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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
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Educator | Entrepreneur | Mentor | Author: Leadership Lessons with The Beatles, Roots and Wings. | Shares: Leadership insights, Stories on AI, Women Engineers | Music 🎶| Flora🌻|📱photography | All photos by me unless attributed | shanthamohan.com
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"The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout; the tower of nine storeys rose from a (small) heap of earth; the journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.
- Lao Tzu.

#ColorADay #PinkMon
#MacroMonday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A close-up of a pink Echinacea flower (coneflower) Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. A neighbor's garden.
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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A dahlia bud for #MacroMonday.

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A close-up of a green dahlia bud. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. September 2025.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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For #MagentaMonday, some New Guinea Impatiens I saw during my walk in the neighborhood. In USDA hardiness zones 10-12, which are frost-free, they can bloom year-round.
They are also called "jewelweeds" for a good reason.🎀

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A border of magenta impatiens and green leaves with a slate walkway on one side and a wooden fence with a trellis on the other.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince.

🌅Good morning!

Wishing you a pleasant, heartfelt day! 💗

#ColorADay #PinkMon

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Close-up of a pink oleander against the background of green leaves and other oleanders. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. September 2025. From a bush near an athletic track in my neighborhood.
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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#BirdoftheDay #Mr&Mrs

My daughter's photo of two frigatebirds from the Galapagos (early 2000s).
Two frigatebirds from the Galapagos with a background of greenery and tree branches. Nikon E885. 2000s. Galapagos Islands.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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“A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.”
— Rumi.

Wishing you a quiet evening and a glorious start to the new week!

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Close-up of white roses. Green leaves and a cement ground are also partially visible. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. July 2025. From a walk in the neighborhood.
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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“A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up.”
― C.P. Curtis

Who is getting your care and warmth?

Some buds from my garden from the spring seasons past.

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Purple Wisteria buds and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. May 2025. My garden. A red camellia bud. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2025. My garden. An orange abutilon bud and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. February 2025. My garden. Pink jasmine buds and green leaves. Camera: iPhone SE (1st Generation). March 2024. My garden.
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Some lovely echinaceas/coneflowers from a neighbor's front yard that I snapped in the summer of 2024. I had an Apple iPhone SE (1st Gen) at the time, and I am quite pleased with how these turned out. Something to do with the beauty of the subjects?
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Melon & off-white coneflowers and green leaves. Camera: iPhone SE (1st Generation). June 2024. A neighbor's front yard. Pinkish red coneflowers and green leaves. Camera: iPhone SE (1st Generation). June 2024. A neighbor's front yard.
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The sun shines wherever your heart feels open. ☀️

Is it orange or is it yellow? No matter what the color is, sunflowers never fail to cheer us up. Check out that visitor!🌻
This one from Gamble Garden, Sept. 25.

#OrangeSun
#SundayYellow
#stunday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A bright orange/yellow sunflower and green leaves with a visiting bee in the center. A smaller sunflower is partially visible on the left. Also in the image are red yarrows and a sandy walkway. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. September 2025. Gamble Garden.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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😍 Loch Linnhe, Scottish Highlands
by
YorkshireLass MaureenPlatts on X

(posted with permission).

#scape #landscape
Loch Linnhe, Scottish Highlands by YorkshireLass MaureenPlatts on X (posted with permission). The image captures the serene beauty of the loch, with its calm water reflecting the surrounding hills and sky. The foreground consists of moss-covered rocks and grass, leading into the water. Warm sunlight touches the distant mountains and casts a gentle glow on the clouds. The lighting creates a peaceful and picturesque atmosphere.
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Sunny is a state of mind.

🌞Good morning!

Wishing you a beautiful day with these yellow roses from my garden in September.

#SundayYellow
#stunday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

#EastCoastKin
Two yellow roses and a bud with green leaves. The background is out of focus. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. September 2025. My garden.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." - Dale Carnegie.

#booksky 📚💙
#books
Cover of the book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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“I do not understand the mystery of grace – only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”
- Anne Lamott

Wishing you an uplifting evening and a great Sunday with a photo from a summer past!🌅🧡💛

#OrangeSaturday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Orange and yellow black-eyed Susan flowers with a background of green leaves. Camera: iPhone SE (1st Generation). June 2024. A neighbor's garden.
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Can you spot the #small wild strawberry flower?

#ColorADay #GreenSat

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A white wild strawberry flower with a yellow center and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. My backyard.
November 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"The hills untied their bonnets,
The bobolinks begun.
Then I said softly to myself,
'That must have been the sun!'” - Emily Dickinson.

A midday dahlia treat for those #bloomscrolling.

#OrangeSaturday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
Close-up of a peachy orange-colored dahlia and green leaves. Some small orange flowers are also visible. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. August 2025. Town and Country Village.
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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A lovely calendula flower in the process of flowering. A beautiful sight, just as wondrous as seeing my grandchildren blossom and coming into their own.

#OrangeSaturday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
An orange pot marigold flower is in the process of blooming. Green leaves form the background. Some raindrops are visible on the flower. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. At a local nursery.
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Today's #SixOnSaturday features flowers from the Filoli Gardens in the SF Bay Area.

From top left, clockwise:
White and pink roses, a pink water lily, magenta and purple sweet pea flowers, purple pansies, orange bugle lilies, and golden yellow roses.

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A photo montage of flowers from the Filoli Gardens. From top left, clockwise: White and pink roses, a pink water lily, magenta and purple sweet pea flowers, purple pansies, orange bugle lilies, and golden yellow roses. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. May 2025. Filoli Gardens.
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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For #ColorADay #GreenSat, I went back to my 2011 album of my visit to Kew Gardens, showing the lush green lawn leading to the Great Pagoda.
The image shows a green lawn with trees on the sides, leading to the Great Pagoda in Kew Gardens, UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pagoda,_Kew_Gardens Camera: iPhone 4. September 2011, Kew Gardens, UK.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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🌅Good morning!

Wishing you a great Saturday! 🌺🌺🌺

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Two pink hibiscus flowers and a bud among green leaves. Camera: iPhone SE (1st Generation). October 2023. From a shopping center.
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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"...And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance..."
- Sanders & Sillers.

Wishing you a delightful evening and a great start to the weekend! 💜💃🏼

#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday
#PurpleFriday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A purplish red colored flower of the Hong Kong orchid tree against a cloudy sky and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. At a local nursery. About the flower: https://www.monrovia.com/hong-kong-orchid-tree.html
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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A cake at the launch of my daughter's book "Letters to an Albatross" back in 2010.

www.amazon.com/Letters-Alba...

#foodonfriday

(Not my photo).
A rectangular cake in greyish blue with a framed image of two albatrosses. Camera: NIKON E885 2010.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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One more for #PurpleFriday

#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Purple stock flowers and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. Movember 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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"Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise" - Maya Angelou.

Even when bruised, this dahlia still commands attention.

#PurpleFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Close-up of a pale purple dahlia Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. At a florist.
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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"Oh, the slate is black, the chalk is white
The words stand out so clear and bright
So clear and bright
And now at last we plainly see
The alphabet of liberty
Liberty" - Arkin & Robinson

#ColorADay #BWFri
#macro
#EastCoastKin

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A B&W close-up of a peony. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. October 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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🌞Good morning!

Wishing you a splendid day! 💜💛

No, it is not spring yet, but this beautiful iris from my 2023 helps me think it will be here soon!

#PurpleFriday

#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A purple iris and greenery with a few yellow poppies in the background. Camera: iPhone SE (1st Generation). April 2023. A neighbor's front yard.
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM