Monday 25 June 2007

Blue Flowers from a Viennese Alpine Garden















Blue Dragonfly







Alpine Garden
Belvedere Palace

Vienna, Third District

More flowers from this garden are
blooming here.

13 comments:

  1. 3rd one - what do you call that...never seen that shade or flower.

    Lovely blues....!!

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  2. Lovely set of photos and the one of the two bumble bees is brilliant! When are you coming to Florence???

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  3. hope you don't mind, Merisi,
    you were the motivation
    for my blog today...

    also,
    hope you enjoy my posting,
    and thanks so much
    for the inspiration!

    :-)

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  4. Such refreshing shades of blue.

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  5. Lovely blues!
    Is that a bit of sun I see?
    You are lucky! ;o)

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  6. Hello Merisi, thanks for leaving the kind words about Rita on my blog. very nice. I know that I left a comment here before (months ago, I think), but try as I may, i couldn't find it. I meant to bookmark this here blog and your very cool pictures and now I did and I even linked you.

    These pics are great, especially the one with the bees. I love 'em. I still have that childlike wonder whenever I see them and will stop and watch until they buzz off.

    Will be back for more Vienna pics.

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  7. Bendtherulz: said...
    The 3rd one:
    I do not know this one either, I tried to find the name via google, but I gave up after a dozen or so pages. I will let you know, ok?

    Ilva:
    I shot several pictures of the bumble bees, unfortunately only today did I finally read the instructions booklet re macro photography. ;-) I hope to get back to the garden soon!
    Florence in about 2 weeks, around the second weekend of July, if everything goes well.

    somepinkflowers:
    Not mind? I feel very honored!
    And lucky too, because I got to look up in St. Augustine, one of my favorite cities in the USA. Thank you so much, your posting is truly welcome. :-)

    radiogirl:
    Not having Virginia Blue Bells anymore, I had to look for other blooms. ;-)

    Cream:
    Besides the terrible thunderstorm last Thursday, so far we have had a great spring with summer-like temperatures, and midsummer up til today was sunny too. Today clouds and cooler temperatures, but the sun came by towards evening.

    Bruce:
    Welcome back and thank you for the kind comments and for the link!
    The little alpine garden is really fascinating, a treasure trove of plants and small creatures. I have to go back there soon.

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  8. LOVE the cornflower blue with dark greens!!
    OK so it isn't a cornflower..but you know what I mean :)

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  9. Anonymous27 June, 2007

    Blue flowers are my all time favorites. A lovely walk.

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  10. Anonymous14 July, 2007

    hello, merisi,

    i do enjoy the pics as well, especially as i'm very fond of the area where you shot them.

    @Bendtherulz, try googling with "eryngium" for the 3rd one (that with the bees)

    cu, brigitte

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  11. Thansk Merisi for updation.
    Thanks Brigitte - I did and it was amazing. Shukriya - Thanks once again !

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  12. Anonymous19 July, 2007

    welcome!

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  13. Lambs ears! I do love that plant. It looks so pretty in a bouquet with delicate textures like Californian poppies or delphiniums. Gorgeous, thanks for making my morning sing with prettiness!

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