tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post6397370438510086628..comments2023-10-06T11:11:52.216+01:00Comments on Naples, Florida daily photo: Blue and redUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-49360889143143323782008-03-19T21:44:00.000+01:002008-03-19T21:44:00.000+01:00Yeah - I love Bougainvillea, too.But I prefer it o...Yeah - I love Bougainvillea, too.<BR/>But I prefer it out of it's tropical environment.<BR/>When we were kids we used to drive past old country houses in the bush with bougainvillea climbing all over a tank stand or shed. <BR/>They were usually the only patch of bright colour in the landscape.freefallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689667027805519320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-49485337374408632892008-03-18T23:15:00.000+01:002008-03-18T23:15:00.000+01:00A beautiful opposition of colorsA beautiful opposition of colorsBergsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02944872370825666531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-48542515984400160982008-03-18T22:40:00.000+01:002008-03-18T22:40:00.000+01:00Great composition & color, Isabella - really nice ...Great composition & color, Isabella - really nice placement.Nikonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271472315834976236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-68850723429086285132008-03-18T07:21:00.000+01:002008-03-18T07:21:00.000+01:00What a beautiful photo. I like it so much.What a beautiful photo. I like it so much.~tanty~https://www.blogger.com/profile/16201532415523586893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-85089706541681100182008-03-18T00:45:00.000+01:002008-03-18T00:45:00.000+01:00Beautiful color and composition!Beautiful color and composition!sonia a. mascarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02415359150944729620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-47428861311848499242008-03-17T21:40:00.000+01:002008-03-17T21:40:00.000+01:00i had no idea they were named after an admiral.......i had no idea they were named after an admiral........the last thing i'd associate with an admiral is a flower..........i love them too ....i love the variety of colors they come in and also coz they remind me of India :)<BR/>beautiful spring colors here Isabella...it's still winters in these parts while my friends in Florida just finsished their Spring break!!!!Chica, Cienna, and Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075584587849773235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-35087338346739386782008-03-17T15:24:00.000+01:002008-03-17T15:24:00.000+01:00IRISH BLESSINGS!May soft gentle breezes brush o'er...IRISH BLESSINGS!<BR/><BR/>May soft gentle breezes brush o'er your face,<BR/>For each loving touch is God's warm embrace.<BR/>May you have enough for all that you need,<BR/>And never be hurt by another one's greed.<BR/>The Lord keep you safe from terrible things,<BR/>And at the end of this life, lift you up on His wings.<BR/><BR/>Happy St. Patrick's Day and may the Leprechauns be good to you!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223040482420514208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-12073749309881471832008-03-17T15:17:00.000+01:002008-03-17T15:17:00.000+01:00my salutes to Admiral Louis de Bougainville for sa...my salutes to Admiral Louis de Bougainville for sailing from Naples Florida through mississssipppi texas, sailing through the deserts of Arizona, california to reach the pacific coast, a truly great Admiral.<BR/><BR/>Do you hug these flowers Izzidee ?<BR/>they look thorny to me. i think they have no smell.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-14250074723974731312008-03-17T14:55:00.000+01:002008-03-17T14:55:00.000+01:00I must say that you got all of my favorite things ...I must say that you got all of my favorite things in one picture. Colors, water, sky, flowers.<BR/><BR/>You might like to travel to Ohio to see me wearing a blog wig. A kind of fun time we had on my granddaughter's birthday. <BR/><BR/>Brookville Daily Photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-26863309602913487172008-03-17T14:52:00.000+01:002008-03-17T14:52:00.000+01:00Favorite of mine too. Aren't bougainvillea gorgeou...Favorite of mine too. Aren't bougainvillea gorgeous? <BR/><BR/>Re your fish story yesterday, every time I watch a scene like this one I think there is no God, or he's not allmighty, or he's not all Goodness. How can we see as beautiful a world where fish are swallowed alive and slowly die in the birds' digestive systems? This is such a cruel death. Yet it's the way it is...Nathalie H.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16806509041466785588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-3013421960540585662008-03-17T13:49:00.000+01:002008-03-17T13:49:00.000+01:00Beautiful!Just what I need on a winter's day.Beautiful!<BR/><BR/>Just what I need on a winter's day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-23719134817405528242008-03-17T13:26:00.000+01:002008-03-17T13:26:00.000+01:00I love the composition of this photograph - just t...I love the composition of this photograph - just the right amount of plant to the water. Fabulous! thanks for the link which made v interesting reading. Love the colour of this particular bougainvillea. He'll never be forgotten with such a plant named after him, not to mention an island.Jillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059152467099868300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-69063374651591351052008-03-17T12:09:00.000+01:002008-03-17T12:09:00.000+01:00Yes, our sincere thanks are addressed to de Bougai...Yes, our sincere thanks are addressed to de Bougainville for having found this nice plant, to the pleasure of us all! I must put a flower on his grave again November 1 (at the famous Paris graveyard open for public only one day per year)!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024294080108212018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-49522311049950057372008-03-17T03:16:00.000+01:002008-03-17T03:16:00.000+01:00Interesting how it got its name. It's a favorite o...Interesting how it got its name. It's a favorite of mine too. Just wish it would winter here!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187924454780490386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-32644878930666443332008-03-17T01:56:00.000+01:002008-03-17T01:56:00.000+01:00Wow, thats a beautiful picture, with the blue sky....Wow, thats a beautiful picture, with the blue sky....I am from the isand of Bougainville in the Pacific, we have several types of colors, shades and shapes of this type of flower...its nice for borders and safe too (thorns)..keep it up .. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023455406628265785.post-11025025968144305622008-03-17T01:04:00.000+01:002008-03-17T01:04:00.000+01:00the color is really beautiful on these!the color is really beautiful on these!brian stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569071339936120876noreply@blogger.com