I had begun to see less and less well as I got closer to my eye surgery, but I was determined to get a photograph of a flower or plant for the week's theme. So I called into the local florist's shop and asked if I could photograph the flowers and plants. They were happy to oblige, saying that the flowers were in the cold room at the back, but the plants were in the front. I thought I would try the plants and was so delighted with the hanging spider plants that I spent my time photographing the little spider babies. They all looked so healthy and heavy with baby plantlets that, when my phone rang and I had to get on my way, I decided not to bother with the flowers but to go with one of these photographs.
It was not until I got home and got these onto the computer that I saw that…. they were not real. They are fabric. I am just so glad that I didn't buy one, which I had been tempted to do. Or comment on how easy they were to care for… which I might have done. :-/
Hopefully I will be seeing much better, very soon, now that my surgery is done. Time will tell. 😀
#WeeklyPhotoProject2013 +Weekly Photo Project 2013 curated by +Andrew Willard , +Iain Harley and  +Tiina Niskanen
Week 48: Flowers or Plants
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+Charles Strebor – I really hope so. I have high hopes! Thanks.
I hope your eye surgeries treat you as well as mine treated me. Good luck!
This is lovely!
I really feel for you there, +Sharon Stone – our eyes are so precious. And we feel so keenly the lack of clear sight. Thank you for your good wishes, too. They are very tired now, so I see multiples of things. Useful if it is money (except then I find I only have half what I thought…. LOL) but not useful when it comes to other things.
+Ellie Kennard, I sincerely hope your surgery works! I probably say at least once every day, I wish I could see. I can see, just not well. I never wore glasses until I turned 40 and my eyes have gotten progressively worse due to age which is why they told me I wasn't eligible for surgery. They may have something new by now, but I haven't checked. Sorry for rambling, just wanted to say I hope you're able to see better soon!!!
+Ursula Klepper – I guess it's a combination of poor eyes and good plants! Fingers are a good test! I will remember that. Although I hope my eyes will do the trick better, soon.
Andy, I'm sorry if I gave your eyes a 3D shock of baby spiders!+Andrew Westbury :-)And thanks a lot.
Lol Ellie! I always put automatically my fingers on the plants, to feel if they are real, because sometimes this kind of flowers or plant look so real! :o) it can only get better with your eyes! xo
Thanks +Tiina Niskanen – that is a lovely thing to say. 🙂
+Ellie Kennard Luckily you can't lose your eye for phography, Ellie, even if you lost some of your eyesight – get well soon, though!
Well they look real to me!
+Pamela Reynoso – 🙂
Thanks +Shelly Gunderson – they really are realistic! Admit anything you like, to me as I am in no position to be shocked by anything like that.Â
I certainly didn't until I saw the weave of the fabric on the monitor +Francesco Scaglioni – and decided that I couldn't take more, so I might as well get on with posting the fakes. Thanks
Strabismus surgery, +Alan Mason – I had it on Monday this week. I go back for a quick check (to make sure there is no infection) next week, then for a measurement in 6 weeks to see the results.
What surgery did you or are you going to have Ellie?
The sad thing is that I probably would never have realised that they were not real at all had I been there.  Fun shot 🙂
Some look so real these days.  I have been known to sniff fake flowers before.  LOL  Maybe I shouldn't have admitted that.  🙂  Good luck with the eyes!
I could see myself doing that… 🙂