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Friday 28 January 2011

Hellebore Heaven or is it Hell!

It looked pleasant enough outside, but I am easily fooled. It's so cold today, even the pond has begun to freeze over. One plant in my garden that seems to be immune to the cold weather are my Hellebores. I have various kinds dotted around the garden to bring some colour and flowers to the winter months. Although quite pretty some species are poisonous and were used to cure madness amongst other things in the early days of medicine. I suspect it was more common to cause death due to it's side effects. Legend has it the plant was also used in witchcraft to summon demons!

Linking up with Marco Friday over at Blogging from Bolivia and I couldn't resist more textures today!


12 comments:

  1. lucky you! my hellebores are very dead and don't look like they will ever come back, love this shot and have you put textures on it? absolutely gorgeous.

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  2. I love them b/c they are so tolerant...even here in "Hotlanta". Beautiful capture! Such a lovely color.

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  3. Hi Lara, I so wish I could get a beautiful macro shot like this. The color is fabulous. You've some really wonderful photos here, I'm happy that I've found your blog. Your photography is magnificent! thank you for the words of encouragement - they mean a lot coming from one so talented.

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  4. Wow this is a GORGEOUS macro shot. Simply beautiful! I hope you have a great weekend! xx

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  5. I took a capture of my hellebore for macro friday aswell. I think yours is such a great macro showing all the detail in the centre of the blooms.

    Rosie
    from leavesnbloom photography

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  6. Such dire consequences for a beautiful flower. Wonderful shot.

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  7. I love, love, love this shot. The detail is exquisite!

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  8. This is another fabulous macro....amazing detail and color!

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  9. Gorgeous flower, and fantastic macro Laura!

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  10. This is absolutely fantastic! Such a wonderful macro!

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