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It’s New Years Eve, Happy New Year Everyone!

I thought I’d end the year on a high note but showing you one of my favorite photos. This is not the best floral photograph that I’ve ever taken but, it’s a very long way from the worst. I love the way the White Oriental Lilies pop out from their leafy green background and how their being placed diagnally across the photo frame gives them more interest than if they’d been in a row or a cluster.

On a bit of a sad note – It’s more than a little bit ironic that I’m posting a photo of lilies today. My mother died two and a half years ago, and today would have been her birthday. Yep, she was a New Years Eve baby. The world partied every year on her birthday. I don’t think she hated lilies but she wouldn’t grow them, and when my father died she didn’t want any, in any of the flowers that people sent to the funeral home. Lilies had always reminded her of death. Probably because they are such a predominant flower in funeral arrangements. That’s why it’s ironic that I’m posting a lily photo today.

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