The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid.
Psalms 27 : 1
Only one small plant, originally a few roots with a couple of leaves and in time it has filled our small pond (they can grow from 3 to 12 feet wide and 6 inches high) with more than enough protection for the small fish underneath and a resting place for dragonflies on top. Only the Heron knows how tangled everything is under those floating lily pads. The water lily helps to keep the water clear by absorbing the nutrients from the water that would normally feed undesirable green plants. To the left of the flower you can see some of this unwanted plant material , where there is shade from the pad the algae doesn’t grow.
Claude Monet
her petals neat, strong and clean.
Her centre like the sun .
She is all tinged with the faintest of gentle pink.
Without the sun in her being touched by the sun in the sky
Their calling to each other is broken. And she will close and being cut she may never open again.
I have never brought in a water lily before and may never again
They are certainly not like daffodils or tulips !
(Like us, flowers are not the same, no assumptions can be made!)
(press on Cezanne here if you want to see his paintings)
I hope you enjoyed this post.
Sandy.🙂
ROADS WE TRAVEL AND DESTINATIONS REACHED 
Water lilies are so sweet, open, and happy. Your photos are lovely, Sandy.
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Thank you Mary. I didn’t see your comment where I normally do. So glad I did. If I have missed others this way sorry.
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