Alice's Floral Finds

It's been pretty stormy lately. I've been learning to give thanks in the rain. This little flower put a smile on my face on a cloudy day.  

  I was heading to the postbox yesterday and spotted this giant plant along the walkway with its gorgeous orange flowers. They almost look like inedible pineapples with their tropical themed array of petals protruding from spiky green bases. Set against the bright blue sky, I was reminded that complementary colours enhance one another. What a brilliant, bright coloured plant!

  I love metaphors. This flower provided a visual metaphor of the evening sky as the daylight faded and the first stars began to shine forth from the darkness. As these beautiful, white, five-pointed flowers hung in the crisp evening air, they reminded me of the stars twinkling from their places in the night sky.