per aspera

Elegant woman in a rose garden (details)

Wheat and lavender taken at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay. I often use them for backgrounds as winter collects its white shawl, smiling at spring, who’s waiting in the wings.

Nymphenburg Palace, Bavaria, Germany ~ thehazeleyedtraveler

Lilacs and Roses (detail), Raoul Maucherat de Longpré (French, 1855–1911)

Palais Garnier, Paris, France | Olga Melekestseva

Lonely Toys, Alecio Ferrari

Historische Beschreibung der Kindtauf des Fräuleins Elisabeth zu Hessen - Wilhelm Dilich - 1598 - via BSB

by John Bulloch Souter.

Rosebud heels at Blumarine SS21

Maerten van Heemskerck (detail)

Under the entrance of the Athens Academy, Greece

so pretty ✨🌹

1507; Ruins in Lake Como

Madonna del Magnificat, 1481 and The Birth of Venus, 1486, (detail) by Sandro Botticelli

Blumarine | Spring/Summer 2021