What a great theme #FriFotos has chosen this week for who doesn’t love FLOWERS?
Flowers are the first welcome sign of spring following a hard winter and can brighten even the dullest of days. They have been written about by the greatest of poets around the world, and what better gift than a beautiful bouquet from your beloved to cheer the soul?
Here are some of my favourite flower photos:
Spring flowers, Sweden
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The winter of 2010/11 was a long, cold and hard one with almost 7 months of snow cover, so when the snow finally melted and the flowers broke through the hardened ground we were all very pleased to see them!
Christmas flower lights, Colombia
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The christmas lights of Medellin are something to behold, and this display of hippie flowers was one of my favourites.
Flowers in the Teide National Park, Tenerife
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Nestling amongst the lava flows of Mt Teide, these flowers are a welcome respite within a barren wilderness.
Mountain Heather, Wales
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Britain might not get very good weather, but if it didn’t get the rain that it’s so famous for, it wouldn’t have the beautiful colours either!
Daisy, Sweden
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William Wordsworth called the daisy, ‘the poet’s darling’, Sweden makes it easy to see why.
Flowers of Remembrance, Thailand
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Ever since poppies grew across World War battlefields, the humble poppy has been synonymous with remembering the casualties of war. This poppy has been placed in a crevice of Hellfire Pass, Thailand.
Banana Flowers, Tenerife
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Tenerife is home to many banana plantations and a tour around one of them is a worthwhile experience. See how colourful the banana plant is?
Flower Power, Vietnam
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The sixties was a decade that knew how to celebrate flowers, so I took the opportunity to get a gorgeous brown, pink and orange sixties-inspired dress for my flower-themed birthday party in Vietnam.
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