Flowers and Flickr Friends Part 1

<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The summer heat is on but the lovely summer sunshine is my bonus.<br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The flowers kept in the corners of my home give me company in these lonely summer afternoons. Their bright colors and the gentle fragrance fills my heart with fond memories of my friends.<br /></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;">Friends who have stood by me in the difficult times. Friends who have shared the little joys and the sweet moments of my life. Friends who have been a shoulder to lean on when I needed them and friends who have parted ways to unknown lands....</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Life is a garden</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Good friends are the flowers,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And times spent together<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Life's happiest hours . . .<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And friendship, like flowers,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Blooms, ever more fair<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">When carefully tended<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">By dear friends who care . . .<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And life's lovely garden<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Would be sweet by far,<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If all who passed through it<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Were as nice as you are.<br /></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">~</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Helen Steiner Rice</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">These lines sum up a lot of emotions. These benign floral beauties arranged on the center table of my home inspired me to start a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">project series</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> focusing on</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> flowers and my friends</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">. So I asked my Flickr friends to send me snaps of the flowers at the corners of their homes. Soon my mail box was flooded with pretty pictures of lovely nooks and corners bedecked with flowers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As a prelude to the series, here are some pictures of my Floral friends who've given me and my corners company and shared my ruminations and apprehensions in the summer afternoons. i miss them, my friends and as they say....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">life's lovely garden would be sweet if all who passed through it were as nice as you are.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Hope you all enjoy this as I enjoyed them at my home.....</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472591350606642722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFe2wSn3zxigKXA3UeRuGRl0KAawnNj2ZgrCK4Bz5USiQ2W7akoZBXxkQiiaT724xJTRNYf4eljxEN8z2Oji6AcLvTWnwr2tkJ6mYep5vEtYCXtGLURirm-BdJmqawP2WuPi7YQ0rbtg/s400/IMG_3010+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pranam to the elephant god,Ganeshji, on the Pooja Mandap</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590135530970194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0y47j3jKeBq1Q8GxcDyW32rb1pd0mMEGyO4VhRsNS95IG2pphqdcOE72jRjpnyla4hVMLxGYyXCn07Xz1EMzD-L2pOWDKvbzo2aS6rfCeOjOXbo2BxzHQ96CyYdql-zGlMpCkiPzU0U/s400/IMG_7042+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Flowers from the park,bougainvillea,sparkles a corner in a steel glass</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472591367077835698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpGkWmZlOzuMY512rLMAawr4VwNlvsfbR_hlPVNepNTkmGBsJs1OrVpKGj_WlEII0D_z0bQMl27Br1ZB9ONMzLCA8UXzVPdi8VNZ9sjsvr8R1QSgf4iuKLQeq5TCiHHOyqhpQmkbgjwU/s400/IMG_2969+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Memories and floating dreams,chrysanthemums floating on the centre table</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590761283989282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLLf0ypV8ASk4AJR7qH3yo1VAc_HUld64ISB2JfLbbL9Y1GfLrO-j-oYrS9AHCZMVg27AlM3UoOcFL9leuMc8_NQhhPR1EgLZSN6hrPFeOC6lWv2BBMG5bFsR5r-GY_wV5qraFN_wqTQ/s400/IMG_6975+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">gulmohar flowers on the centre table,morning light filtering in..</span></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472591688336528530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3yVJ8SixBie5SArTO9To2HYErSiHGYY10jlqgIzK-iAEJUwH3I4dnCHzDvHVEnjJd9Ig1k4BUc8eNadO6uzCD26oapsMm39Podl1eMzrtYDdoGT2a-nYhEakuEFqSp0sOaRcbOQgkfsw/s400/IMG_4943+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">betel leaves floating,dont worry if you dont have flowers...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472591359309272770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLliwcSKBkf0nvOEc0FwMFhwFFKYAb2MofJrsOr1rUtPBT6vA-b1dhFPot_gsi1JKvtx7SIGdeIfI_dKiVXLX0QbxltG0UQpar6aW5RVEmmHmMZRH6q-H2lM9QCY4NgYfg1CLnkax19ms/s400/IMG_5316+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">pinks and violets in the big kuja.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472591679255879698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7AttokbsjxDFivB66jNIi8vX0dKDsqq2yClXB7WHzCdyUkyOysRI3-WpMJxy-JHHGrEKxL4btJ8ExA4OkhOxL5l0d68tLO6z96Gikp2z1a1AYw5Wbl_H4CAWo16Rm6MtbRzkLx4QTVA/s400/IMG_5695+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">vinca rosea floating in a glass,face of peace</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472591343522802530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsphP9NS1L72iVB3gVgYG6aM-wF_NjIm9M58XpzubQQMDqIXi2fqmdV9xoXH0qyikQQPghBdN3yA83-0hirMA1nMN3OyGhxQteOlkQmM3qk5a66P_OiUjoBQxI7QHyN1ZgtUsmJpHbDo/s400/IMG_5362+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">cosmos,summer colours and books</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472591331619682546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bDmJXxvxf5sbk73sn-j9GuAAJ0ISEiDr1Ag7CB__svhZ-2qes4-dRDjSU2GcRMLjvj1ti8lorpd5cucOCQU-aIrAhXHU-Zn_Ywjby07anRT1q8g3FgQ1IceXFYkm9mZQrKVYHbYYUHI/s400/IMG_5076+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Gerberas and garden path<br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590781962484370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uSRIPxxE4mdtmFc4aR9ZtHHATNoCE85CPQbWflrQ8WmrH4J86P6wFHeQsEJT6TObXjfeJX7_kqlOAqlm8LoxmSQlHmkeukqQnTWZ7y4u0m6YxsFUd-4RYynmRB4lBU03FjB5sd8UoIE/s400/Canon+Trivandrum+160.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">cannot leave behind this uruli and my fav hibiscus..</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590779162712962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-v2lXGw-2g6Q0YFCvqcc3Ji4JU6zoa4j49uu03K_hc-VDXAcyZlUyIy4jCHxtnI8InviqQh9IEz0L4fBFbRnUpSi_QDigjG1-yRDM4kLFdGAg-d5sy-3YDE17VhxEJyrDvdBVY1npYYY/s400/IMG_6440+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">this pic is blurred,but i love this and the flowing amaltas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590770099543010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilphknLam0y7ZmJkdYwJ7xCWWiItz2aUGGr965OKZbZ5bknqVUQQqJdvJru-_uYPX2eYXhA26_u_E395YK9Pn8K5uJ8Wkp-MQarCAwI2m_hpGX3Ietcdsj7mOFKaG3HqtR5F1tUETXaVg/s400/IMG_7027+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Bougainivilleas,beer bottles and swing..</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590754004661762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvNQMbIkuuzjMN7IPQvTwQkl12MbpriyEdC2NNXLP0PbMVCS4KC3vm_JRou2qhMlygn3beXO5aurkanq6CviLOJxrl0KkljhEKiuM9jR_4PGwuNJwjf0GWPFT8YL3OP1tdLJpZdx8rLoo/s400/IMG_3091+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /><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;">Gladiolus and dining chairs and afternoon light</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590169701127906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemb2RXF-J8dV-4SgvOoIvJJfs_YnlyveQmxMCWBy1KN3TDRY9J7H1a03VlqZ4laRY0Oh_25hbYNUeSxFy0sFdcC_6T7SOgPMyuJnDArsHq7dU-ZccGExSeWb5CekBKK55AT2CND28G34/s400/IMG_9746+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Some lilies and fruits on the dining table</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590160571750738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwQJTcfgcniCpAXEwBYBbTRnz7lQaTiff7qviLkk_9EbqlmF5Od2ClguSXXUv9WJsWA9JPj4eKQGOp7QC8_jTLOlrigWJwwOM0hsIicCeMVP8907XWzowwGdB_fzy_ctMolGKoCZ7iwdw/s400/IMG_2609+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Merry go round the mulberry bush</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590153810282450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI0VYj-k847DHaIE2VTC9SNDoTaXNRgB6HXz1OmmUbCewmccua7WQR7gN3ya9Hq9CvHUItX5bhUH4OAzriXDH5c-P5xFS_O2vhEK10W8A7V7hbcbbnBchs1s1pw8APmpoiSynj2mm47E/s400/IMG_6925+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A single gulmohar can also be appealing ,isnt it</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472590141192207314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_DT4VUqSRrjk-BZ2vMosGLb2xvJuW6Mpp_pg8cIZXwb6m_iOpJbjry0m5apGWo3qrB4akxcGarXtPce5OJ2R7GMS2nOEVceOKH3V8APxbbDjJa74BKJRflSbTms2fwk5XDXpXK8C8sQ/s400/IMG_2989+copy.jpg" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">a single rose and a book..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:13px;">Enjoy and look out for the rest of the posts in the series clicked with love and passion by my dear Flick friends.</span><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Write back to me and tell me about my flowers at my corners.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Images and Ideas Conceived by Lakshmi Arvind</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pl dont steal them<br /></span></span><br /></div></div>

Flowers and Flickr Friends Part 1

The summer heat is on but the lovely summer sunshine is my bonus. The flowers kept in the corners of my home give me company in these lonely...

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