When we were youngsters, our mother made ‘rice pudding’ and she’d put a little dab of jam (jelly) in the middle – which inevitably led to having pink rice pudding, but no less delicious for it!
(Sorry, no idea what flower it is.ย I’ve used a little photoshop work to kill some of the light, which has in turned brought some of the colour up and darkened the background)
—Stephen
Fantastic description… gorgeous image.. love it Stephen!
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Oh this is beautiful Stephen – any my mother did exactly the same wit the rice pud. Wonderful image associations.
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(I make a mean rice pudding myself – but then there’s not much to it!)
Nice pic and story! ๐
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wonderful!
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A peony, I should think. Mmmm….rice pudding with jam.
A peony!
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A beautiful peony for sure ๐
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There were several varieties in the garden, thought this one was showing the best.
Yes it is a peony…what lovely flowers they are. Beautiuflly rendered in this photo.
I must admit, I’m was only familiar with a purple variety which seemed to shed its petals after one day.
I was surprised that some were quite fragrant.
There are always many variety of the same flower or plant.
I love the perfume of the peonies. Sometimes a bloom has been on the plant for a while before we pick it; in that case it will not last. There is a beautiful rose called Iceberg that grows tall and becomes covered with great blooms but when cut and taken into the house they last only two or three days…
I enjoy your photos very much.
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Unfortunately, our garden is quite small so we are limited in the number of plants we can grow – nothing too exotic as the weather can be very demanding.
I always liked a healthy spoonful of jam in the rice pudding my gran used to make for us – yummy! Nice shot.
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