Silently a flower blooms,
In silence it falls away;
Yet here now, at this moment, at this place,
the world of the flower,
the whole of
the world is blooming.
This is the talk of the flower,
the truth
of the blossom:
The glory of eternal life is fully shining here.
Zenkei Shibayama..
'Bleeding hearts' at least that is what I call them here down south.
They are not the ones grown up north.
Gulf fritillary butterfly with yellow lantana.
Heliotrope

Paperwhites

Passion flower

Rain lilies

Tibouchina

Gate into grotto area

Inside grotto

This was taken Thanksgiving morning.
We had much to be thankful for,
as we had gone through hurricanes Frances and Jeanne, within two weeks of each other.
Song: Beauty of the earth. Created on 3 Dec. 2006