Thursday 24 April 2008

In the Pursuit of Beauty








Pink Tulips
Traffic island at the tramway stop
Nussdorfer and Währinger Strasse
(Of course, the streetcar
left without me
!)

TULIPMANIA
Tulips Around the World
Click on this picture
to see ParisBreakfasts New York City's
beautiful tulips!

26 comments:

  1. Pink , birth , evolution , and beauty ...just wonderful.
    It has been a long time since I have stopped by

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  2. Those are gorgeous! :)

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  3. You made me go out and look for NEW YORK TULIPS!
    And I found some...
    Did I know you would show your Vienna beauties AGAIN today?
    HUMPH!

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  4. Dear friends,
    I apologize for not having thanked you yet for yesterday's and today's comments. Too much to do around town these days*, but I will be back, I promise. Thank you all for your kind words, I appreciate them immensely.

    *) i.e. having fun ;-)

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  5. just love the clarity of the flowers, so beautiful

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  6. NEW YORK TULIPS!
    enfin but they ain't Viennese..that's easy to see...
    Hmmm

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  7. The shape and colour of these is lovely. Icy pink....

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  8. The pink is lovely, but the green background really caught my eye. What an intense, rich green. We don't see much dark, lush greens in Central Texas......captivating! Hope you have your camera with you while you're off having fun ;-)
    ~Allie

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  9. Love your tulips Merisi and what they inspired over at Paris Breakfast. I'm going to send Somepinkflowers over to have a look.
    Have a lovely day,
    Constance

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  10. Ah, if that isn't a True Vienna Pink! I used to walk by there every day. Thank you for reviving the happy memories.

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  11. naturally
    i am in heaven over here!


    :-)


    HEAVEN!!!
    !!!

    {thanks, rochambeau,
    i SO needed that!}

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  12. oooohhhhhh jaw is on the floor.
    I love you for these!!!! Thanks you.
    Jan

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  13. lol at you and PB's carol, Merisi :)

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  14. Okay Merisi, where's my chocolate?
    Sandi

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  15. I am speechless!! How beautiful!!

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  16. I love the ruffles . . . There are a few novels out about the tulip mania that gripped Holland several centuries ago.

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  17. What a joy that must be, to see flowers on the tramway stop traffic island.

    And how lovely they are, up close like this.

    Mari-Nanci
    Photos-City-Mine
    Smilnsigh

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  18. These are wonderful! The lighting is perfect. I would rather have your photo than the real thing!

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  19. Thank you for sharing Vienna with me!

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  20. Streetcar; tramway: words to inspire . . . gliding along together with the clip clop of the fiakers . . .

    like the tulips (which look particularly pink, fresh-faced and happy to be there) inspire.

    A dream city.

    PS: tut-tut: I noticed the books on early tulip mania - it certainly feels wonderful to go out and buy a bunch for 1.50 GBP after all that.

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  21. Stunning!
    I love how you use the focus in your photography.

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  22. traffic island tulips! here we only have weeds....

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  23. A reply to Simon, if I may,

    The internal combustion engine, wherever it is found, degrades the built environment, not to mention the living environment.

    Trams and trolleybuses are relatively 'clean'. I know they run on electricity - and that means power stations - but the fact is that the emissions from power stations can be captured and reused so that they do not degrade the environment.

    Wien it seems to me (with a few other cities I can think of and a few more I can think of that are catching on and catching up) seems to have really embraced this.

    And look how beautiful it is and what a desirable place it is to live.

    (sigh)

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  24. This is not one of my favourite colours, yet I behold them. Awesome!

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  25. Beautiful is right! These are gorgeous!

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