Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack has a weekly Travel Theme. This week it is Multiples.
My mind is still filled with “outdoors and nature” from the last post. In nature, it won’t be difficult to find multiples as many species do exist in multiples . What about starting off with some flowers, then trees and other plants. . . . . . . .
These are the flowers found at Victoria Park, Hong Kong.
The tulips were in full bloom when we were in Morges, by the Geneva lake, Switzerland.
Some flowers from a flower show in Hong Kong.
A forest of bamboo in Tateyama Kurobe, Japan.
A line of casurina trees at the beach front of Langkawi iland, Malaysia.
Multiple palms on a beach in Langkawi, Malaysia.
More palms at a beach in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Several bare trees in New York City, USA.
Several trees by the side of a peaceful lake in JiuZhaiGou, China.
Multiple trees and multiple flowers in Furano, Hokkaido, Japan.
A field of chrysanthemum in Xian Shan park in Beijing, China.
Countless numbers of lotus leaves floating on a pond in Hokkaido, Japan.
It seems good things do not come singly. They occur in multiples. May your happiness multiply in the year 2013!
Lovely set! Great work Michael!
Thank you sph3re!
Thanks to you MIchael, you add to our happiness. Do you celebrate Chinese New Year?
Hi seeker, the date for the Chinese New year is based on the Lunar Calenar, this year it is coming up on 10th February. We will celebrate it on 10th -12th February. Best wishes, Michael
Great shots, and well wishes to you too sir.
Many thanks John!
You’re a traveling man! The “New York USA” photo — I’m assuming you mean New York City?
Have you ever been to Washington D.C.? There, at the foot of the capitol building, you’d find the US Botanic Gardens — http://www.usbg.gov . A wonderful, free place to visit and a treat for those of us who like to photograph flowers and foliage.
Yes, I mean NYC and have it corrected. Thanks for pointing out. I have been to Washington D.C. but didn’t know that it has such a lovely place. Best wishes for 2013!
Always beautiful Michael.
I could be running out of good photos!
awesome, i really love these photos, no favourites, love all of them
Glad that you love ALL the photos!
Great selection, Michael. Love those tulips.
The tulips seem to be the favourite by several readers. Thank you adinparadise!
Must be my Dutch blood.
Thank you adinparadise! I suppose the tulips are your favourites.
I love all the different shades in the bamboo trunks.
I used to see stumps of bamboo together, this is almost a forest. Thank you Margaret!
Every one of these is a gorgeous picture. i like your idea of a little theme such as “multiples”, as it gives a focus for looking at the world.
Hi Marilyn, Alisa has given us this theme this week. I like nature and therefore has concentrated on it. Glad that you like ALL the photos! Michael
Beautiful pictures! I especially love the tulips.
It seems quite a few readers like the tulips. Thanks for the comment sortaginger!
I stopped by to say I love the tulips but i have changed my mine. I love them all!
You are among at least three readers who said they love the tulips and you are also among the other three who said they love all the pictures. Thanks for the kind comments lingervisions!
You are most welcome!
Wonderful patterns. I think, my favorite is the JiuZhaiGou trees by the lake and the ordered waves of flowers in Furano.
Glad that you like the two photos transplantedtatar; they are my favourites too!
These photos are lovely and remind me of warmth and summer especially because today is such a bitterly cold day here in Canada.
Hope that they bring warmth in the gloomy cold days of Winter!
Nice set.
Thank you Ron!
When I first saw the palm trees photo in Malaysia I had thought you were in the Maldives or something!
Maldives is a place I haven’t visited as yet. Hope I can visit it before it got disappeared as a result of the rising sea levels.
Wow, so many destinations. You really are seeing the world, that alone is amazing. The fact that you are able to document those visits so articulately is a treat for us. Thanks for posting so many of them. I especially am ‘wowed’ by the bamboo forest. I’ve never seen it grown into a full tree. We can’t grow it in our gardens in Alberta but in south-central British Columbia (9 hr drive – west of the Rockies), it does quite well, yet nothing like that.
Hi Boomdeeadda, bamboos can grow very rapidly in the tropical / subtropical areas. They multiply themselves very quickly; especially those of the climbing type (the clumping type is milder). They can grow under and across fences so some people don’t really like them. Thanks for being one of my top commentators!
Well that explains why they are making flooring out of it. Aggressive/Nuisance = sustainable, ha. Thank you, I guess I should be glad we can’t grow it here.
It’s been a pleasure to follow
Quite true, they are quite sustainable and almost maintenance free when used in flooring and other things. It come as a suprise to many when bamboo is used as scaffolding in construction of multi-storey buildings. Best regards, Michael
and yours too. the photos are beautiful.
Many thanks Turnip Times!
What a beautiful collection!
Thank you Esenger’s Voice!
Wonderful photos from all over the world – spring, summer and autumn at once … wonderful. My pick is from the lake in JiuZhaiGou, China – such a peaceful shot and beautiful. Well-chosen shots for the challenge
Thank you so much Viveka!
I would love to sit on the beach in Thailand today and get lost in a good book and listen to the waves. Ah, such a nice thought.
This is exactly the same thing I would like to do on this cold wintry day!
These are beautiful, especially the casurina trees.
Thank you Ed!
Great theme! It is winter here in Tennessee and these photos boost my spirit, beautiful, thank you!
I guess it is cold in Tennessee; hope these pictures bring some warmth!
As soon as I saw the word “multiples,” I thought your photos would be of twins and triplets (my triplets are called, “multiples”), but I like the flowers and lines of trees, also! http://bmoreenergy.wordpress.com
Wow, you have triplets! That’s wonderful. An idea would be to show their photos!
It is lovely to see these colours and tropical scenery while there is only snow around me.
Quite a number of readers have expressed the same, we need something warm and uplifting in the winter!
There is so much beauty in this post… Bamboo forest is my favourite!
Bamboos are so different from the other trees, they instill a different mood. Thanks Paula!
Wow, very beautiful photos
Thank you Cytrek!
I love all the photos, but find the one of the bamboo forest especially interesting. How tall are they?
Glad that you like the photos! The bamboo is approximately 20 ft (approx. 7m) tall.
Such great photography! I adore the picture of the trees in China as well.
What you said is so close to what I was thinking about in my latest post. It’s so true, we are not alone. Isn’t that wonderful?
Lila
Like minds think the same. . . . glad that you like the pictures!
Amazing as always! Nature’s beauty perfectly caught through your photography. It is indeed a wonderful world!
Thank you Aian!
Beautiful, every single one
Glad that you like the photos. Thank you!
Wow you have acquired a wide cultural album! It’s lovely!
The good thing living in HK is that it is so small and you tend to travel outside more. Thhnk you!
I always love seeing your pictures. But what really interests me also is how you group them under categories. I never would have thought of lily pads as “multiples.” But, of course, they are! Thanks for sharing! http://ohtheplaceswesee.com
Hi Rusha, my wife has said something similar about how my photos are organized in the posts. Thank you for your continued perusal and comment! Michael
Beautiful … the palm trees on the beach are my favorite. Nice entry ….
Thank you, Inside the Mind of Isadora!