(32) ALL THE FLOWERS ARE FLOWERS The Landscape Image

(32) ALL THE FLOWERS ARE FLOWERS

am.ma.en 2008-02-23 GTM 0 @ 13:04

- All the flowers are beautiful - said the Bronze Boy.
- But there are flowers that aren't quite like flowers - said the gladiolus.
- All the flowers are flowers - answered the Bronze Boy very angry.
[Free translation from Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, O Rapaz de Bronze, The Bronze Boy].

Ceiba speciosa in blossom - Lisboa, Portugal Berberis x spaethii in blossom - Lisbon, Portugal

Narcissus sp - Vienna, Austria Viburnum tinus in blossom - Cascais, Portugal

On top - left: Ceiba speciosa [Chorisia speciosa], Bombacaceae family, during October in Lisbon, Portugal - right: Berberis x spaethii, Berberidaceae family, by mid June also in Lisbon.
Bottom - left: Narcissus sp, Amaryllidaceae family, end of April in Vienna, Austria - right: Viburnum tinus, Caprifoliaceae family, early January in Cascais, Portugal.