Sex - Tulip style

Pistil and Stamens

I think this photo at the top actually is a quite sexy picture of the center of a Tulipa showing multiple connate carpels, a compound pistil, surrounded by stamens.
intimate...

less revealing...

fully 'dressed'...

Today's Flowers
Sunday, no wind and sunshine, a pale winter-sun but still it is sunshine! We are in the borderland between winter and spring and I have lots

With a Scent och Lemon and Saffron

I just want to show you this remarkable out of the ordinary tulip, not like any other in my mixed tulip bouquet. It does not really look like a tulip more like a Peony with its feathery leaves and it is fragrant like my white Peonies too, a scent of lemon and saffron, very interesting indeed. Name? Unfortunatly no name but it looks like a Mondial double tulip although Mondial is more white in

Mauve Taupe

Magical Pale 'Mauve Taupe' Pinks

Pale pink sun trying to break through... but no. Beautiful icicles in pale pink hanging from the roof some of them are almost a metre long and some pale mauve pink tulips at the end.




"Mauve (pronounced /ˈmoʊv/ (British), rhymes with "grove"; from the French form of Malva 'mallow' is a pale lavender-lilac color, one of many in the range of purples. Mauve is

Flower of the day - Tulip

On this cold and snowy Sunday I just want to share this little tulip flower with you all.
Stay warm my friend /TYRA


one more thing...



This is the negative of the same picture, I find it pretty interesting. :-)


Please visit the home of Flowers from Today.

Much to much of the colour of white!

It is much to much of the colour of white in my garden at the moment and the sky...it is totally grey today,  I'm so tired of gloomy weather...I need something positive to brighten up my day. As I was browsing my photos I found these wonderful roses. Now this is what I call a happy-pill. Thank you Claus for adding some lovely pink colours to this Blooming Friday I don't know the names

No Blooms - Still Bitter Winter

This post 'No blooms -Still Bitter Winter'... was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's GardenNo blooms for Blooming Friday!Just an iron urn with a frozen heather in it but I find it rather decorative with its white top hat of snow. This was a glorious winter day but frightfully bitter cold. -20 C. A nice walk and some fun in the snow playing with icicles and making snow angels.Kylan

December blooms - Hyacinthus orientalis

Today we have had a terrible winter storm with up to gale force wind and heavy snowfall. It was a complete chaos in the traffic with a total stand still for the busses. Luckily I could convince my colleagues that they could cope without me and my boss said yes. As a result I have had a wonderful day baking a loaf of fruit bread, taking a long bath, doing some tidying among clothes that I never

CHANGE

~~~Time for me to change the header and to make a small change in the design.Winter blue and Indian red? poster from easy artWinter apples or apple blossoms?Decisions, decisions...which one to take...hmWell you already know the answer.A warm indian red for the border and an impressionistic photo of my appleblossoms.What do you say, do you like it?~~~Inga stora ändringar men jag tyckte det var

Winter Flowers - Phalaenopsis

We have now lit candle number two and we are entering the second week of Advent, this wonderful time that comes to an end on Christmas Day.I wonder... what kind of flowers do you have in your windows during December? On my windowsill I have a lot of orchids and this one has such a pretty colour, almost Christmas red. I cannot think of a winter flowering plant that is more durable and that

Towards Lighter and Brighter Times

This post, "Lighter and Brighter Times" was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/.........Lighter and Brighter days. ........The sun went up 7.02 here today and will go down at 17.00.......Hyacinthus orientalis ' Woodstock' Woodstock and Tyra from 2007 ......With this collage I'm saying Good-bye to the winter. I still have cold weather but

A 'Slipper Walk' - I just had to catch that light.

This post, A' Slipper Walk'..., was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/When I woke up this morning it was freezing cold outside -6 C, the sky was heavenly blue, the light was pale pink and so beautiful. Time was tight, I just had to catch that light, it lasts for just a few minutes. I'm off, time for a 'slipper walk'. I jumped into my

THIS IS PETER !

© This post This is Peter! was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/This is Peter! это царь Петр - This is Czar Peter. (Czaar Peter)Tulipa greigii 'Czar Peter'. This gorgeous tulip is named after an emperor,Young Peter - wikipediaПётр Алексеéевич Ромáнов, Peter I the Great, Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov.Born in 1672 in Moscow Pyotr was the son

Leufstabruk - Orangery and Mansion

© This post was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com...Leufstabruk Orangery and Mansion -Leufstabruk Orangeri och HerrgårdWhen we meet Leufsta today she is dressed in December colours, it is cold and already dark despite it is just three o’clock when we walk through the baroque gardens of Leufstabruk. Last time I visited Leufsta it was

Black and white or in colour?

TOPIARYThis is my new "ballballconeballballcone flower bed" with Buxus that I planted last autumn.This picture is not a black and white photo, it's March... I thought that the winter was gone but oh no. I know ....it is pretty with snow but I'm so fed up with the winter and I want my garden to be in colour - lush and green! Come spring and make it green!Now and then, oh I really do prefere my