"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love."
Max Muller
This little cactus lives on a sunny windowsill in my kitchen. I was quite surprised to see that it was forming a flower bud and delighted yesterday when it opened up into this beautiful bloom.
I left it on the windowsill to photograph it because I liked the way the sunshine made the petals glow. I used the black corrugated packaging material from the top of a box of chocolates (that also bought some sunshine to my day!) as a makeshift backdrop to give the definition I wanted.
This is my attempt to capture sunshine and my contribution to this week's Gallery.
Wow, that is so pretty x
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the theme, and a great quote!
ReplyDeleteI used to have quite a collection of these plants but they very rarely flowered and certainly never like this one.
ReplyDeleteMollyxxx
Beautiful, such a pretty and unique looking flower. X
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love cactuses, and how lovely that it gave you a flash of summer. xx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous! The color is so muted but still bright.
ReplyDeleteThe flower is beautiful, great way to make a cactus look less prickly.
ReplyDeleteThe chocolate box card is a splash of genius, it makes the photo look very professional.