"Vase of Flowers with an Ear of Corn," Rachel Ruysch, 1742.

We can always count on our old friend Rachel Ruysch to see out the week in style. Here Ruysch, regarded as one of the greatest still life artists of all time, gives us a bouquet of flowers that likely couldn't exist in real life....as they wouldn't be blooming at the same time. The roses and tulips and forget-me-nots all belong to different parts of the spring, and that ear of corn, with its dry husk, is definitely late summer.

Still, Ruysch depicts them all with loving precision, and creates an image of beauty that pleases the eye and rests the mind. Heaven bless you, Rachel Ruysch.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the National Gallery of Ireland.

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"It was a little budding rose,
Round like a fairy globe,
And shyly did its leaves unclose
Hid in their mossy robe,
But sweet was the slight and spicy smell
It breathed from its heart invisible."
-Emily Bronte

#roses #rosebuds #bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #flowerfriday
You can keep yer fancier wildflowers, I think these humble wild radish blooms are very beautiful!
#BloomScrolling
#FlowerFriday
“I'd love to have the whole place swimming in roses." – James Joyce, Ulysses

#roses #rosegarden #bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #flowerfriday

Charming Centaury (Zeltnera venusta, in the Gentian family) poking its vibrant pink flowers out from between the dead and brittle twigs of an old shrub; Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, San Diego, California; April 2026.

https://photos.alex-kunz.com/media/019de1eb-4949-752e-9c0e-03f34db71f80-charming-zeltnera

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