Sunday, August 2, 2009

naked ladies

...also known as Amaryllis or the Belladonna Lily.

One of the gals is fat and pink and pretty
As round above as she was round below
I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel
But then she started dancin' and her dancin' made me feel
That every single thing she had was absolutely real!

"Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City"
From the stage show Oklahoma
Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II

28 comments:

  1. Amazing beauties, enhanced by the raindrops! I loved the mushroom pictures too -- the gills have such delicacy.

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  2. Either it just rained or you watered them! I'm betting on the rain, seeing that it is raining everywhere this year!

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  3. hi willow, i like that they are all looking every which way to see what's going on, to see whose looking at them, to see whose not!! they're so beautiful - can you believe it?!!! have a lovely evening. steven

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  4. Yep, that's raindrops. We've had SO much rain here this week!

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  5. Ahhh - we were driving around today & saw these lovely ladies EVERYWHERE! I spent some time on the internet trying to figure out their names (being flower illiterate) & now here they are! Thanks!

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  6. nice shots, beautiful flowers. they play so well with the verse, haha.

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  7. I always wondered what kind of lillies those are. My little house in Tulsa has a fencerow of them. In the spring all the green leaves come up and then die back. Then later, up come these beautiful leafless spires of lillies.

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  8. Beautiful pictures, Willow. And I loved the scene in Oklahoma.

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  9. That's a tease... I was expecting something a bit different.

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  10. Right nice photos, Willow! And what pretty ladies, indeed :)

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  11. Wonderful photos of the flower that in my neighborhood we call "Surprise Lilies".

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  12. Cane here because of the post title!
    No really, came here because I like it here. Always will.

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  13. I've kind of half known those lyrics but never actually thought about them before. Good lyrics. Even better pictures.

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  14. Like Bill Stankus, your title made me think this might be a VERY EXCITING post.......
    of course it was, but in a different way.

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  15. lovely flowers. cute connection with the song.

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  16. Absolutely gorgeous...and so refreshing! Send rain here!!!

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  17. Simply stunning photographs. What lovely plump ladies they are....raindrops like jewels adorning.

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  18. Nice combination of three elements! -Jayne

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  19. Those are beautiful! I wonder if they will grow down here. I'll have to check it out.

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  20. Truly a beauty. I had the opportunity to take a picture of one.. (posted on my blog- http://thequeenofseaford.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-is-this.html) Certainly one to plant in the garden.

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  21. Very apt willow!
    I love naked ladies - the trouble is that their leaves, when they do come, are quite ugly. Really enjoyed seeing them as mine seem to have disappeared.

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  22. Lovely photos willow and as for the old show tunes - I love them and have the Carousel, Oklahoma and South Pacific original soundtracks digitally remastered for CD.

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  23. FF, I love my opera and classical music, but I'm a sucker for show tunes, too!

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  24. How interesting the only Amaryllis I have ever seen at the red ones that bloom in time for Christmas/New Year

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  25. These are so pretty! And I love the rain drops on them.

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  26. Taken from one of my favorite movies :) I am planning to watch it this weekend with my daughter. She saw the preview when we watched State Fair last week and seemed enthralled.

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  27. I too was expecting something much more... well never mind.

    Loved Oklahoma as a child, love it now!

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