Gaddo Reflections

I felt hope when I opened this photo this morning. Mom captured the old and the new together on a beautiful sunny day. Enjoy! #flowers...

The meaning of this flower is jam-packed.  The yellow symbolizes happiness, good luck, and fortune (as well as sunshine) and the orange...

The pink hibiscus symbolizes friendship and all different kinds of love.  Friends make life more enjoyable.  Enjoy your friends! #flowers...

Did you know that different flowers have different meanings?  Of course, you did.  But did you know that the pink hibiscus symbolizes...

These colors remind me of beautiful sunrises and sunsets that I have had the pleasure to see in my lifetime.  They do occur all around...

Mom loved Hydrangeas.  She grew them at our house in North Carolina and I remember that she tried to coax them into different colors by...

The beauty of the tropics.  This is one of my favorite flowers.  So favorite that I tried growing some to no avail.  I just do not have a...

I am fairly certain that mom took all of these pictures while at the Miami Zoo, but I could also be quite wrong.  You don’t think of...

You can find beauty in the simplest of things without all the embellishments.  Enjoy! #flowers #nature

Even when things look bleak and barren, beauty can erupt unexpectedly.  Find beauty in unexpected places and enjoy those moments of...

Happy Monday!  Yes, I am ever the optimist that this is a great day everywhere.  Yes, I am retired so Monday no longer has the same...

A friend let me know what this flowering cactus is and that it also bears yummy fruit (the fruit is red).  Thanks, Jacki!  Enjoy!  ...

My scheduler says that it is Relaxation Day.  I realize it has to fall on a day, but seems it should be reserved for a holiday (already...

My grandmother called these Frangipanis, I learned them as Plumeria.  No matter the name, they smell wonderful! Enjoy! #flowers #nature

One of the reasons I like flowers is because of the colors.  So many varieties of colors.  Enjoy!   #flowers #nature

Mom took a lot of photos of the flowers at the Miami Zoo way back in the 1980s.  There are quite a few.  I really don’t know what the...

My mom loved flowers.  Her mom loved flowers.  She grew them, bought them and photographed them.  I love them, too.  But I did not...