Pretending

Jan 22

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National Botanic Gardens photo Dublin2012-13310a_zps2342eef4.jpg
Orchid, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Dublin
 


A greenhouse orchid
pretends to be a peacock,
fanning its proud tail.

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Posted on January 22, 2013, in blossom, Carpe Diem, Dublin, Floral Friday Fotos, Ireland, Macro Monday, Monday Mellow Yellows, National Botanic Gardens, REDnesday, Ruby Tuesday 2, Shiki and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 13 Comments.

  1. Chubskulit Rose | January 22, 2013 at 7:48 am

    Whoa, that is absolutely gorgeous!

    Come see my Brownie Brittle for Ruby Tuesday.

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  3. Gemma Wiseman | January 22, 2013 at 3:17 pm

    A very beautiful flower! Gorgeous tone of subtle yellow! And love the peacock connection!

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  4. WabiSabi | January 22, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Clearly the orchids intentions resemble the peacock’s!! Bravo!!

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  5. jrbsays | January 22, 2013 at 4:50 pm

    Excellent. Thank you 🙂

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  6. Chevrefeuille | January 23, 2013 at 6:09 am

    Very nice haiku as JRB said ‘excellent’

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  7. Chevrefeuille | January 23, 2013 at 6:10 am

    Awesome haiku ‘excellent’ as JRB said

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  8. artmusedog | January 23, 2013 at 8:37 am

    Another lovely haiku on the peacock ~

    (A Creative Harbor) ^_^

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  9. 4joy | January 23, 2013 at 9:54 am

    perfect pic….orchids do tend to be show-offs!

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  10. nonnie aka scrappygrams | January 23, 2013 at 10:10 am

    such loveliness, brazen as the peacock’s! 😉

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  11. Dorothy | January 23, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    I love that color orchid! I posted a pic of my white orchid last week!

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  12. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) | January 23, 2013 at 2:32 pm

    What a nice combination of poetry and picture.

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  13. Reshma | January 24, 2013 at 6:03 pm

    The picture and the Haiku seem made for each other.

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