Today's Flowers: Where the Wild Things are in New Haven

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We went for a walk along a bike path that follows the railroad line to the harbor after photographing some graffiti in New Haven. All of these flowers colored the way and took us from hardcore urban grime to the freedom of the sea.

Today's Flowers

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  1. Where would we be without little moment of living color like these in the midst of all the metal and concrete?! Many people might say they don't matter, but if they were all gone...something indefinable would be missing...

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  2. Great phot,hind of reminds us of who is in charge,now doesn't it.

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  3. The first photo is fantasctic, capturing the city and the wild. the last one is my fav :)
    All are nice shots!
    Have a great week ahead Sandy.

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  4. flowers grow everywhere to remind us of the gift of beauty in this world.

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  5. Took MetroNorth many times down to the City from that station.

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  6. Scintillating and beauteous nature, puts our urban accouterments to shame.

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  7. What a wonderful set of shots you took of the flowers and nature along the railroad line. I love the image of moving from the urban to the free sea with nature's glory to lead you on.

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  8. That first one is really amazing! That you can find nature in such a place. :)

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  9. That splash of yellow is so unexpected in such a relentless industrial setting. And what are those apple-like images?

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  10. Amazing how both 'worlds' exisit together-NEAT.

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  11. quite special a smile of nature here, there. taking care of us..sandy

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  12. It's beautiful, colorful moments like these that soothe the soul, warm the heart and encourage us to reach for the next day, the next moment with a smile and the lightness of hope.
    Have a lovely week, Sandy.
    Sylvia

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  13. Great series of photographs. Splashes of color from the rail yard to the sea. Thanks.

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  14. God's nature is always trying to recapture and beautify areas that man has degraded.

    An Arkies Musings

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  15. Don't you just love chickery?? They are like little droplets of the sky along the pathways. Heck, I even like thistle even though it is prickly, if it is along the roadside. I have even tried to grow Verbascum but it doesn't like my garden. My friend said I was too nice to it. Ha...If you saw my garden you wouldn't think that. It would fit right in.

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  16. what a great find this was, to find such beauty among the blight of urban decay was truly a magical experience! Thanks for sahring it with me Sandy!

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  17. Beautiful pictures and a fascinating walk from urban to sea! Thanks for taking us along with you :)

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  18. I like very much these photos, Sandy.
    The last one is so poetic, with those delicate little flowers on the faint background.

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  19. These are lovely shots of the retiring beauty of wild flowers. Thanks.

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  20. Great eye candy for the path. I'm not totally sure but the plant in the last shot looks to me like a weed we have here in Washington (state).

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  21. These are beautiful wild flowers! We just don't see a lot of them here because of the heat and no rain.

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  22. Wonderful! Thank you for taking us along on your walk. I have enjoyed all these pretty flowers.

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  23. I love see some of the places wildflowers pop up and are those crab apples? The thistle is striking!

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  24. Lovely pictures. Esp the first one

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  25. Hi Sandy

    I liked more the photo of the aple..very very nice...
    Have a nice week, dear
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  26. AS Mike said above, this makes it clear that our little time of meddling with things will pass and Nature will ultimately reclaim what's hers. A little different seeing the "wild" against the backdrop of the "urban" rather than the other way around.

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  27. A day should be little bit of each - and yours obviously was.

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  28. Love the contrast on the first one. Soft flower:harsh background.

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  29. Beauty is always there if we look for it!

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  30. Anonymous9:43 AM

    just absolutely beautiful...

    they are fantastic pics...

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  31. Anonymous12:20 PM

    Oh! It seems so blended with nature and quite hard to believe, that it embraces the urban boundaries..:)

    I liked the colors that trailed your path to the tunnel of freedom!

    Nice shots, well captured and loved the mix of old and new, what we have and what we like, the hue and the colours..hmm..!

    Nostalgic, I should say!

    Beautiful, scenic spectrum of beauty, of nature!

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  32. It always amazes me that these beauties can co-exist with the noise, dirt, etc. And keep their 'cheerful' countenances!

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  33. Anonymous9:43 PM

    Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.
    - Gerald De Nerval

    Your pictures are great, beauty can be found in many places!!

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  34. I really like that contrast in the first shot. Tender, yellow flowers with the backdrop of the rusty support and the train.

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  35. Someimes I wonder IF we would appreciate this beauty if we did nto have digital cameras now. . . quite a nice showing!

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  36. I am a firm believer that one can find a hint or a lot of beauty ANYwhere! Lovely, Sandy!

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