Best wishes for a happy New year!

Happy new year and very best wishes to all followers and visitors for a Happy safe and warm holidays!
I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support, the likes and comments since the opening of this account.
This photo was taken with a Nikon camera D5200 of a painting made this summer.

My apologies for having left my blog inactive of late but I’m trying to figure out how to post photos from my phone without having to go through all the hassle of reducing the pixels (through my computer) so as not to overload my blog space.

I truly enjoyed the contact built throughout the years with my fellow bloggers and hope there’s a way around this dilemma.

Any tips on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Keep safe and warm!
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The untamed beauty of Isle of mull, Staffa and Ardalanish Scotland

Glorious Puffins

I never thought such nature still existed…
It is raw, foreboding, gentle, soothing, dramatic, cleansing…
Happiness is surrounding ourselves with such beauty at a moment’s notice and/or at every opportunity presenting itself to us.
The Highland cattle is quite a sight when arriving at Isle of Mull.
One can quickly become addicted to capturing the perfect shot. But in reality the setting is so right every angle is perfect.
A glimpse of Mull, #Iona, Staffa, Loch na Lathaich, #Oban and #Ardalanish is a glimpse in heaven.
Mull clenches your thirst for wildlife/#sealife beauty in an environment that has stayed intact and hopefully will go on so.
It is living nature in its true essence.

Happy new year!

Happy new year everyone!

Best wishes to all.
The middle photo is my very recent firework painting and the shots are some of my favorite flower photoshoots.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for being there for every post, for the likes comments and support since the opening of this account.

Purple rose. A new addition!

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I have so little time to post with all the painting, that today I’m going to post as much as possible 🙂
Best wishes for a wonderful weekend!

This is another addition to the Zen flower collection.
Including close ups of brush strokes & tones

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Painting still wet!
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My top four B&W beauties!

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Today, I have selected out of my whole collection the top four B&Ws!
The first one you might be familiar with, it’s been used once to thank all of you followers for your kindness & patience whenever I was in a pickle with my blog or computer.
The second one is actually from my handbag strap which I believe would make a nice close up & out of the five I took this one was the best.
Having said that I find B&W pure fun & should probably explore a bit more that avenue…
Which one is your favorite? Do you like the monochrome with a blue tint to it too?

My handbag strap
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Monochrome with blue tint
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And the classical B&W beauty!
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Dedicated to a world of mums!

To the world of mums…
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In the unusual warmth of February we went out for a stroll & met
a very early spring in full bloom where we were encircled
in a bubble of innocence, fragrance & crushed petals,
offering a bouquet to a world of dedication & mums

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Crushing & plucking…
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Bruised flowers 🙂
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Elegance & generosity
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A bumblebee in our balcony! Un bourdon dans notre balcon…

A bumblebee in our balcony!
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A bumblebee in our balcony…
So rare a sight I thought it was reserved to the eye of the privileged, those living among completely natural environments.
To my astonishment it was there, hanging so still on the flower of my plant I was sure it was dying & had accidentally landed in our small haven of peace, all I could see was its hairy tail moving rhythmically.
I ran to fetch my camera wondering how it would all end, if I could eventually be of any help… came back to find it still hanging on, quickly took all the shots possible & to my delight saw it fly healthily away a second later!

Un bourdon dans notre balcon …
Un spectacle si rare, je pensais qu’il était réservé à l’œil des privilégiés, ceux qui vivent parmi un environnement complètement naturel.
À mon grand étonnement, il était là, suspendu si immobile sur la fleur de ma plante, J’étais sûr qu’il allait mourir & avait accidentellement atterri dans notre petit havre de paix, tout ce que je pouvais voir, c’était sa queue poilue faire un mouvement rythmique.
J’ai couru chercher mon appareil photo me demandant comment tout cela finirait, si je pouvais être d’une aide quelconque éventuellement … je revint le trouvant toujours suspendu, rapidement pris tous les shoots possibles et à ma grande joie l’ai vu s’envoler sainement au loin une seconde plus tard!

Stepping closer…
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And more so…
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Only too happy to go on 🙂
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Last but not least…
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Nature’s display of perfection

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This time round I tried to pique your curiosity by posting first the close up & wonder if you have recognized what it is.
I received this arrangement & was fascinated by the shape of that one… see next picture to understand 😉 so I took a few close-ups in the hope that you’ll identify it & enlighten me with its name.
Enjoy the next ones too!

P.S http://bloomlisa.com/ suggested below in the comment section that it might be a Waratah which I Googled for images & searched for info in Wikipedia.
Here’s what they say…

Waratah (Telopea) is an endemic, Australian genus of five species of large shrubs or small trees, native to the southeastern parts of Australia (New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania). The most well-known species in this genus is Telopea speciosissima, which has bright red flowers and is the NSW state emblem. The waratah is a member of the plant family Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The key diagnostic feature of Proteaceae is the inflorescence, which is often very large, brightly coloured and showy, consisting of many small flowers densely packed into a compact head or spike. Species of waratah boast such inflorescences ranging from 6–15 cm in diameter with a basal ring of coloured bracts. The leaves are spirally arranged, 10–20 cm long and 2–3 cm broad with entire or serrated margins. The name waratah comes from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.

Thank you Lisa for the effort, it’s very much appreciated 🙂

Yes! It’s a flower arrangement… ©copyright2014owpp

This one is my favorite 🙂 ©copyright2014owpp

See it attracted to the center?
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One last glimpse…
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New flower collection…

Light & shadow
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I have been taking flower shots for quite a while now, but only understood yesterday while having fun at it once again, the influence the blogging world has on my results which I think has definitely improved since the beginning of my blog.
This time I decided to play it sometimes sophisticated with black background and others preserved its pure lines in the classical settings of daylight.
I hope you’ll enjoy this collection 🙂

Burst of pattern & light
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Mysterious & abstract
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Flashy orange symmetry
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Summer classical
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Zooming in beauty
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Flash surprise! Turning my yellow flower to orange 🙂
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Green flowery forest
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Small beauty among giant shiny foliage
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Preserving the clear pure lines
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…and colored abstract
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Last but not least… Sophisticated yet genuine
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Finding solace in nature’s protection

Picture perfect!
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This was an unforgettable outing… when life gets too chaotic we are lucky
to have the possibility to run to the hills to seek solace in its protection.
Regardless to past behavior, nature embraces & cradles humanity unconditionally.

As hard as it was to choose the best of this collection, I tried to put myself
into the viewer “shoes” & select the top ones which came to a grand total of
sixteen so, my apologies for the length of this post 🙂

We are greeted by the quaint
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The charming & peaceful …
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Lampposts heavy in scent
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Stones marked by history
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we disregard human distraction
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To ensconce ourselves into nature
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White cabbage butterflies resting…
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While humans fly 😉
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… and fly
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We then enter a Walt Disney scary forest 🙂
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Find a picturesque bridge
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And get closer to admire…
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Get back to civilization
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Yet still welcomed by nature’s ornaments
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Ending our day with a splash 🙂