ah beauty abounds
in so many wondrous ways
look about enjoy
another beauty from my garden, it was already there … would love to identify it?
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Lovely haiku and photo, Kate. Had to look it up and I think that’s a Jatropha podagrica or common name, Australian Bottle Plant in your neck of the woods. What do you think?
https://discovery-garden.net/the-australian-bottle-plant-is-really-from-america/
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lol Nailed it Dora, I could not find it anywhere but that is indeed the plant!
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Yaaay! 🙂 It really has the most lovely color.
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I think Dora has the answer for you Kate …
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That really is beautiful, Kate! 🌺
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Gorgeous plant! That color is stunning! 🙂 It has a lot of nicknames…I knew it as Buddha Belly Plant.
Lovely Haiku! Am doing each day! 🙂
(((HUGS)))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_podagrica
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lol confucius was the bloke with the big belly, Buddha fasted for 6 years so he was a thin bloke … you can often see his ribs in pics or statues 🙂
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Yes, a family member told me that eons ago. That the fatbelly guy was not the real Buddha. 🙂
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What a gorgeous flower, Kate! Vivid colors are my favorites! The photo pairs well with the uplifting haiku that reminds us to be mindful! 🙂
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How can I get the Ebook?
can you email me a link to it?
Love ya girl! xoxo
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You’ll love Kates book, it’s as wonderful as she is 😁
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I know I’m going to love it, love Kate 🙂 she is a gem 😆💛☮️
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It’s beautiful
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Wow, Its so beautiful Kate..
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Gorgeous Kate and another stunning photo. Love it 🙂
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A nice haiku Kate 🙂
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A nice Haiku and gorgeous flower. Orange and beautiful, Kate.
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We have these flowers in our garden in India. The plants are like weeds and survive without any care.
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Hmm as they are not native to my place. I had to keep a check on the numbers. They easily enchroach area in other flower beds and are hard to remove if once settled 😁
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After reading the other comments – the plant is an Austrailan Bottle plant. Oh the name doesn’t match it’s beauty.
Your Haiku is so lovely and then you photograph is the perfect companion to the Haiku. Nice to see the © on the photo.
Did we caption this in the book?
Take care sweetie.
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Without any doubt, Kate, your garden is a flower species conervatory and a wonderland !
Love ❤
Michel
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These flowers are outstanding! Everything here is brown – knowing that they are blooming somewhere lifts my spirit!
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So true!
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These are gorgeous flowers – truly wondrous beauty abounds around!
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So beautiful kate..i think i have the same flower back home in my garden..
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LOVELY
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Love this one!!! Such a beautiful sight to see at Christmastime, and a wonderful poem to go with it!!!
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Kate, your Haiku and photo remind me that spring’s warm joy will eventually follow winter’s cold journey. It always does!
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aha but you have such extremes while you wait … so glad I live in a more temperate zone 🙂
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