In the period leading to Christmas some people buy an Advent Calendar to check off each day before December 25. Usually intended for children, it appears that in recent years there has been a rise in the popularity of luxury ones aimed at indulgent adults who feel the necessity to treat themselves on the run-up to the big day itself – from expensive candles and perfume to miniature bottles of Prosecco or Whisky and even chunks of cheese.
So I thought to balance all this extravaganza I would offer you an alternative in the form of a flower a day from Sunday 3rd December until Sunday 24th December.
All images taken on a mid-November day along the George V Memorial Walk alongside Copperhouse Pool in Hayle using my Olympus OM-D E-M10 and 40-150mm lens
Earth laughs in flowers 
Fairy lights today 🙂
Indeed 🙂
Contemplating slippy slithery pavements today. Not my favourite. Maybe I shouldn’t have given that sledge away 🙂 🙂 And they never did get proper snow. Alex was right. 😦 Did somebody mention signs of Spring?
Now that’s something I really detested, the slippery pavements. Always terrified of falling and breaking something which made me even more tense and likely to fall!
I’m not too keen either. It’s just started to rain so hopefully all gone tomorrow. 🙂
This looks remarkably like our nightshades, although it clearly isn’t. I love the stars embedded in the petals.
Same family? Solanaceae?
Yes, indeed.
Very dainty and delicate colouring.