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02-AUG-2012

Mallow

All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.

Fairy places, fairy things,
Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,
Tiny trees for tiny dames--
These must all be fairy names!

Tiny woods below whose boughs
Shady fairies weave a house;
Tiny tree-tops, rose or thyme,
Where the braver fairies climb!

Fair are grown-up people's trees,
But the fairest woods are these;
Where, if I were not so tall,
I should live for good and all.



The Flowers by Robert Louis Stevenson


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Glenn Dean (Vatorman)04-Aug-2012 14:50
Beautiful catch to bring RLS's words to life.
Lieve Snellings04-Aug-2012 00:43
awesome ! V
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)03-Aug-2012 20:46
Just beautiful! BV
Paolo
s_barbour03-Aug-2012 15:10
Such a beautiful image Johnny, beautiful!
Stephanie03-Aug-2012 09:58
FANTABULOUS!!!! :)
joanteno03-Aug-2012 08:36
Lovely..
Bill Miller03-Aug-2012 07:15
It is a lovely flower, but mallow is taking over some of the islands offshore, here, and stopping the puffins from using their nest burrows.
lou_rozensteins03-Aug-2012 01:40
Beautiful work. Very well done.
Mairéad02-Aug-2012 21:24
Looks like you've got sunshine at last!
Lovely capture of this delicately coloured mallow.
Brian Samuel02-Aug-2012 21:06
Darn it, I was beaten to the marsh mallow joke :0(. It is a lovely purple flower
Stevenson was ahead of his time on Facebook :0)
Guest 02-Aug-2012 20:57
Love the lyrical sing-song rhythm of the Stevenson poem and the sunlit closeup of this stunning open-faced Mallow
chris morton02-Aug-2012 20:32
excellent light and shade on the petals; great composition
marie-jose wolff02-Aug-2012 20:02
sweet delicate flowers, and a beautiful poem! V
Martin Lamoon02-Aug-2012 19:41
Excellent photograph, good close up and composition. V
Chris02-Aug-2012 19:41
So delicate, mallow is everywhere here at the moment.
The verse, as always, is lovely.
Kevin Chester02-Aug-2012 19:40
Is it from the Marsh? Great pastel shades
Colin Storey02-Aug-2012 19:34
Love the light and colours.
J. Scott Coile02-Aug-2012 19:25
LOVELY!
Mark Chambers ARPS AFIAP CPAGB BPE302-Aug-2012 19:25
Great composition and I like the light. V
MarcViskens02-Aug-2012 19:23
nice composed
nice colours and dof
Marc
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