Flowers and Flickr Friends Part 3

<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not our stars </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">the flowers of the heaven.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> - A.J. Balfour</span></span></span></div><p></p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"></p><div style="text-align: justify; "><big><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">With a few</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> flowers in my garden, half </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">a dozen pictures </span></span></span></big><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and some books, I live without envy.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> - Lope de Vega</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The above written quotes are some of my favourite ones..</span></span></b></span></div><p></p><p align="center" style="text-align: justify; "><big><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">In friendship's fragrant garden,</span></span></span></big><big><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">There are flowers of every hue.,</span></span></span></big><big><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Each with its own fair beauty and </span></span></span></big><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">its gift of joy for you.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Like flowers,like friends.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p align="center" style="text-align: justify; "></p><div style="text-align: justify; display: inline !important; "><big><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></span></big></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Let me introduce you to a recently met friend of mine,i met her through flickr.She is the very talented, Ms Meena Sriram..A</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">photographer and home decor lover~ </span></span></span><b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9949768@N08/" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Meena Sriram</span></span></span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> from Ottawa, Canada shares with us simple but beautiful</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">make overs for your lovely homes with a dash of flowers and greens.</span></span></span></span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p align="center" style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">She says ,An Amateur at Digital Photography....fumbling my way around with my Nikon D-90...learning,observing and loving it so far!.. :)</span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">enjoy her nooks and flowery corners</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and let me know</span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="center"></p></span></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476967881638799042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7RqJf08dhf3fSRqKXOkgmoXV3A6RI4ewNZ0ePFLcFdO0Z_kJqkDAzNrXBVAmJnxfC9zHFEmG9fInyA1dyazw_UmG2B0t51zT95BDHN07w86r7nzT7KG-iFJlO52mOLI9Pg1Ty7z9CB0/s400/4156191945_c0e65814b1_b.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px; " /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Nice to curl with a book says Meena</span></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476967888241076146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZbMAVN0rqQE8BVMQMxzRp7DVXmgkULFdKIECl5tnLbj-q24MSHygGgzyzIQpoTsK-ic6yQ6fEefURqtvs86-U8sEiydV4BzbpDS5QS3WQW2ZouxQyB457WaO7ukyqdnbMZ7-Zor7E6Q/s400/4161300839_e2c40e1ace_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Mellow yellow</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjFYJYpvbPd8meDMtX_ZghxeT4Dnwb2_VUlQlXo5t0dGdEC3E-htlo6O6JcwxuuKNNEHBJl4nXOo0UmqLlQynrKsz1qGgkFN57OQTlGrGqFRQaey0T6qUsY1s56-1FXdV7rTCIX1teOY/s1600/tick+tock.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002996841179810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjFYJYpvbPd8meDMtX_ZghxeT4Dnwb2_VUlQlXo5t0dGdEC3E-htlo6O6JcwxuuKNNEHBJl4nXOo0UmqLlQynrKsz1qGgkFN57OQTlGrGqFRQaey0T6qUsY1s56-1FXdV7rTCIX1teOY/s400/tick+tock.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Spring is here<br /></span></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477000949430548498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OqCcszla8vTnxV65IKhzj4FIeOQiqnADpykN_XBPOOnjPUA0KOmCuU4yfj_EyQbDuWlO8aLUkedsuFQ191vBlK9EKG6VWzfedA5AvVUiDFVDjB3Nf0Q-FphNT29noag65h6qYfvSBRE/s400/4470019400_e0280c4752_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">At home down south..</span></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477000973636270434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_AmGhPXop6bKT_m0L77BCu88kz2B8eIM0__mgV2nuwmm79CpAbci_ARkGPvAY0y_7aU_N1Y_e2yTOL5Gb-Y2Q3ZojkcI7W9g6IBMOCBHVX9SJdlV-JdgunzFTdRzRlUc1jAWtkFnfSY/s400/clock+n+fruits.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Experimenting with her camera<br /></span></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477000955530002306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTRNCcsO37C7hM_cHncCaFJVy9NZo1mcnX35AxpoNpUPh9GZRNNmOo_A8zCgnmJQtbDx50LhC14tokRDV0J54tXJq2L9xqSi2hDxrw0UGDgqRYSKhsXUrBqT12oZhSwirq3YkwC5yfQI/s400/4517900324_f8e9bf3620_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">At home down south</span></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002317893064898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvopdukVI7KN1BYaoBBTvKD0viWHF0rom2TCnt5lyaqC4F3n-OD4WIaWLdQhZo5duHgWsKaL1_QTC1lM2p_Cx3e_ZqnBqN3iqeop7KwRt6poYUbzQD55JwAL-EW1XhAnFulbOZAb5v-I/s400/cushions+galore.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyUtliUklUiO3AqitgDsA2B-HR-tF18eisTZlQGPqvLmUC9vYHbhOTZ1JQEGTTewYyUMQ6C_U0Gol6vtKJzy5NCALDOzZlJmRay_YQFRV4VQYpETEmyerIQ2BkmhNnK5BKyq10MD42XU/s1600/pink+n+pretty.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002993158914050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyUtliUklUiO3AqitgDsA2B-HR-tF18eisTZlQGPqvLmUC9vYHbhOTZ1JQEGTTewYyUMQ6C_U0Gol6vtKJzy5NCALDOzZlJmRay_YQFRV4VQYpETEmyerIQ2BkmhNnK5BKyq10MD42XU/s400/pink+n+pretty.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Some pink roses</span></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002334761080402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiil5lea1_IuHIHADEjdd4cNSYXQfZpoS2lku7Xzf9OKexPPKK7_dyf4Mt5sqq0xBLexemJ11KRVhQxuwMOdYCEpzzgAzczosTsIGTJoTWapPKTEkgecIW3hNL3ZoDyf46Gyyb4MWnXj00/s400/DSC_0228.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">oranges warming in the sun</span></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002327731823810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8KBQNqrst3i9pclmqTMui16iaNS16SPwkMoMuNAHHLBWesGlbKZ2nco_EqK9tu7BCIsk4NsXT8GEBuxPiCPBRaIQknLI9JCudHhwFa2sRzd4ZG9GKZ8CzGwihEnQhB8YeU8Gt6T7tXc/s400/DSC_0222.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Home comforts</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOEjHHsb21l2KZRZkiNgOTbUBRTnz_8AA5m6bx3vq3CcJFBhOcrnSU5G6qSBNZy3CRxZ3besxAJNfj_AQq7ZjKXRzqrOYIS8YKpW9fokIId5A36UW49gTD_tLgXv40w5dEROkbNXpPOw/s1600/mug+hanger.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002988675156130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOEjHHsb21l2KZRZkiNgOTbUBRTnz_8AA5m6bx3vq3CcJFBhOcrnSU5G6qSBNZy3CRxZ3besxAJNfj_AQq7ZjKXRzqrOYIS8YKpW9fokIId5A36UW49gTD_tLgXv40w5dEROkbNXpPOw/s400/mug+hanger.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Kitchen corners<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmD-jXMHjocQQX08WfUq-B5wogCLMr_gcW-Rmqwytz1VwXnk_Gt4lrVdNS9YXXF2l-_SBqlJ_-OKOMiFYuvqoI9p0Gm07mGk9VEZhBkA53F0RIZcN2jVzMYt3mEOF-Ol-ZfT-W0Z9Lpxk/s1600/kitchen+corner.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002982671790818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmD-jXMHjocQQX08WfUq-B5wogCLMr_gcW-Rmqwytz1VwXnk_Gt4lrVdNS9YXXF2l-_SBqlJ_-OKOMiFYuvqoI9p0Gm07mGk9VEZhBkA53F0RIZcN2jVzMYt3mEOF-Ol-ZfT-W0Z9Lpxk/s400/kitchen+corner.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" /></a><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002337694323474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS0t8HrjYMrMNf7Z0pKUPaWTXo-K7YPt3_NF0esHm1OiCXKnoCpiPbRzGAGEghkHhj3vKKBn2Fq0fw6gwnNfBku83FsIoXei85azKkxDF3cODMoBLDWTmfA96Fuqtqy1Jyy_u_mc2mZRk/s400/earring+brd.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Near the bedside</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKYjfgGUl0O46nUgJmypVmbxBzCEA3nSODrqj_WQJ46zYjyJ_2m9rXs89jhR0SIZRPyPVCmsUVOiHAkqfYaT6CRY-484OLU35JWN5dbV0yZdzAjpCkXZnAJVNXuOiIN7xFEUnbf4Qvgo/s1600/dinin+corner.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477002318831159554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKYjfgGUl0O46nUgJmypVmbxBzCEA3nSODrqj_WQJ46zYjyJ_2m9rXs89jhR0SIZRPyPVCmsUVOiHAkqfYaT6CRY-484OLU35JWN5dbV0yZdzAjpCkXZnAJVNXuOiIN7xFEUnbf4Qvgo/s400/dinin+corner.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Little black board</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCPq_TgN6hQvEXHlRp9JFOZXW9ac36qFT8ZxFAalRccj0qGXzqa5af56fFEuUpxb1ahzB8eyS5RVMzMEcMvS5OfXH-fYUYss90PhfGDwQCY4DDVUWA_1jtuWAQ2KUO2CMyG4snXrjkGg/s1600/Blck+brd+n+colored+chalk.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477000965185045170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCPq_TgN6hQvEXHlRp9JFOZXW9ac36qFT8ZxFAalRccj0qGXzqa5af56fFEuUpxb1ahzB8eyS5RVMzMEcMvS5OfXH-fYUYss90PhfGDwQCY4DDVUWA_1jtuWAQ2KUO2CMyG4snXrjkGg/s400/Blck+brd+n+colored+chalk.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbEKJR2xWjYmztiTnyKb66lq7Ixlt75fviNdwDEIshbrkMtLd9ZHON5GTkhwtkasKLQ-PShxPfzOohQzFpmRx9vKo-oqReNgsjjcXEz_W61X-i7KoeMONKFz8NWe33Hd_kQlBLI6UYCk/s1600/bedside+tble.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477000960546027810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbEKJR2xWjYmztiTnyKb66lq7Ixlt75fviNdwDEIshbrkMtLd9ZHON5GTkhwtkasKLQ-PShxPfzOohQzFpmRx9vKo-oqReNgsjjcXEz_W61X-i7KoeMONKFz8NWe33Hd_kQlBLI6UYCk/s400/bedside+tble.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">a lot of reading<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3aVvb0ttmYGQv5Sf0qdzolhpYjq-PNURZyqzlyLEMjvnFG63jzbtSrAirYk7jDNOrBCGUVdWw1CMEBh1KpExNaiSsmvt3m_AsSHYEkXM-jpEkazxFYr6aIH4kYPqymCWfkSY9itLR0E/s1600/4466242131_396e2fc7c2_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476969436623808002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3aVvb0ttmYGQv5Sf0qdzolhpYjq-PNURZyqzlyLEMjvnFG63jzbtSrAirYk7jDNOrBCGUVdWw1CMEBh1KpExNaiSsmvt3m_AsSHYEkXM-jpEkazxFYr6aIH4kYPqymCWfkSY9itLR0E/s400/4466242131_396e2fc7c2_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The sweet smell of summer<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5L8xNAqJCZmi_KxjiHR8A50ZgtiX1YeYGz3atVWKOPoxgEEt2Dfr9ecvk65s6zL-n0sjxgvgpZIrqbUWwDt_e9YgVusQ96Yn-R_awCWdCeniQX8uH_T7VzDwyvoM6Mjfw49zxl5w6mc/s1600/4394023494_c18ef0ec19_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476969432045571570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5L8xNAqJCZmi_KxjiHR8A50ZgtiX1YeYGz3atVWKOPoxgEEt2Dfr9ecvk65s6zL-n0sjxgvgpZIrqbUWwDt_e9YgVusQ96Yn-R_awCWdCeniQX8uH_T7VzDwyvoM6Mjfw49zxl5w6mc/s400/4394023494_c18ef0ec19_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">orchids on a sunday morning<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWX0npaAu7ehrQtOP8RR5IwMhS8Fk_W3W-akG9NHBOiWQe5TI16brPdjZlFAsKw-gXPvc6yes4o9_kOYGK2T6ewaDoP3KoXTypd4l75fxn2eGAG9fbX4jlYZUcLa7b9QPQKoAp8bukX4/s1600/4387696313_89919e4f58_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476969425970923714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWX0npaAu7ehrQtOP8RR5IwMhS8Fk_W3W-akG9NHBOiWQe5TI16brPdjZlFAsKw-gXPvc6yes4o9_kOYGK2T6ewaDoP3KoXTypd4l75fxn2eGAG9fbX4jlYZUcLa7b9QPQKoAp8bukX4/s400/4387696313_89919e4f58_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 331px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">An apple a day<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuurS-yFSaj0XpVbc02wqRpQOGX7732iwjNMy3L5RjGHOI3wvW_X7XaJtBUaFEJMsJLNfh8t42ih97AL1WQalkZgfDEFKedB_wtHVNLNAM_RvVxNx9jgNr-n5fziJIfDEJ2UWljvkKHwE/s1600/4338619480_4d52e9f262_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476969420573613282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuurS-yFSaj0XpVbc02wqRpQOGX7732iwjNMy3L5RjGHOI3wvW_X7XaJtBUaFEJMsJLNfh8t42ih97AL1WQalkZgfDEFKedB_wtHVNLNAM_RvVxNx9jgNr-n5fziJIfDEJ2UWljvkKHwE/s400/4338619480_4d52e9f262_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Lazy Sunday view<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOArIkZrd5NfJQogsMd-7YqWKyXv-iM29c5sw-dnVyw-vcWrVtiZaN-55a1IIzr1tijvAQ2z_aXkqiaTpPOx3l6RD9eKJbG-L9rV3_crcmIOlXxMYE-nn2ahA69W9UADbwbcRgFgfW5qE/s1600/4333091086_7619775d55_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476969411152710594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOArIkZrd5NfJQogsMd-7YqWKyXv-iM29c5sw-dnVyw-vcWrVtiZaN-55a1IIzr1tijvAQ2z_aXkqiaTpPOx3l6RD9eKJbG-L9rV3_crcmIOlXxMYE-nn2ahA69W9UADbwbcRgFgfW5qE/s400/4333091086_7619775d55_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Little Black Board<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOH7p16HuJwL3F6Vgldsm0WEHu_WhzGxQ7x19OzmrGezk4qHMGnQWf6sOlzcOHyLi12G1S2GVYvRQgozMDj4k1FWp3pbKzPsk-JYC1NqJiGYMMI609al8NpUIPXmhJzVeG4GArYrixig/s1600/4282675604_2071ab2e33_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476967891677059122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOH7p16HuJwL3F6Vgldsm0WEHu_WhzGxQ7x19OzmrGezk4qHMGnQWf6sOlzcOHyLi12G1S2GVYvRQgozMDj4k1FWp3pbKzPsk-JYC1NqJiGYMMI609al8NpUIPXmhJzVeG4GArYrixig/s400/4282675604_2071ab2e33_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Orchids in bloom<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNK7KH2W_YtpFxfRYeAvSowbtEr8TpV6ADywAnsT0Kn2FqiCUGWqZrP-sQ_Zrh0MUUiD_hL5kMaCoXnNup4Eo31Hbq_dXPNq7UYkvCrcFYz6WgZzks0XH1RdNQEaxJWUeTwjbRruqrMKw/s1600/4020187054_28f2345d7b_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476967878037487522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNK7KH2W_YtpFxfRYeAvSowbtEr8TpV6ADywAnsT0Kn2FqiCUGWqZrP-sQ_Zrh0MUUiD_hL5kMaCoXnNup4Eo31Hbq_dXPNq7UYkvCrcFYz6WgZzks0XH1RdNQEaxJWUeTwjbRruqrMKw/s400/4020187054_28f2345d7b_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuXZcJR_QPUr4u0aVEBlyHc3QUdXuGhht9rKOwv9BryhR631SHJB64UArFHVbh1aQDe8dSLMbT97bvJi3D0FGKTE8KENbX2nltaNJ92eeI4uxsUYzWnY-2mjDG-4IcpImtOLOw_oQ66E/s1600/4019446597_577e38d3e9_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476967869433404466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuXZcJR_QPUr4u0aVEBlyHc3QUdXuGhht9rKOwv9BryhR631SHJB64UArFHVbh1aQDe8dSLMbT97bvJi3D0FGKTE8KENbX2nltaNJ92eeI4uxsUYzWnY-2mjDG-4IcpImtOLOw_oQ66E/s400/4019446597_577e38d3e9_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Relax and Enjoy</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Find Meena Srirram at</span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9949768@N08/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/9949768@N08/</span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9949768@N08/"></a>Images copyright Meena Sriram</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Ideas conceived by Lakshmi Arvind<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;"><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#008000;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></i></p></span></div>

Flowers and Flickr Friends Part 3

What a desolate place would be a world without a flower!It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not our stars the flowers of the heaven. - A.J. BalfourWith a few flow…

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Renovating My Beach House

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z_PPb6dRI/AAAAAAAAFIk/Q85PPs60NKA/s1600/DSC_0325.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475531884282410258" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z_PPb6dRI/AAAAAAAAFIk/Q85PPs60NKA/s400/DSC_0325.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">"Renovating My Beach House" really should be titled "How I Finally Convinced My Husband To Let Go of the Stained Wood Walls". You see men love wood walls. For seven years, my husband and many of our male friends would actually cringe when I told them I dreamed of painting it all white. <i>"No, No they would say, this room looks like a mountain lodge; it reminds me of hunting and camping!"</i> And, I would argue "<i>WE ARE AT THE BEACH!"</i></span></div><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475546651824076322" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_0Mq00NtiI/AAAAAAAAFI0/v9aEjfF64C0/s400/Beach+House+BEFORE.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></span> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Over time I renovated every other space in the house. Lady luck finally smiled on me when our heating bills got too high. <i>"We really should replace the single pane glass windows," </i>my husband reasoned. Of course the original windows were odd sizes and to save money we needed to buy stock sizes. New cut outs in the wall meant new trim mouldings. The original walls were an orangey stain which I couldn't even begin to match, and all of sudden we HAD to paint! So really this post should be titled " The Magical Transformation with Paint" because that is what it truly turned out to be. </span></div><p align="center"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">The photo above is the house as I bought it seven years ago. It is our living room and dining area taken from the original real estate listing. </span></span></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z63tA35vI/AAAAAAAAFHU/kM35R_QtSQs/s1600/DSC_1021.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475527081858688754" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z63tA35vI/AAAAAAAAFHU/kM35R_QtSQs/s400/DSC_1021.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Here is living and dining area before we painted. </span></span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475526399138776402" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6P9rwxVI/AAAAAAAAFGM/MUhyT6pa6dU/s400/DSC_0304.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6Ry78srI/AAAAAAAAFGs/ihcpmBmYNHs/s1600/DSC_0312.JPG"></a> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">A few gallons of primer and some Farrow and Ball Paint in Pointing and even I was amazed at the transformation!</span></span></span><br /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475528196724370802" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z74mNkLXI/AAAAAAAAFHc/c2j4BJ4Omeo/s400/DSC_1022.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">Here is the fireplace. No matter what I tried I could not remove the 40 year old soot stains. </span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6QuggYVI/AAAAAAAAFGU/tc9xRyBfDRI/s1600/DSC_0306.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475526412244902226" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6QuggYVI/AAAAAAAAFGU/tc9xRyBfDRI/s400/DSC_0306.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> Paint hides everything!</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinecolor:#000000;" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475528224335229954" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z76NEgdAI/AAAAAAAAFH0/GP8DdaFW3YY/s400/DSC_1027.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">The antique dish cupboard used to just blend into the wall.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinecolor:#000000;" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475526416992411266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6RAMZnoI/AAAAAAAAFGc/8jjD9qWsb24/s400/DSC_0309.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">And now it is a focal point in the room.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475531126026986802" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z-jGtu5TI/AAAAAAAAFIU/RZ7BQwY-jK8/s400/DSC_0324.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">I've been playing around with some shells, dishes and antique pewter and here's what I came up with. I love to change the accessories, but for now I really like this monochromatic look. Oh, and the baskets below hold flip flops - it keeps things more organized in the entry area.</span></span></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinecolor:#000000;" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475528208568175522" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z75SVWS6I/AAAAAAAAFHs/GeaGa6gPkco/s400/DSC_1025.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">Here is the couch area before - I forgot to put the back cushions on the couch in this photo. Notice the different heights of the window and door mouldings. This used to drive me crazy. </span></div><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475528990452633122" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z8mzFITiI/AAAAAAAAFIE/rMBAU9JEwQk/s400/DSC_0303.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">And here is the same space painted. The different moulding heights just fade away - see paint can hide many flaws. Also look closely at the ceiling. You can see a hint of blue. The ceilings are painted in Farrow and Ball's Pale Powder and they look amazing. They are darker than they photograph. The pale blue really picks up the color of the ocean. Isn't the view amazing?<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z748_KbVI/AAAAAAAAFHk/9r_bllTBsQU/s1600/DSC_1024.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475528202837978450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z748_KbVI/AAAAAAAAFHk/9r_bllTBsQU/s400/DSC_1024.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">The eating area before. When we originally purchased the house, the half wall was actually a full glass window and a a door. We winterized the porch and opened the area up. It really visually enlarges the space.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinecolor:#000000;" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475526428661637378" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6Rrqj4QI/AAAAAAAAFGk/SFnbA_GsMkY/s400/DSC_0307.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">The after photo shows how cohesive the space looks with it all painted a uniform color.</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underlinecolor:#000000;" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475528229125371602" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z76e6kNtI/AAAAAAAAFH8/9efxD1HKZ3E/s400/DSC_1032.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">Here is a close up of the four season porch before.</span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475531129734677394" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z-jUhtw5I/AAAAAAAAFIc/KTas8PDm24w/s400/DSC_0329.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span>And the amazing after!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6Ry78srI/AAAAAAAAFGs/ihcpmBmYNHs/s1600/DSC_0312.JPG"><span style="color:#000000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475526430613615282" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z6Ry78srI/AAAAAAAAFGs/ihcpmBmYNHs/s400/DSC_0312.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" class="Apple-style-span">Here are close ups of the Willow Furniture I bought off the back of artisan's truck 10 years ago at a flea market. I have owned the weather vane for 20 years. I bought it at a barn sale in North Carolina. Wisteria is now making an exact reproduction. So now I am not sure that mine is actually old or a 20 year old reproduction, but I love it just the same. You can see I keep moving the accessories around.</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline" class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475531117717078610" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tSGOcFKOoqI/S_z-inwfwlI/AAAAAAAAFIM/rBitwrgz_XI/s400/DSC_0316.JPG" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: pointer" /></span></span>We still have a lot unpacking and finishing to do on these rooms. I have some roman shades ordered and a really fabulous fireplace screen on the way. We will get to all that when we move up there for summer in June, but I wanted to share with you the progress to date.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">.</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="color:#000000;">We are so thrilled with how it turned out. My husband turned to me and said <i>"I can't believe this is our house!"</i> A little bit of paint can really transform things- I hope this inspires some of you to paint those wood walls. I'll be posting the outdoor transformations once I finish the gardens, so keep reading!</span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(all photos Willow Decor)</span></div></span>

Renovating My Beach House

"Renovating My Beach House" really should be titled "How I Finally Convinced My Husband To Let Go of the Stained Wood Walls". You see men love wood walls. For seven years, my husband and many of our male friends would actually cringe when I told them I dreamed of painting it all white. "No, No they…

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Flowers and Flickr friends 2

<div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Flower is the ultimate guide to color,composition,function,environment,and every other essential aspect of good floral design</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Alisa.A.de.Jong Stout</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Shalini Bahadur "lovingly called "Shalz" by me is my first and best flickr friend.Sometimes one meets friends in the most unexpected ways.I am glad to have found her through flickr and then we came to know each other through flickr mails for a year and thts it some time after that ;there started a series of meetings and laughter and tea sessions at home and we started admiring each other for their own qualities..Now she is my dearest friend whom i can lean on to at any time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Simple and genuine is the word for Shalini..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Exquisite photographs are always a visual delight to anyone and if that showcases some nooks and corners of a house and with the added beauty of the flowers to it,then that complements the concept.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; font-family:Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">She is a Freelance writer and researcher specializing in retail and travel, who loves to travel, and is creative, reads voraciously..and based in Dubai</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">She provides us some stunning floral designs ,contemporary in spirit ,for the casual living indoors,to relax your body and mind.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Truckloads of thanks to have provided with me and my readers innumerable number of images within seconds..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">love you dear shalz</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">keep looking at it and enjoy and write to me ..</span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaILd0Olx_GEXzsBI5JToR_dIEZIKZ_PefHlB0rBcvPV1LglPtgB6h2RMI3-E_xmY-fPKrBM16JsZjyvWGhRO75-2RbEAtDqGyHedMMYjF_-STdvNawsznLRDALnRQj79YN1eBlEOXmmQ/s1600/1-a_little_bouquet_.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475530792314547666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaILd0Olx_GEXzsBI5JToR_dIEZIKZ_PefHlB0rBcvPV1LglPtgB6h2RMI3-E_xmY-fPKrBM16JsZjyvWGhRO75-2RbEAtDqGyHedMMYjF_-STdvNawsznLRDALnRQj79YN1eBlEOXmmQ/s400/1-a_little_bouquet_.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMDFehoqqxa1rgz49o6KGWE4K8g0O9wNvoyT2e-uDOR3rzJLHnmpcEvP99zkZk3GKH93Fruvowd7PGiJyzXAF-NshcMT6xlkdNWamKb5aS-rU40HP7tdox26d_8dNrzZvBAOeknR6qB8/s1600/IMG_0319.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475518174626626690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMDFehoqqxa1rgz49o6KGWE4K8g0O9wNvoyT2e-uDOR3rzJLHnmpcEvP99zkZk3GKH93Fruvowd7PGiJyzXAF-NshcMT6xlkdNWamKb5aS-rU40HP7tdox26d_8dNrzZvBAOeknR6qB8/s400/IMG_0319.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 338px; height: 400px;" /></a>f<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ragrance in a bunch tied together<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zM3VxjRtKBG_vMBOLUK1up5gfoDnlnq5FJvjAHAZmk4pUfA-KISj_wZuq2QPX7l4AtPOSd_fyV1fO6vCU2J4yP8mDheXSYRZS9PnrwlqtDWmACjAvzMWXWgjP1Df151Luj1Y1s4SBNU/s1600/IMG_0162.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475518166300677538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7zM3VxjRtKBG_vMBOLUK1up5gfoDnlnq5FJvjAHAZmk4pUfA-KISj_wZuq2QPX7l4AtPOSd_fyV1fO6vCU2J4yP8mDheXSYRZS9PnrwlqtDWmACjAvzMWXWgjP1Df151Luj1Y1s4SBNU/s400/IMG_0162.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the tabla player,an art work with flowers,a corner table<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFb92nREwF4JQSaAFyiAmQm9ywqN1V8hXNG8-gq_A6TxATktnCVsJN5OQtSLOAXolM4tkRqUIpMtjuF1PNGCmTQHPRXxEwnnPG6Pn3vuZ_yilxVRDKHrMFKmQlGgzeCxUzpWdYkAhsa4/s1600/CIMG9750.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475517816492064674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFb92nREwF4JQSaAFyiAmQm9ywqN1V8hXNG8-gq_A6TxATktnCVsJN5OQtSLOAXolM4tkRqUIpMtjuF1PNGCmTQHPRXxEwnnPG6Pn3vuZ_yilxVRDKHrMFKmQlGgzeCxUzpWdYkAhsa4/s400/CIMG9750.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a cup and a flower<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R5gyHxuKlO9WqBiFZNkBk3dEkZzRzv9DfwrIGYpr3Sr0UKOuuZ0e4buOaZFrEakit3OSeh_Q7Mm2Xae8BLDqCwj_VfhRweeuKnBG6uR-n9-c1GpqpZ7Pse5d17lOHy0t8iRHODpYEo/s1600/CIMG9037.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475517806809772034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2R5gyHxuKlO9WqBiFZNkBk3dEkZzRzv9DfwrIGYpr3Sr0UKOuuZ0e4buOaZFrEakit3OSeh_Q7Mm2Xae8BLDqCwj_VfhRweeuKnBG6uR-n9-c1GpqpZ7Pse5d17lOHy0t8iRHODpYEo/s400/CIMG9037.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Plumerias floating and two different arrangements basking in the sun<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxWeDgJB9YEQVP9njrk74cVx2BYvE8Up2L0bOjfX67LM0CgASEEivXYm9NLG6lQKNcUyaGbLCJc4JIp0_QMyXzR14epgM9ZZVieiefH9z2luGDAoOYAX08RSv-zZjSp_UwC8EfJKxAYY/s1600/CIMG1504.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475517800461970850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxWeDgJB9YEQVP9njrk74cVx2BYvE8Up2L0bOjfX67LM0CgASEEivXYm9NLG6lQKNcUyaGbLCJc4JIp0_QMyXzR14epgM9ZZVieiefH9z2luGDAoOYAX08RSv-zZjSp_UwC8EfJKxAYY/s400/CIMG1504.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">by my side says shalini<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkN1H2xuoxpmgVRHxTV1Fd0nsduW1Y79UynbUKEFsZTRC1eGLrIpmhJqM5Nl72T-GBhOS3Slj-88YvNi3tI-YlKrSI273G_XFN3wzuDZkqVEc2zZpCpqCJCQX3TZKGlSLnbJg4cKV4DPI/s1600/CIMG1363.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475517794770715682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkN1H2xuoxpmgVRHxTV1Fd0nsduW1Y79UynbUKEFsZTRC1eGLrIpmhJqM5Nl72T-GBhOS3Slj-88YvNi3tI-YlKrSI273G_XFN3wzuDZkqVEc2zZpCpqCJCQX3TZKGlSLnbJg4cKV4DPI/s400/CIMG1363.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">from the Desk series<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6UqkSPvAjWUbWSzchvZ3loJ7LfEVzs_XtxfHY4MEt4IKl-zgFDV2DrN63AQVrP1iTIb_R77YB1IALBJHbErn9Pvo1NLNh8pgX9CclX-TAHcvTKPZ1GSeX0MlG2BS9t1NhGQo_jNF_PM/s1600/CIMG1313.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475517786339122114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6UqkSPvAjWUbWSzchvZ3loJ7LfEVzs_XtxfHY4MEt4IKl-zgFDV2DrN63AQVrP1iTIb_R77YB1IALBJHbErn9Pvo1NLNh8pgX9CclX-TAHcvTKPZ1GSeX0MlG2BS9t1NhGQo_jNF_PM/s400/CIMG1313.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">from the Desk series<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2v53wBnXgFsmrM16no3FX3si40ct_TPjZXlDNi17_5soQljK2wfP6XDY7RK9GwCxvRCcb2CF3TWYT-CjNXkTzRo-tbGWXOSnqPCm5_SOfsBP0LG3yR7MDcerary6XlOYPEySKGvNfUyA/s1600/CIMG1154.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475515581233780482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2v53wBnXgFsmrM16no3FX3si40ct_TPjZXlDNi17_5soQljK2wfP6XDY7RK9GwCxvRCcb2CF3TWYT-CjNXkTzRo-tbGWXOSnqPCm5_SOfsBP0LG3yR7MDcerary6XlOYPEySKGvNfUyA/s400/CIMG1154.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">from the Desk series<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92SFSM4ORROxv41S1jSkzDbyJkQob57Uk3I12VNCe1QAXtxR93zCj0bPzhw8cbBXgCfmFG2fxPX4ZiCZa9wj3mUcy_bVBhzFoaFte0_PMzsBCFpmItb8G-tCbXQXvwwSAbQyN-6KAjuw/s1600/CIMG1138-1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475515576186904802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92SFSM4ORROxv41S1jSkzDbyJkQob57Uk3I12VNCe1QAXtxR93zCj0bPzhw8cbBXgCfmFG2fxPX4ZiCZa9wj3mUcy_bVBhzFoaFte0_PMzsBCFpmItb8G-tCbXQXvwwSAbQyN-6KAjuw/s400/CIMG1138-1.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mellow<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_vjzl-VKL3vxrdn9PRgvkWnyM7IGQpmzv18frqb3gbDEP0xpUETpNK043A7MDQR2VK-3Bw8i2cpEzSYSEy-jI6yLTHHNWu9DeYNWi26fg7B8TwugP31bhgcTYMayQzmwNfIavUsowng/s1600/CIMG0810.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475515562107078114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_vjzl-VKL3vxrdn9PRgvkWnyM7IGQpmzv18frqb3gbDEP0xpUETpNK043A7MDQR2VK-3Bw8i2cpEzSYSEy-jI6yLTHHNWu9DeYNWi26fg7B8TwugP31bhgcTYMayQzmwNfIavUsowng/s400/CIMG0810.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Morning glow<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGfX5l3kxgafWHPUAx0J5gQz4QcxEbtTRktHA_KHGYsXLeqpRHkHZKdAObS6g4N4-4LbOP5TF1f0bkwdA92tFev6toJhIwumrHm-RmjFRa3HnuBMx9UnotK8B8pa3m_37aHokI8CDXEM/s1600/CIMG0801.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475515556202770146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnGfX5l3kxgafWHPUAx0J5gQz4QcxEbtTRktHA_KHGYsXLeqpRHkHZKdAObS6g4N4-4LbOP5TF1f0bkwdA92tFev6toJhIwumrHm-RmjFRa3HnuBMx9UnotK8B8pa3m_37aHokI8CDXEM/s400/CIMG0801.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX507UVA2bJWhKXbID7jcYMyhPtOyXI2SgHvdejvTpmyaQzD8SenxygFvydlyHq__sk90Peexc5tH-hj8UTtBXat87TdclXLhn7iXUG1fUnE4s9GNkJAnyFv2UZ3MOi-IoNglwDBFvms/s1600/CIMG0782+(2).JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475515549670336802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX507UVA2bJWhKXbID7jcYMyhPtOyXI2SgHvdejvTpmyaQzD8SenxygFvydlyHq__sk90Peexc5tH-hj8UTtBXat87TdclXLhn7iXUG1fUnE4s9GNkJAnyFv2UZ3MOi-IoNglwDBFvms/s400/CIMG0782+(2).JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3 sets of flowers and the art work<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE3gneD550ekzUtGSYUxYy3QrzvOEFV-kFxdXnoVntUSYNv059POOlHsPhDsZs763ELJuVCahR9RLaZevx_6eGzHTuotpq0aOp_p_PLN7NFtwlLKvNxo3Wtn3epB5YCiOxHVW8WCrKMM/s1600/CIMG0759.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514944465079730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCE3gneD550ekzUtGSYUxYy3QrzvOEFV-kFxdXnoVntUSYNv059POOlHsPhDsZs763ELJuVCahR9RLaZevx_6eGzHTuotpq0aOp_p_PLN7NFtwlLKvNxo3Wtn3epB5YCiOxHVW8WCrKMM/s400/CIMG0759.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">flowers and tea<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QFFOO-sR0RwQzuNAzUruY4Qb588_4lC9Ezv9g-fxdBAmHiw8h3_c8Xmsd_NSve7U9YsbPt_k_uomDneYMWrT0tI7dU8beiCBtUMVu5cxjXhS1WVfeeMoAvNgRTZdF_gs79pKvG715XU/s1600/CIMG0750.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514934638945970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QFFOO-sR0RwQzuNAzUruY4Qb588_4lC9Ezv9g-fxdBAmHiw8h3_c8Xmsd_NSve7U9YsbPt_k_uomDneYMWrT0tI7dU8beiCBtUMVu5cxjXhS1WVfeeMoAvNgRTZdF_gs79pKvG715XU/s400/CIMG0750.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a quiet corner<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eLaI9muFblp1iUMgH_Ud2DNSwR129cj6H7C3Jg8rU7KJZx5IxjKqeYnWp2Js8ltzewbAZ6A26Xds9H-S0F3js2k-s0d4pNq5hHnNefGD-abz75Twd2Jz-sBTE4Uf2-SIkykW4XaGgLU/s1600/4478325860_0a34df29b1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514924653739026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eLaI9muFblp1iUMgH_Ud2DNSwR129cj6H7C3Jg8rU7KJZx5IxjKqeYnWp2Js8ltzewbAZ6A26Xds9H-S0F3js2k-s0d4pNq5hHnNefGD-abz75Twd2Jz-sBTE4Uf2-SIkykW4XaGgLU/s400/4478325860_0a34df29b1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 358px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">from the Desk series<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMnS2tHchuWzik5bMILHO-jf4tP25Xyg49jx4OB-aESb4W82TlK4D3Nn-Cl_19QoJDrxlmiCef_87JqeCTLUvSPgNlSh3IGlvnyriq3lOvSMQkAKpMGh4IcC5J6aUsJheU9cE6GJnLUw/s1600/CIMG0749.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514921137103858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjMnS2tHchuWzik5bMILHO-jf4tP25Xyg49jx4OB-aESb4W82TlK4D3Nn-Cl_19QoJDrxlmiCef_87JqeCTLUvSPgNlSh3IGlvnyriq3lOvSMQkAKpMGh4IcC5J6aUsJheU9cE6GJnLUw/s400/CIMG0749.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">geraniums and light<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyBUFAV9oSI9UJLJVZymcJYN0YrV4PSw1ygTSVfzf8sEdVEUnVZkPpkHldIAA2AC4OhO7EJ6kRGSRs0IdwpDgDau_WAMVYERZ4JyHmjh0rQ2NZ4BK7oulOzxrQNLrc4SIzA4fRpTFwYE/s1600/4418524209_8e289c132e.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514917432307922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyBUFAV9oSI9UJLJVZymcJYN0YrV4PSw1ygTSVfzf8sEdVEUnVZkPpkHldIAA2AC4OhO7EJ6kRGSRs0IdwpDgDau_WAMVYERZ4JyHmjh0rQ2NZ4BK7oulOzxrQNLrc4SIzA4fRpTFwYE/s400/4418524209_8e289c132e.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">the morning light<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3DT_p2kfUnvtKcHz0Vnlp_aWj_22E4stynpyU0w33c7Nnx6Jj529tCII2ctZOLiuqXAosONK4j9kL8Wh5UK92gmva1N4FZsNcaNASCJWM_DDvwIo0CUc2c-tN1lspTAs0zqs7HgGHX4/s1600/4284239678_6ac0b09c83.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514132500919186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ3DT_p2kfUnvtKcHz0Vnlp_aWj_22E4stynpyU0w33c7Nnx6Jj529tCII2ctZOLiuqXAosONK4j9kL8Wh5UK92gmva1N4FZsNcaNASCJWM_DDvwIo0CUc2c-tN1lspTAs0zqs7HgGHX4/s400/4284239678_6ac0b09c83.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lyrical<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_kGHro4g_Hg3n7KFwesYlL88VtKZXEzmu2XEgED44yIdKt6XBSCOM1RrHpFrV3o7BbV_f2ZQwChKLrfuRwIDkACuDanZO4CGyfVjn27Y5SoVs-GL_mNJq6ACOAMeY6wNZFcoMThl3xs/s1600/4283530871_664eea8673.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514125390365394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_kGHro4g_Hg3n7KFwesYlL88VtKZXEzmu2XEgED44yIdKt6XBSCOM1RrHpFrV3o7BbV_f2ZQwChKLrfuRwIDkACuDanZO4CGyfVjn27Y5SoVs-GL_mNJq6ACOAMeY6wNZFcoMThl3xs/s400/4283530871_664eea8673.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">brass vase ,a little traditional though:)-<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvNGXc31JPnc3IxEdiIN_UIsXJ4kKF2fhpIr69kDQfG_gQK8nsoW9G1JobjZaxvBNJxl8kU7pNRKgYQpRE50XuV0ehvNzR4ip5q-SMioCIqdd3az4A3FMS-wmOxG-l0rQRdDUKNhcbwk/s1600/3749449238_aeec2dbaa6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514121759307586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvNGXc31JPnc3IxEdiIN_UIsXJ4kKF2fhpIr69kDQfG_gQK8nsoW9G1JobjZaxvBNJxl8kU7pNRKgYQpRE50XuV0ehvNzR4ip5q-SMioCIqdd3az4A3FMS-wmOxG-l0rQRdDUKNhcbwk/s400/3749449238_aeec2dbaa6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">light and curtains and a rose<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8w49rzIplAc5XR0_U75-mKIdJV209_G6ZE_BmzsFS6a0IIwspV0XCP7LTogBzIkzUmjSOGfYiUXGNA62A2i3hdi4pm7ZTEGrjFiaK1haviz_RJxhGv_Y9HP-j9YwE18gk28FTf_KcpzE/s1600/3696436619_c161f65225.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514114639318674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8w49rzIplAc5XR0_U75-mKIdJV209_G6ZE_BmzsFS6a0IIwspV0XCP7LTogBzIkzUmjSOGfYiUXGNA62A2i3hdi4pm7ZTEGrjFiaK1haviz_RJxhGv_Y9HP-j9YwE18gk28FTf_KcpzE/s400/3696436619_c161f65225.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a lovely welcome bouquet:)-<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJtMF16nobOTC2_dGwk8Jl1NiOxiMPjJWKS5eu1HLeP4Pd0yzY6lRhrz4l8LLPfUuF3NDJzK8cS2BZKS0EXZmdMb3arYl6HUTcZkmadMffxA2IOlB-5CP_b6MLzRNFiKtioX5tp8bhK4/s1600/3074570402_436e4f3702.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475514108630293026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJtMF16nobOTC2_dGwk8Jl1NiOxiMPjJWKS5eu1HLeP4Pd0yzY6lRhrz4l8LLPfUuF3NDJzK8cS2BZKS0EXZmdMb3arYl6HUTcZkmadMffxA2IOlB-5CP_b6MLzRNFiKtioX5tp8bhK4/s400/3074570402_436e4f3702.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">light glorious light<br /><br /></span><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">She flickrs at </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ganobristol/3073648512/in/set-72157604777042841/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/ganobristol/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and blogs at </span><a href="http://oftravelsandtravails.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">http://oftravelsandtravails.blogspot.com/</span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Image copyright of Shalini Bahadur</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ideas conceived by Lakshmi Arvind</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Please do not copy or download images</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>

Flowers and Flickr friends 2

The Flower is the ultimate guide to color,composition,function,environment,and every other essential aspect of good floral designAlisa.A.de.Jong Stout"Shalini Bahadur "lovingly called "Shalz" by me is my first and best flickr friend.Sometimes one meets friends in the most unexpected ways.I am glad t…

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