"Don't understimate the therapeutic value of gardening. It’s the one area where we can all use our nascent creative talents to make a truly satisfying work of art. Every individual, with thought, patience and a large portion of help from nature, has it in them to create their own private paradise: truly a thing of beauty and a joy for ever.” – Geoff Hamilton, Paradise Gardens, 1997
AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND- APRIL 3, 2014 (Part 2)
This Time Our Focus Would Be More On The Decorative Floral Aspect Of The Garden. Like A Fashion Show This Garden Also Showed The Latest Trends In Gardening. It Had 7 Inspirational Garden Pavilions.
Welcome Back To Keukenhof Garden. This Was Part Two Of Our Garden Tour. There Were So Many Flowers & Things To See At The Keukenhof Tulip Garden, That We Didn't Know What To Look At.
Every Year The Garden Had A Theme. For 2014, The Theme Was "Holland." C'mon Let's Continue Our Garden Tour!
Beautiful Hanged Glass Bottles On The Tree W/ Colorful Flowers. Interesting Neatly Lined Up Blue And Green Dutch Clogs W/ Succulents Planted On Them.
Lets Look At The Many Floral Arrangements Through The Eyes Of An Impressionists Artist - Vincent Van Gogh.
Modern Floral Arrangement W/ Anthurium From The Orchid Pavilion
"It's Not The Language Of The Painter But The Language Of NATURE Which One Should Listen To, For Reality Is More Important Than The Feeling For Pictures." - Van Gogh
Modern Floral Arrangement W/ Red & Black.
"I Long So Much To Make Beautiful Things. But Beautiful Things Require Effort And Dissapointment and Perseverance." - Van Gogh
Clusters Of Multi-Colored Orchids On Glass Vases
"If You Truly Love NATURE, You Will Find BEAUTY Everywhere." - Van Gogh
"Keep Your Love Of NATURE, For That Is The True Way To Understand Art More And More." Van Gogh
"How Right It Is To Love Flowers And The Greenery Of Pines And Ivy ...." - Van Gogh
"....... And Then, I Have NATURE And Art And Poetry, And If It is Not enough, What Is Enough?" - Van Gogh
Multi-Colored Orchids W/ Reflecting Mirror
"Experience A Period Of Frightening Clarity In Those Moments When NATURE Is So Beautiful. I Am No longer Sure Of myself, And Painting Appears As In A Dream." - Van Gogh
Now Let's Hear Another Impressionists Artist, Claude Monet
A Polka Dotted Orchid
"The Richness I Achieve Comes From NATURE, The Source Of My Inspiration."- Claude Monet
"Everyday I Discover More And More Beautiful things. It's Enough To drive One Mad. I Have Such A Desire To do everything, My head Is Bursting With It." - Claude Monet
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT FLOWERS FROM GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
"Nobody Sees A Flower Really; It Is So Small. We Haven't Time, And To See Takes Time - Like To Have A Friend Takes Time." - Georgia O'Keeffe
"I'll Paint It Big And They Will Be Surprised Into Taking The Time
To Look At It – I Will Make Even Busy New Yorkers Take Time To See What I See Of
Flowers." (Georgia O'Keeffe)
THEME FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Another Angle Of The Bicycle Floral "Holland" Theme.
Expressive And Bright London Floral Theme
Me, W/ Colorful Decorative Tree Filled W/ Bromeliads.
"Flowers Are The Sweetest Thing God Ever Made, And Forgot To Put A Soul Into." . ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858
"Flowers Always Make People Better, Happier And More Helpful: They Are Sunshine, Food And Medicine To The Soul." - Luther Burbank
After Our garden Tour We went Back To the Ship For a Leisurely Lunch At the Ship's Upper Lounge.
Photo Taken W/ Some Of The Viking Staffs And Kitchen Crew At The Buffet Lounge
Rhod W/ One Of the Filipino Chefs On Board.
Photo W/ The Captain Of Viking Bragi (Left Side)
This Was The Last Day Of Our 10 Days River Cruise W/ Viking Bragi. So Long! So "Doei," (Bye - Bye in Dutch). Till Our Next Trip W/ Viking.
"Life Is Short And The Older You Get, The More You feel It. Indeed, The Shorter It is. People Lose Their Capacity To walk, Run, Travel, Think And Experience Life. I Realized How important It Is To Use The Time I Have." - Viggo Mortesen
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