Christmas cactus [genus Schlumbergera]
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In these days they are full of blooms...
A wonderful weekend for everybody here!
Thx Jerry Jones for the texture!
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon thundered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
“There is no peace on earth,” I said;
“For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1864)
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Ein Frühblüher...
Angelika El.
Schlumbergera - Weihnachtskaktus....
Angelika El.
Walter Torres 21/12/2012 23:27
è una bellissima foto, proprio di quelle che piacciono a me + + + + + +Lawson McCulloch 15/12/2012 23:11
A very fine shot with excellent detail and colours.best wishes,
Lawson
Hanne L. 15/12/2012 21:58
Sehr edel wirkt die Blüte in Weiß. Der feine Schärfeverlauf und die natürlichen Farben sind sorgsam gestaltet.Eine wundervolle Arbeit, liebe Angelika!
Liebe Grüße an dich und ein geruhsames Adventwochenende, Hanne
Biggi Oehler 15/12/2012 17:57
Ich bin sprachlos, wie wunderbar ist das und knackige Schärfe.LG.
Biggi
Elke H.R. 15/12/2012 17:41
Beeindruckend gut !!!LG Elke
Horst Hohmann 15/12/2012 16:11
Interessante Blüte, herrlich abgelichtet.Gruß Horst
Gaby Harig 15/12/2012 15:36
wunderschöne Arbeit, toller Schärfeverlauf, tolle Farben TOP Quali, lg gaby- Edith Vogel 15/12/2012 12:20
wunderschön in weißliebe Grüße und einen schönen 3. Advent
wünscht dir Edith
Jose A. Casal 15/12/2012 12:07
Fantastica !!!!Un saludo.
Pietro de angelis 15/12/2012 11:41
Ancora una meraviglia Angelika!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Un caro saluto, Pietro
Doris Hellwig 68 15/12/2012 11:04
wow, eine beeindruckende aufnahme - ich bin begeistert!+++lg doris
Josef Kainz 15/12/2012 11:03
Schönes Makrovg josef
michel Baugé photo 15/12/2012 10:51
Superbe Angelikafélicitations
amitiés
Michel
Adrianus Aarts 15/12/2012 10:07
Traumhaft Angelika.Super diese schwerige Farbe gemeistert.
LG AD
Mark Billiau. 15/12/2012 10:02
Splendid macro of this Christmas cactus.Fantastic light & colours, and it's blooming right in time !
Mark