Sunday, January 25, 2009

Today's Flowers: Burning Bush


This week I searched my archives to find something that I hadn't posted and found this image of a Burning Bush from my Mom's yard that I took last October. At that time it was just beginning to change colors to its vibrant scarlet foliage. It was already full of the small red-orange fruit it bears in the fall. I hope you enjoy.


Waste no tears
Upon the blotted record of lost years,
But turn the leaf, and smile, oh! smile, to see
The fair white pages that remain for thee.”

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
(American poet and writer 1850-1919)
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36 comments:

  1. LeoraJanuary 25, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    Beautiful colors. My neighbor's burning bush is now all beige and twiggy. Look forward to watching the little spring buds popping up on the bushes.

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  2. dotJanuary 25, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    Fall colors are nice any time of the year. Soon you will have flowers again. I like the poem.

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  3. MariaJanuary 25, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    Beautiful autumn colours! But I'm longing fors spring now :)
    Love that flying squirrel in your last blog. Great capture!

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  4. RoseJanuary 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    We are getting a little bit more snow today...pictures like this are beginning to make me long for spring! Just to see color again.

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  5. GeorgeJanuary 25, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    Thanks for providing some color on a gray day in Tennessee.

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  6. Rune EideJanuary 25, 2009 at 2:51 PM

    I don't know the tree, but a beauty she was!

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  7. UnknownJanuary 25, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    Aren't the pretty when the entire plant has changed colors?

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  8. ArijaJanuary 25, 2009 at 3:34 PM

    A lovely combination. Thank you for the verse/advice, it is most apt to your picture and to life.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2009 at 4:10 PM

    Love the red against the green beatifully captured.

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  10. julianaJanuary 25, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    this looks great... bright, green with a splash of red...
    i have already forgotten there are colours other than the bleak grey we've bene having for weeks and which just wouldn't go away...

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  11. lillyJanuary 25, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    What beautiful colours.

    What great shots of Thumper and Heidi.

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  12. TomJanuary 25, 2009 at 4:25 PM

    Love the picture and the word.
    Tom
    Wiggers World

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  13. Dr.JohnJanuary 25, 2009 at 7:19 PM

    I liked both the picture and the poem.

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    I think I have one just like this in my garden. The tiny reds add charms to the plant. Nice picture.

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  15. Janice ThomsonJanuary 25, 2009 at 9:05 PM

    Beautiful vibrant colors - heard of this but never seen one - thanks for that!

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2009 at 11:06 PM

    Lovely colors! I wonder what color it is now... :)

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  17. BeckyJanuary 25, 2009 at 11:25 PM

    This is a favorite of mine and I always look for them in the Fall. I just love the colors.
    B.

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  18. Lilli & NevadaJanuary 25, 2009 at 11:55 PM

    You know i think that is the same bush i posted on my blog with just the berries left.
    This is a pretty bush i think i would like to have a few of these around my yard

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 1:20 AM

    We have a bush here you would love. It always looks as though it is on fire.

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 1:54 AM

    so gorgeous and pretty colors, thanks for sharing.

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 2:19 AM

    I love the colors. The red stands out so nicely against the green.

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  22. Reader WilJanuary 26, 2009 at 3:08 AM

    I like the poem: it is so true!
    The photo is beautiful !

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  23. GunillaJanuary 26, 2009 at 3:18 AM

    Yes a like that bush I have one in my garden too. It becames red all over. Look at the photo in the etiketter: Garden/tradgard. If you like.

    Thank´s for your comment.

    Have a nice day

    Gunilla in Sweden

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  24. Day4plusJanuary 26, 2009 at 3:54 AM

    Very pretty and fitting for Todays Flowers. MB

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  25. EG CameraGirlJanuary 26, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    I really like the way the red leaves stand out in this photo. Makes me wonder why you haven't shown it to us before...I like it LOTS!

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  26. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    I love the name! Never heard of this or seen it before. Thanks for sharing it with us.

    Paz

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  27. This Is My Blog - fishing guyJanuary 26, 2009 at 8:14 AM

    Carletta: It is nice to see the Burning Bush in full color. You got it at a neat phase.

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  28. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    I enjoyed it well, as red leaves are so nice to look at!

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  29. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    I just love these fall colours!

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  30. SandraJanuary 26, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    Beautiful and natural picture - thank you for your visit and greetings from Croatia.

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  31. CrisJanuary 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM

    Hi Carletta, it's been a while since I last stopped by... and I miss that... Such nice pictures you've posted lately!

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  32. Luiz Santilli JrJanuary 26, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    Carletta,

    Very interesting post!
    Fantastic plant, changing the colours!
    Thanks for sharing!

    Luiz

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  33. NealJanuary 26, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    Beautiful Carletta. Makes me hope for spring to return soon.

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  34. Kerri FarleyJanuary 27, 2009 at 8:34 AM

    What a lovely bush!!

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