flores et manus

i am often overcome by the floral and the physical and am definitely one who indulges passions and distractions with no sense of balance implied. this is a happy diversion....enjoy! photos are mine unless noted/reblogged.

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Karl Axel Pehrson (Swedish, 1921-2005), Vegetativt överhäng [Vegetative Overhang]. Oil on canvas, 120 x 85 cm

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[messimalist]

Same plant, different leaves.

Acalypha Wilkesiana Java White Copperleaf.

Such a beautiful addition to my garden.

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Botanical, Samuel Zeller (2018)

[xcascantex]

(Ars amandi, 1983)

[nemfrog]

“Charles the First.” “The extra early strawberry that grows large crops of big fine berries.” Wonderful strawberries. 1918 : progressive & superb / A.R. Weston & Company. 1918.

Wonderful Wednesday

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Lover's Eye Bracelet,from c. 1860, British {via}

This example is rendered in delicate watercolor on ivory.

Popular in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, lover’s eye miniatures were discreet tokens of affection, allowing the wearer to carry the presence of a beloved without revealing their identity.

By the mid-1800s, such objects could also function as sentimental or mourning jewelry, blurring the line between romance and remembrance.

[inneroptics]

Henry Moore Sculpture -England, 1980. - Andre Kertesz,

[fragrantblossoms]

Lee Miller, 1931.  Photo by Man Ray                    

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By Laura Winter

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from Gabriella Kiss

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By Heather Roblin, the Daphne and Apollo sterling silver ring set.

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@rottingpetal

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Portrait of a Young Woman with a Flower by Wallerant Vaillant, between 1660 and 1677

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

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Flowers in a Glass Vase by Jacob van Walscapelle, detail, circa 1670

National Gallery, London

[covrettcreative]

Cover Me Up

Seen near Dundee, Michigan.

[ratatoskrr]

Bush lily scans, 2024