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Anthurium (flamingo flower)
When is a petal not a petal? When it's a spathe. Petals evolved from leaves but the Anthurium's spathes got caught half way through the process. And why not? These modified leaves perform the same colorful function, alerting pollinators from a distance that the 'Flamingo Flower' restaurant is open for lunch. The flowers themselves are tiny and arranged in a spiral on the sticking-out part: the spadix.
Flamingo flowers can't survive a Vancouver winter outdoors so to see such a variety this late in the year, you have to go to a glass house. These photos were taken at the Blodel Conservatory and I reckon the flamingo flowers alone were worth the price of admission.
#flowers#photographers on tumblr#anthurium#flamingo flower#Blodel Conservatory#fleurs#flores#fiori#blumen#bloemen#Vancouver#Canada
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My 2023 Recap!!
January:
▫️got a 2nd job that’s a WFH job!
▫️went to the library
▫️139 day streak for duo French!
Febuary:
▫️actually started my new job!
▫️read 3 books! (The first three in Shadow and Bone series!)
▫️169 days for my French streak!
▫️went to the library more!
March:
▫️made some yearly goals
▫️189 French streak!
▫️started new workout plan!
▫️started my Saturn Return 🪐
▫️learned how to use printer at the library! (Game changer for me!)
▫️got a new hairdresser and haircut!
April:
▫️216 for French streak!
▫️follow up for anxiety program referral.
▫️continued workout plan!
▫️finished reading another book!
▫️started paint-by-number
▫️started growing cucumbers!
May:
▫️wrote my resignation letter for my first job.
▫️quit one of my jobs!
▫️went to a surprise party!
▫️finished majority of my YT script
▫️244 for French streak!
▫️survived a cold
▫️bought gel plate for art
▫️got $20 for completing surveys
▫️bought a backdrop + tripod
June:
▫️had fun at one of my friends b-day party!
▫️worked my last day at my first job.
▫️made some art with the gel plate!
▫️another $20 for doing surveys
▫️spending a lot less on transportation and ordering out because of my job.
▫️worked more hours at my WFH job.
▫️269 french streak!
▫️bought the book “the Artists way”
▫️cooking more!
▫️found a scam in my bank account!
July:
▫️still growing tomatoes and cucumbers!
▫️continued workout plan!
▫️cooking and making food more!
▫️deleted my Flo app to track more on paper!
▫️saving more money!
▫️saw the Barbie movie with some friends!
▫️bought BEYONCÉ tickets and planned a whole trip!
▫️290 for french streak!
August:
▫️finally got reimbursed for the scam in my bank account
▫️planned my outfit for the RENAISSANCE TOUR! (Are you ready?! SHAWHAM!)
▫️finished a sewing project
▫️did a mini photoshoot for my sewing project
▫️309 days for french streak
▫️made pasta salad!
▫️got a new phone!
September:
▫️329 french streak!
▫️went to Vancouver by myself!
▫️had an overall successful trip to and from Vancouver!
▫️went to the Blodel conservatory in the van Dusen Gardens in Vancity!
▫️WENT TO BEYONCÉ!!! 🪩
▫️got my picture taken for a CBC article!
▫️got Beyonce merch!
▫️went to the aquarium!
▫️found a real fur scarf at the thrift store!
▫️had a going away party with former co-workers!
▫️finished a journal & started a new one!
▫️had movie night with a friend!
October:
▫️347 French streak!
▫️several Halloween movie night with my friends!
▫️bought two new journals!
▫️bought new headphones from warranty!
▫️bought my own candles and birthday balloons
▫️cleaned out a lot of my Twitter likes and hopefully deleting soon!
▫️got a call from a psychotherapist to determine next steps for therapy.
November:
▫️cleaned out two shelves in my room and reorganized a bunch of stuff!
▫️cleaned/reorganized desk and bought a desk mat!
▫️1 year french streak!
▫️cleaned out mini fridge and tea area!
▫️got a gift card from my work!
▫️got a refund from an Astro reading I didn’t get earlier in the year!
▫️enjoyed Kurtis Conner special! (Damn he’s funny!)
▫️started Christmas shopping!
▫️finished one of my yearly goals which was Reading 10 books!
▫️printed more from library like my workout sheets and debt tracker!
December:
▫️380 days for French streak!
▫️went to see the Renaissance movie!!
▫️finished Christmas shopping!
▫️made a friend a bucket hat!
▫️turned 29!
▫️got myself two bras and a sweater!
▫️found an Oleg Cassini wool skirt set from the 60s at the thrift store!
▫️started holidays with my WFH job!
▫️got some Oh doughnuts for my birthday!
▫️got most of the stuff I wanted/needed for Christmas!
#2023#new year#2023 recap#goals#list#learning French#books#reading#june and July were busy months#personal#job#wfh jobs#Beyoncé#travel#trip#friends#events#money#sewing#let’s see what next year brings#happy new year
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Blodel Conservatory
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So with the smoke from the forest fires still covering Vancouver, I went up to Queen Elizabeth Park to take some pictures. Photos have captions.
PS the sky this time of year is supposed to be blue, not have that beige haze of Mars.
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Small birds sketched at Blodel Conservatory and polished later that day
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Bloedel Conservatory - Vancouver, Canada by Ashleigh D.
#photo#photography#explore#explored#yvr#vancouver#vancity#canon#canon70d#travel#canada#color#colour#colorimage#bloedel#blodel#conservatory#nature#plants#green
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Blodel Conservatory welcomes new, big, blossoming plants
For a short time only, Vancouver’s Blodel Conservatory is home to a stand of endangered tree echium, or snow tower flower. The plants, native to the Canary Islands, have a two-year lifespan culminating in a four-and-a-half metre high tower of flowers.
Original Story: http://bit.ly/2DlNsxj
from Blogger http://bit.ly/2DnQ6me
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Anthurium andraeanum
Not content with the millions they make from the Christmas Cactus and the Poinsettia, my local plant shops are promoting the Anthurium as the new ‘Christmas flower’. The Anthurium comes in red and white and I guess that’s all it needs to make the cash registers sing at this time of year.
Seasons Greetings, everyone.
#flowers#photographers on tumblr#anthurium#red#Christmas#fleurs#flores#fiori#blumen#blodel conservatory#vancouver
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Blodel Conservatory welcomes new, big, blossoming plants
For a short time only, Vancouver’s Blodel Conservatory is home to a stand of endangered tree echium, or snow tower flower. The plants, native to the Canary Islands, have a two-year lifespan culminating in a four-and-a-half metre high tower of flowers.
Original Story: http://bit.ly/2DlNsxj
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Dusk shot of the fountains at Queen Elizabeth Park with the Blodel Conservatory in the background for #canoncanada150 shot on iPhone 6s Plus @canoncanada (at Queen Elizabeth Park, British Columbia)
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Holiday Heights at the Blodel Conservatory!
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