Shore Acres and the Daliahs

Shore Acres State Park

A few years ago we saw the Daliah Festival we missed it ever since for one reason or another and it was last week but there were many Daliah's there today.

Of course there were other flowers there and I am not sure what this one was but it was tiny and beautiful.

They come in all shapes and colors ...

... from balls to wide petals to...

sunbursts.

They are a superb flower in any shape.

There are bright reds...

...delicate yellows...

... and combinations of both.

They are wavy...

... pointy ...

... looking up ...

...and looking down.

They can be an orange octopus...

... or a red softball.

The Daliahs were surrounded by other species like this tiny blue fluffy one ...

... and these really small and unique blossoms are Antirrhinum ...

... I had no way to identify them until I received an anonymous comment - thank you anonymous there were no markers for this plant.

The reflection pond was still and beautiful with the Herons watching over the waters.

There were also some odd plants that looked like a sea snail

What a lovely sight and I'm sure the reflections were not limited to the light but to something we have within out souls.

Does it come across that I love flowers and their diversity of shape ...

... and color.

I'd love to be a master gardener and have a few acres to grow trees, flowers and veggies because I would and open the gardens to anyone like me to enjoy, there just are not enough places like this and none I can expand and create a place to learn, paint, photograph and compose music or write a great poem or novel.

I think we all need to take in and experience life - understand the experiences and give it back with a new light of insight.

The floral world is a gift and it's not good enough to stop and smell the flowers we need to dance with them and dream.

It's not just flowers but every living plant.

They can't walk or talk but they do say a lot about blooming where they grow.

There is a sun in many of the flowers that is bright but never burns our eyes and leaves us blind.

They are a gentle reminder that good endures...

...and not all flowers have thorns...

.. and sometimes the delicate and muted contains a soft beauty.

Daliahs are so versatile they can reshape how we see life's ...

... diversity in nature within one family or class.

Sometimes the sun comes shining through the petals in translucent splendor.

Then there are roses that do have thorns we can live with because perfection in never perfect but then neither is life...

... and yet it goes on in the berries of the future.

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Quote of the Day ~

"Marriage is the best of all evils." ~ Daliah Lavi (Israeli actress, singer and model)