Colour Spots in between...

Dahlias are the last flowers of summer. I love them very much for their colour intensity. But it is also an ambivalent love - knowing that the cold times are not far away any more...

GTS - Green Thumb Sunday

One of the late summer greetings of this year. The friendly turquoise colour of the hut and the bright pink dahlia - what could be a better reminiscence of warm summer evenings in the garden?

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Late Dahlia

Yes - you can find them still - some gardens still have flowers - a little bit "used" by the wind and the rain but as long as there is no frost they are still living. This one has been photographed a couple of weeks ago though...

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Red Dahlia with a sweet Visitor...

I love not only these flowers but especially the frequent visitors such as bumble bees. I love their humming noise and could watch them for hours...

The CSI Dahlia...

I am watching too much CSI on tv I think but I could not help - to me this bloom looks as if sprinkled with blood - looks a bit creepy - doesn't it??

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The Colour of the Sun...

One of the last for this year I think - oh I am going to miss these, their colours...

A Yellow Dahlia and a sweet Visitor...

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Dahlia in dark Red...

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More Yellow Suns...

Again and again I have to take pictures of these...

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Yellow Suns...

Yellow suns in abundance...

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Dahlia in elegant Pink...

This Dahlia is dressed up in a more subtle pink - even if not perfect it looks so elegant with the dark green setting in the background. And look at those colour hues - who would set up a composition such as this? Layout is everything...

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Pink Dreams...

Do you dream in colours? Here is one you can dream of...

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Dahlia in brilliant Orange...

Doesn't these look like as if someone took a brush and added some strokes of colour on top of the sun colour? Look close - it is amazing how these petals are "painted"...

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All in Pink...

More Dahlia in pink - it's just the time for these...

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A Dahlia like stained Glass

It was quite late already for photographing blooms when I came across this one. It looked like made of glass to me and the petals seemed to be half transparent. Also it was shimmering like glass...

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The Pink Queen...

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Have you ever seen a Dahlia such as this?

Did you ever see a Dahlia such as this one? I am not even sure whether this is a Dahlia at all but it was named as one on a field I found where they grew blooms to cut for yourself as it is common here in Germany...

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The Dahlia that wanted to be a sea anemone...

Among you divers - doesn't this remind you of something? Okay - I thought about a sea anemone when I saw this bloom...

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The Fire Dahlia...

I don't know how this dahlia has been named but I call it fire dahlia...

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