ORCHIDS IN MY GARDEN

Have I mentioned I love orchids? They were planted by my son. Do you also love them? Do you have orchids in your garden?

Photos taken by myself in my garden.

REFLECTION ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND RECIPROCITY

I believe that friendship is like flowers, both needs much caress and fondness to grow well. When its bloomed and open, it produces a lovely flower. "Friendship is mutual reciprocity of affection and purpose".

"Friendship is mutual reciprocity of affection and purpose". -- Aristotle.



"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom". -- Marcel Proust.



"Friendship of goodness depends on love, on likeness, on recognition, on reciprocity, on activity, on quality of characters, and on sharing of life", as understood by Aristotle.


“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.” -- William Blake.


"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." -- Aristotle.



"The only way to have a friend is to be one". -- Ralph Waldo Emerson.




"The language of friendship is not words but meanings." -- Henry David Thoreau.



Greenhouses photos were taken in Holambra II, by my husband and by myself.
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FLOWERS: MY HOMAGE TO NATURE

This post with flowers photos is my homage to nature. Even I have been living in country for nine years now, I am still unable to identify by name many plants, trees, flowers, birds... but Walt Whitman with his wise phrase about nature teach me that there is no reason to feel so guilty about my ignorance.


"You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things."


Walt Whitman, american poet, journalist and essayist, best known for “Leaves of Grass” (1855), was born in 31 May 1819, at West Hills, Huntington Township, New York.


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From my garden

From a greenhouse in Holambra Fields

From my garden

From a greenhouse in Holambra's Fields

From my garden

From a greenhouse in Holambra's Fields

From a garden in Holambra's Fields

Photos taken by myself

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SCANNING FLOWERS

Bauhinea variegata (cow’s paw )

Stapelia gigantea (Carrion Flower)

Daylily

Little Daisy

Red Ibiscus

Red Ibiscus and Bauhinea variegata (cow’s paw)

I made this same post at January 22, 2006 and I had many comments. So I want to share with you again this post.

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I learn how to scanning flowers seeing the beautiful works of Katinka Matson, an amazing artist of New York. On her site, she talks about her artistic's process: "I have experimented with a non-photographic technique for creating images by utilizing input through the flatbed CCD scanner. No camera or lenses are used. The process involves scanning flowers and other natural objects on an open-top scanner from underneath the objects with a slo-moving sensor. This technique allows for unusual opportunities to explore new ideas involving light, time, and rhythm”.

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How scanning flowers: First of all you put the flower over the scanner's glass. The flower must be face down. Next you arrange the flower as you like it. Then cover the flower gently with a black fabric, very dense, (all the scanner's superficies). Don't shut the scanner's cover, if you did that, you will crumple the flowers. Then turn on the scanner. Next you must save the photo in some file you choose. The interesting in this process is the unexpected. We don't know exactly how the flower's image will show up. It's an amazing surprise!

Como escanear flores: Em primeiro lugar coloque as flores ou folhas sobre o vidro do scanner, viradas para baixo. Arranje as flores como quiser. Agora cubra com cuidado as flores com um tecido escuro e grosso (eu usei veludo preto). Não feche a tampa do scanner para não amassar as flores. Ligue o scanner e escaneie as flores. Salve a foto numa pasta. O interessante deste processo é o inesperado. Você não sabe bem como será o resultado. Mas certamente você terá uma incrível surpresa!

Photos and scanning flowers by Sonia A. Mascaro

See those flowers "live" before I scanned them on Only Photos

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