Fallen Petals

white rose with bee

She tried many different approaches
to reach the middle of the flower,
but they were futile attempts.

The Legend of the Bleeding Heart

And still the flower we call Bleeding-Heart
blooms on by cottage walls and castle gardens, 
to waken all the world to grateful memories.
And ever it doth bring to mind 
the lonely hearts that bleed 
because they are forgotten, 
and all they sacrificed 
for love's sweet sake,
to give us happiness.

Annie Fellows Johnston
The Legend of the Bleeding Heart 

(read the entire legend by clicking on the above link)

P.S. Lane says I should have named this post 'Pink Elephant Bums'

Shy snake

He disappeared under the leaves as soon as I started taking pictures...

Anthropologie display: lightbulb chandelier

I loved this display....hard to tell the scale in the pictures, but it was huge.

butterfly

red & white

Pink Lantern Trees

I don't know the proper name of these beautiful trees, but to me they look like they are hung with small pink lanterns. And they smell heavenly!

tiny leaves

White tulip