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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Bird of Paradise [Orange You Glad It's Friday]


  Next week I will end my Sky Watch Friday posts connected to our stay in Pittsburgh. During that time we visited the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens [actually, it’s in Oakville, several miles north of the city]. Let me say at the very outset that it was simply superb, probably the best one I have ever seen. We passed hours on end wandering through marvelous and unusual displays of horticultural beauty and variety. Despite that, I came home with only one image I could share on OYGIF. Here is one of their Birds of Paradise. 


8 comments:

Calendula said...

Wonderful! Love it very much!
Grüße
Calendula

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Nice one, Stan... these are intense!

Lea said...

Magnificent!
Lea
Lea's Menagerie

Anonymous said...

Such beautiful flowers!

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Birgitta said...

Colorful, wonderful!

Little Wandering Wren said...

Stan

I have always loved these Bird of Paradise flowers they used to remind me of exotic holidays, now I have them in the garden! Your photo is beautiful.
Wrenx

maria said...

What a beautiful capture! Thanks for sharing this on OYGIF.