pomegranate blossom with a grasshopper inside #FlowerReport #Greece

pomegranate bud in Epidavros, Greece #FlowerReport Happy Greek Easter!

#FlowerReport

Christ's Descent into Hades is commemorated on the Great and Holy Saturday; celebrated today in the Orthodox Churches. Καλή Ανάσταση!
BN MS 344 f.5v.

#spring #persephone from Alpha is for Anthropos ⁦AlphaIsForAnthropos⁩ by Therese Sellers ⁦Therese Sellers⁩

Today, on Great and Holy Friday, we commemorate the awesome, holy and saving Passion of our Lord, especially his Crucifixion and Death which he endured willingly for our sakes, and also the saving confession of the grateful thief upon the cross johnsanidopoulos.com/2011/04/synaxa… #HolyWeek

collared dove with shadows

in an Athenian courtyard

happy earth day!
#poetswithflowers #magnolias

The radical roots of the first #EarthDay in 1970 are often forgotten.

Inspired by the anti-vietnam war student sit-ins 20 million Americans took part!

It led to the:
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Endangered species Act
- & the EPA

People power works ✊️🌍
#EarthDay 2024

Αθήνα, Λεωφόρος Συγγρού, 1933.
📸 Αρχείο ΗΕΜ-ΗΛΠΑΠ

here is Elise Paschen with some lilacs for #poetswithflowers
Elise Paschen

#poetswithflowers

Saw this beauty on a neighborhood walk. #FlowerReport from SF.

zumbul or hyacinth
#FlowerReport #NewEngland #ζουμπουλια

white hyacinth in Christine's garden #FlowerReport #NewEngland

tulip bud with deer-trimmed foliage #FlowerReport #NewEngland

stirring my tea
as a prayer
spring dawn

Ogawa

Therese Sellers Or سنبل sonbol. A heavenly scent!
'Hyacinths are often associated with spring and rebirth. The hyacinth flower is used in the Haft-Seen table setting for the Persian New Year celebration, Nowruz, held at the spring equinox.' Wikipedia