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2. What a beautiful way to depict anticipation

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   • Thanks Jeanette. 😀

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3. Beautiful choices and great pix on this cold winter day!!

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   • I thought we who are cold could use the warmth of buds. 😀

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4. Wonderful take on the prompt Cee. I especially appreciate the Dahlia bud, makes me feel there is more to happen 😉 😀

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   • Oh with dahlias there is always more to happen too. 😀

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     • 😀 😉

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6. My daughter’s Christmas cactus is blooming right on cue. Your photos certainly do evoke anticipation for the spring.

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   • Hi Maggie. Thanks for commenting. 😀

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7. The Dahlia bud invokes this intense sense of anticipation. How did you know the names of all these flowers anyway?

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   • I just do. Actually I live in an area that is rich in flower farms and gardens. So it is easy to learn their names.

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8. Pretty, love the color combination of the purple and the composition.

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   • Thanks for commenting. 😀

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9. Marvelous take on ‘anticipation’.

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   • Thanks Anne. 😀

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10. You are so clever, Cee. I came home late and sat there staring at the computer drawing a total blank.

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    • You could always show a bottle of ketchup and find the song anticipation on youtube. 😀

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      • haha..and say Cee told me to do this! 😀

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        • Of course. I just scheduled my Weekly Wrap for the morning. And I did do an commercial from 1977 and ketchup. 😀 😀

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11. The lotus bud looks like a long necked majestic queen, with a big green collar.

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    • Thanks Lena. Glad you like the lotus bud.

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12. HaqppY HoliDaZe 2 U an UrZZZZZ 🙂 dis’ 2016 season! ………… Q

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    • Happy Holidays right back at you 😀

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13. They’re all stunning in color, shape and beauty. There’s something elegant about seeing a bud that will eventually flourish into a magnificent flower. Loved them all … 😎

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    • Have a marvelous weekend. Thanks for commenting. 😀

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14. Especially love the dahlia bud.

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    • Thanks Susi for commenting. 😀

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15. Perfect floral photos of anticipation. Love it

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    • Glad you like my buds. 😀

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16. Buds are perfect!!

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    • Thanks Marilyn. 😀

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17. A great take on the challenge Cee. Happy Holidays

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    • Happy Holidays Andrew!! 😀

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18. Beautiful choice dear.

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    • Thanks 😀

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20. Okay. Here’s your last thunbergia for the year. You gave up on Poinsettias before I gave up on thunbergia! Yours are all gorgeous today. https://judydykstrabrown.com/2016/12/16/stuck-in-a-groove-thunbergia-flower-of-the-day-dec-16-2016/

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    • I will be doing poinsettia until Christmas. 😀

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      • You didn’t do them today!

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22. Beautiful! In a few months they will be back to visit. In the meantime it provides anticipation of what is to come and when. Last year the poor magnolia blossomed and then cold and snow returned. Their little buds remained unopened all summer into the fall. Still decorating the tree in winter, so I sit in anticipation of what is to come next spring. Will they fall off during the winter months or bloom in spring.

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    • Now you are really building a lot of anticipation for your magnolia. 😀

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23. Perfect for the challenge The Lotus is my favorite 🙂
    I have a bud too.

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    • Thanks Carol for commenting.

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24. I like your take on this one. 😃

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    • Thanks. Have a wonderful weekend.

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      • You too! 😃

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25. Your choice of theme is just right, Cee, and so typical of you and your love for flowers. 🙂 Right now I’m anticipating anticipating them, because it’s just that far off.

    janet

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    • Yep, I know the feeling. I do have some paper whites and amaryllis I’m starting to grow. They should be blooming sometime in January. I waited to start them so we’d get some real flowers in the coldest winter months.

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26. Oh and winter only just started. What a way to build anticipation Cee!

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    • When I saw the topic, I just pictured ketchup and the “anticipation” song. 😀

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      • Right?!? It does date us but I thought the same thing!

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27. Love them ! I’d never seen a Rhododendron bud!

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    • They actually start forming in the winter and bloom in late spring.

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28. Lovely to see and think of, but sadly, a long ways off.

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    • Sure seems like it this year. We are down to 20 degrees right now.

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      • You’re colder than we are! Odd.

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