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The water lilies and lotus are out in a splendid display at the Denver Botanic Gardens Monet Pool. Even with cooler summer temperatures the Victoria Amazonia lily is blooming (they like it hot). It is the lily with giant lily pads – so the expanse of blank space in the mandala above is the surface […]
Categories: Flowers • Tags: 6 pointed star, brown, Denver Botanic Gardens, green, pink, water lily
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Just for fun I used the ‘twirl’ function in Photoshop.
Categories: Flowers • Tags: Denver Botanic Gardens, green, pink, water lily
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The water lilies are in their prime. Beautiful of course. I liked the sparkles of light at the edge of the lily pad.
Categories: Flowers • Tags: 6 pointed star, Denver Botanic Gardens, pink, water lily
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The blue of the water – the lily floats in. The blue is a reflection of the sky!
Categories: Flowers • Tags: blue, Denver Botanic Gardens, water lily, white
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Loved the glow from taking a picture of the lily from the back side – the lily was leaning over in the water and the morning sun was illuminating it.
Categories: Flowers • Tags: 6 pointed star, black, Denver Botanic Gardens, pink, water lily
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The pentagon shape/star that formed in the center, sets off the mandela, with the half opened water lily bud anchoring the corners. There was movement in the water so no perfect reflection but I like the shimmer.
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: cream color, Denver Botanic Gardens, green, purple, star, water lily
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There are wonderful glass pieces at the Denver Botanic Gardens by Dale Chihuly – they will be there all summer. Go see them!
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: 6 pointed star, glass, green, purple, water lily, yellow
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This Butterfly from the Butterfly Pavilion got into moisture condensing on their windows – because it was a cold day outside, just like today. He did fly off after getting free of the surface tension. When I measured outside today there was about 6 inches of snow in my back yard. It was melting and […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: black and white, Butterflies, water lily
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Here is one mandala of a waterlily, I liked it for the soft pastel colors, which seemed peaceful to rest the eye on. Certainly not as bold as the sunflowers.
Categories: Flowers • Tags: light green, pastel, pink, water lily
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Making mandalas from water lilies has not worked out well, so after a recent trip to the Denver Botanic Gardens. I had to post these glorious pictures of the water lilies there. There were flowers blooming all over the gardens and I will share them with you in the coming weeks.
Categories: Flowers • Tags: bud, green, pink, purple, water lily