(Explore #124: May 20, 2009)
For Ted. Happy Birthday!
Bluebird Estates, Alberta, Canada.
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(Explore #377: Sep 13, 2008).
For Cheryl and family at this sad time of loss.
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(Explore #377: Feb 25, 2009)
Click here to see Art Rock Hennie's Tribute Gallery of 18 of my photos, including this one:
www.flickr.com/photos/artrock2006/galleries/7215762378635...
For the 7 crew and 127 passengers and their families of today's crashed Turkish Airline, a Boeing 737 (Flight TK1951), at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Conflicting reports but so far it appears, miraculously...9 fatalities and 50 injured (25 seriously).
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Que deve ser comemorado com muita felicidade!!
Lágrima de Cristo (Clerodendron thomsonae) or Bleeding Heart Vine. Seen and captured in Morretes, PR, Brazil
This is not related to the common bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis). The common name [here] comes from the flowers which look like a drop of red blood exuding from the heart-shaped calyx.
Flower of Clerodendrum thomsoniae.
Regardless of its true identity, this is a spectacular plant when in flower. The small, slightly flat flowers have inflated, balloon-like white calyxes from which emerge brilliant crimson or dark red corollas with prominent stamens and style (the elongated part of the pistil) that extend way beyond the petals. The flowers are borne in terminal clusters (cymes) of 8-20 together. The flowers last several months, although the red corolla is short lived. As they age, the flowers turn from white to pale pink or lavender, then eventually become tan as they dry up. It will bloom most of the year given sufficient light and warmth, but is most prolific in summer.
www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/features/indoor-tenderpl...
HBW!
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(Explore #291: Jul 06, 2009)
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After seeing the sad news today I decided to dedicate this series to the Uygurs of Xinjiang Province and to all who yearn for freedom in this world.
Minarets of the Uygur Mosque, in Xinjiang's International Market, gleam in the night sky.
Urumchi or Ürümqi (English IPA: [uːˈruːmtʃi]), sometimes spelled Wulumuqi (English IPA: [wuːˈluːmuːˌtʃiː]; Uyghur: ئۈرۈمچی, Ürümchi; simplified Chinese: 乌鲁木齐; traditional Chinese: 烏魯木齊; pinyin: Wūlǔmùqí) is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country.
With an urban population of over 2.3 million people, Ürümqi, whose name means "beautiful pasture", is by far the largest city on China's vast Western interior. Since the 1990s Urumqi has become gradually developed economically and now serves as a regional transportation node and commercial centre. Urumqi has a majority Han Chinese population, with the largest minorities being the Uyghur, Hui, and Kazakh ethnic groups.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%c3%9cr%c3%bcmqi
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