
Pastels, lights, pinks, fuchsia and dark
They all deliver to the mark

 

From Sai, he of the framing fame
Comes one much ahead of the game
A genteel hibiscus beauty bright
As it curves toward the light

He calls them pencil shavings
Nature's efforts involved major engravings
Delicate white edges shaded with pink
Creations of sharpeners? I do so not think!

 

 

From morning to afternoon
Vivek's flower hunt is a boon
Gems he does to us bring
Taking full advantage of it being spring

My Co-Contributors

 

Shashi, Shalini, Vishnu, Nilima, Sai and Vivek

 

Radiant Pinks

 #DailyFlowers

It is the first week of February and Spring has marched in... and so have the pinks; this post abounds and overflows with them, of course cheery yellows are present too. 

This flower arrangement was outside a mall yesterday. Is this what is called fuchsia color? 

Someone went visiting malls
Met beauties decking those halls
Flowers everywhere adding to the cheer
Greeting everyone far and near

 Another arrangement from the same mall...

 We met fuchsia the last time
Today multicolored blooms rime
Against the green the flowers preen
Make for an eye catching indoor scene

 And if that wasn't all, Meanwhile, it's been a month and a day more and Mum's mums are still there!! Stay strong guys; if they can, we can too...

Mum's mums are still going strong
With loads of love and care they are coming along
A bright cheery yellow
Adds joy to fellows and moods does it mellow

Today's #DailyFlowers comes from a previous trip to the immigrant gateway to the United States. This is from 2016.I was walking to my dentist's office when I saw this ambulance outside the building. I didn't notice the flowers but @googlephotos  #ai did. Happy Friday everyone, stay safe

Buildings and clinics brightened by flowers
They don't hold back their colorful showers
Pinks and whites seem to abound
These two colors do seem to get the most around

 Notice the flowers in @salmahayek's home #DailyFlowers

And some more pinks
But this one you would miss if you did blink
Holding pride of place
Sharing blessings and grace

As the wordsmith likes fuchsia, here’s some from me Good morning! #DailyFlowers

Meanwhile, Vivek did join the fuchsia brigade,
He began with one, then went onto two
One off the other he beautifully played
The contrast of light versus dark pink was a gorgeous view

 Copycat move inspired by @shashib!  the soon to be gone garden in front of our Parliament (thanks to the Central Vista Vanity Project) Good morning!

And then inspiration from Shashi he did take
References to  vanity vista project he did make
Full well those blooms do glory share
As voices of visitors and parliamentarians fill the air

Blosoms do bring cheer on any day, at any time! Tiny yet mighty,  these lovely flowers are a delight in any garden

From Vishnu come delights
Balsam blooms present a glorious sight
Purples, reds and pinks
Along honey bees, the eyes do happily of them drink

Blooms captured with precision
Using the camera's perfect vision
Petals white and cream
With pink tinges and stripes looking like a dream
The pink flows in, in a constant stream
Methinks Nature makes them supreme

A rain-drenched rose and a flower wild
Mother nature's blessed child
One a cheery deep yellow
The other a white encircled mellow
One blooms with open pride
The other under leaves seeks to hide

 My Co-Contributors:

Shalini; Shashi; Vivek; Vishnu; Shinjini & Sai

Good Friends & Rich Colors

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 Amidst all the hullabaloo about the farmers protests and the to-ing and fro-ing, nature is constant and sends forth colors, vibrancy, beauty to calm minds and cheer hearts.

It is always nice to juxtapose flora and fauna and Shalini gave us a beautiful one: At the Jhalana Leopard sanctuary where we actually managed to see a leopard from close quarters.

One nature's flowering beauty
The other its wildlife majesty
A leopard seen from close quarters
With Shalini the able reporter

Coming from Anjali and Rina via Shalini -the gorgeous reds are a screenshot from the video 

The humble honey bee
Colorful flowers it did see
Flew across to sip the nectar
It is quite the amazing collector

And yet more from Jaipur: Profusion of white at night...the pictures are from a friend's garden in Jaipur.

  White is the absolute delight
Against green gleaming in the dark night
Flowers blooming in profusion
A glorious sight cutting through all the confusion

The country rose with its sweet smell
Fills the valley, home and dell
This beauty comes from a friend's garden
Its fragrance doesn't allow hearts to harden

When wind and flower meet: Its a delight to see these beauties sashaying in the wind.

Meeting of flower and wind
Causes blooms to freely swing
An orange-yellow so glorious
The scene is merrily riotous

 Spring brings brighter hues to the fore
As hearts rejoice and seek some more
Deep pinks and purples abound
Brightening the air all around

This was shared by my cousin today morning as a birthday card. Pic was taken  in 2018 when I visited her. Did I just announce today is my birthday? Good morning!
And we discovered we had a birthday boy! Happy Birthday Vivek!

Birthday and after pix reverberated with reds and pinks
In celebration did Vivek and all raise a drink
Happy Birthday sang friends, flowers, and a hat
Vivek also wondered if his shot was flat

From @bakedandwiredDC,  in Washington DC;  & from 5 years ago

Shashi pulls out pix from here and there,
Some are memories but all are great shares
Pinks and whites colors bright and lively
Bringing along the day and blog oh so sprightly

My Co-Contributors

Shalini, Anjali & Rina (Via Shalini), Shalini, Vishnu, Vivek, and Shashi