“A world of grief and pain / Flowers bloom / Even then” Issa
pollinator
Photo by Doug Coulson
Night Blooming Cereus Flower
Photo by Doug Coulson
Blooms once a year at night, then dies the next morning
in the joy of morning glory
Photo by Doug Coulson
water lilies
Photo by Doug Coulson
coneflower
Photo by Doug Coulson
coneflower
Photo by Doug Coulson
coneflower
Photo by Doug Coulson
dying beauty
“I who did not die, who am still living, / still lying in the backseat behind all my questions, / clenching and opening one small hand. …” words by Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem Making A Fist.
lotus bloom
Photo by Doug Coulson - Aquatic Gardens, Washington DC
water lily
Photo by Doug Coulson
reflecting beauty
Photo by Doug Coulson
lotus bloom
Photo by Doug Coulson
Lilium
Photo by Doug Coulson
eye level with beauty
Photo by Doug Coulson
... touching beauty ...
Photo of fishing spider by Doug Coulson
natural fireworks
Photo by Doug Coulson
daylily and white fence
Photo by Doug Coulson
dragonfly on daylily
Photo by Doug Coulson
spiderwort
Photo by Doug Coulson
Also called Tradescantia or Indian Paint
orchid eyes
Photo by Doug Coulson