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February 27’s Friday Fleurday

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It’s great to once more be posting recent floral finds for Friday Fleurday (try saying that fast three times šŸ˜‰). Two weeks ago I found the tightly closed hellebores shown in the next two pictures.

Hellebores take their time blooming and when I recently walked past their location again, I found that they had begun the opening process.

Those that have opened are mostly a creamy white with a red border at the petal edges …

… although I did find one that was fully opened but did not have that distinction.

I apologise for the quality of the last two photos; it was extremely windy out and I had trouble focussing on the flowers. I’ll try to update these again as they bloom more fully. They’re such a lovely early spring find.

Happy Friday.

57 thoughts on “February 27’s Friday Fleurday”

  1. I am so thrilled! These flowers have blossomed. What a wonderful tactile sight and thank you for the visual update that we were hoping for! Because the flowers look so healthy, fresh and renewed. Such a joy to see. And one thing that I enjoy about flowers in blossom is that they do not “compete” to bloom, they give each other co-operative space to “grow and glow” according to their natural structural way of being. It’s a perfect design. There are lessons in that for everyone in all spheres of life! Once again, Lynette, thank you, thank you! You’ve made my Friday, here in Southern Africa.

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    1. Youā€™re very welcome, Talkmore. My pleasure. Yes, there are definitely lessons in that design for everyone. We humans need to accent the idea of co-operative engagement much more than we do but unfortunately there are other characteristics such as greed that always seem to dominate ā€¦

      The hellebore blooms are long-lived so I should be able to post more pictures of them as time goes along. They are such pretty flowers and are usually ahead of the typical spring bloomers such as daffodils. Thank you very much for your lovely comments, Talkmore; much appreciated. Cheers.

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      1. Wonderful, Lynette. So glad to know that you still have some time ahead with those beautiful blossoms around and about the place; and we look forward to anything you may post about them as time goes by! – Talkmore.

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  7. Lynette, it is a joy to see your flower photos. We also have hellebores but it is almost as if they are shy to flower and I keep checking them for full blooms! Maybe a few days of warmer weather would help!

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    1. When I went to check on these I wondered whether they would be open yet as our weather had cooled off (not freezing but around 3 and 4). That was followed by temperatures of 10 and 11 and then they started unfurling, so I think the warmer weather definitely helped. Theyā€™re so pretty and such a sure sign of spring. šŸŒø

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  10. Its happening Lynette. Love these photos of buds and flowers and enjoying the new flowers and blossoms of Vancouver right now. It is good to see spring’s approach. Happy Friday. Allan

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          1. We got tired of waiting for Danielle to fix the system and took matters into our own hands. I will pass on your good wishes when I see her tonight. Thanks Lynette.

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  15. Don’t ever apologize for your photos — you offer us photos-in-context, with the conditions of the moment and your thoughts, and so they are all exactly right. (Fit for purpose…) I still like the buds more than the full-blown blooms (and try saying that three times quickly!), but I’m very taken with that blossom edged in wine-red.

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    1. Thank you for your comments, Penny. Much appreciated. I like presenting things as they are which I guess is my photographic ā€œstyle.ā€ The buds are so lovely, too. Iā€™m a bit torn between the buds and the open blooms that show that delicate red border. In the end I think I just like all the stages of these flowers! Cheers.

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    1. Thank you very much for your lovely comments, Tricia. I was trying to get pictures of the interiors of the blooms but I only got the one good one that I still wasnā€™t completely happy with. I love that delicate red border too. Itā€™s so subtle and pretty.

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