FLOWERS 'n' STUFF




" It is in the DETAILS "
( detail )

 


" SUNFLOWER MOURNINGSTAR "
~ Portrait by Gabe Leonard ~

 

 

 

 


" ANGELS AND INSECTS "
Taupo ~ New Zealand

 

 


 




 

 

 

" MY DRESS "
Harbour Light Theatre ~ Lyttelton, New Zealand

 

 

 

 

 



" HER VIEW "
Botanic Gardens Auckland ~ New Zealand

 

 

 

" GAIA " is not happy with us and looks into a grim future...

 

 

 


 

 

 



" My nails are broken, my fingers are bleeding - but I am a queen ! "

ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh .

 

 



Irene Papas as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

" PINK TALK " ~ Botanic Gardens, Auckland

 


 

 

The flower I named my Son after...


" LEANDRO "

( Oleander in Italian )

 

My MOTHER'S FAVORITE. Orchids


Lilacs



 

 


Sweetpeas


 

Hydrangeas

 

 

MY FAVORITE

 



" CALLAS "

The flower

of Love

 

 

DARK ROSES

 

 

The darker, the better ...

 



" BLACK BACCARA "

or

" BLACK BEAUTY "

 

 

PASSIFLORA. The flower of Passion !

 

THISTLE


 

 


The FLOWER OF LIFE ...


 

 

 

LILY OF THE VALLEY, flower of Hope


 

~ WATERLILIES ~



<3 <3 <3 LOTUS . Flower of Strength and Wisdom


 



NYMANS GARDENS ~ Sussex, United Kingdom
I love Wysteria ! This reminds me of the tree that we had
outside my bedroom window at my Parents house in Switzerland...

 



JAPANESE WYSTERIA

FLORIBUNDA

OZARK

 

 




 

 

 

 

 





FRANGIPANI <3 My favorite fragrance !
Strong, sweet and feminine... The scent of real Women.

 

 



" BEAUTY QUEEN "
Universal Gallery ~ Venice, California

 

Magic SNOWFLAKE

 

BRIAR ROSE


ROSA CANINA

ROSEHIP JAM !
My favorite !!!

" MAHARA "
Dunedin ~ New Zealand

" MASTER SUITE "
This room ( almost ) made me faint ! Literally.

" THE BEAUTY OF SKILLS "
A great example of Victorian craftmanship




" FRANCESCA's FLAMINGO "
Another window ( detail )

 

Flowers and Shells are Marvels of Nature !

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIGHTHOUSE IN SCHIERMONNIKOOG ( where my father's parents had a house )

 

 

 

 

 

I love this piece, the movie, the artist !!!

 

Dutch Painter JAN VERMEER, 1632 - 1675



" ROOM WITH A VIEW "
Nelson ~ New Zealand

One of my " STILL LIFE WITH POMEGRANATES "


" SAD WOMAN / HAPPY CAT "

( Lucky and me )

longing for...

LEANDRO, MOM, RUTGER, VE :

I LOVE YOU

more
than words
can say
and I do
think of you
every single day.

~ FORGET ME NOT ~