Red
June 26, 2008 | Filed Under Colors, Flowers, Oleanders, Red, The Bronx
I don’t know the names of most flowers. I only know that I love them. Anyone know the name of this flower? Magnolia?
Paz
Ed. Note: The consensus is that this flower is an Oleander. Thanks so much for your help. I love to learn something new from you all.
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You stumped me here!
It’s a wonderful color though………
See you soon
love
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What beautiful flowers. Waiting for the grass to dry off so I can mow this morning. We’re also dog sitting. Several of our daughters are off work today and they’re going to Cincinnati to see the Human Body Exhibit. Just wanted to thank you for your visit.
I too love flowers very much but also I don’t know the name of many of them. But as for this beautiful flower I am sure that it is not magnolia. I think it could be oleander.
I really am a bummer on new flowers. I am familiar with the old-fashioned ones so I have to publish and ask for help like you did. They are quite beautiful.
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Photographed by Abraham Lincoln in Brookville, Ohio on June 14, 2008
Tina asked how I am able to use larger photographs on Blogger. She remarked that everything she has tried results in the same, smaller size, picture being published. My answer is long but I think explicit enough for anyone to use and or try. It works.
Hello Tina,
If you are using a Blogger template then you will have to choose one of those in the top row that has “stretch” on it. It will stretch out to spread across the top of the person’s browser page. It also means that you can use a larger photo and to keep that from being too large just remember that it can’t be wider than the person’s browser window or they will have to scroll to see all of your page that day.
So, there is a kind of rule that is not published. It says that the largest picture most people can see on their browser windows today is equal to 10 inches wide (as in 8×10) except you express that dimension in terms known as pixels. There are so many tiny squares on your browser window and each is a pixel. Pictures themselves are made up of almost countless pixels and the computer screams along so fast that it makes one row of pixels after another so fast that you can’t even tell it is happening.
So you translate the width of the picture into pixels. Don’t worry about the height. You need to make your picture 720 pixels wide and stop there. Blogger will accept it but still will reduce it to fit their standards. So it would not be any larger than it is now. But with the stretch template you can use it. You just have to go to a place like Photobucket.com and sign up for a free storage space for your pictures. When you upload it to Blogger you can save space on your free ticket by making the picture (do the cropping and editing in your favorite program here like photoshop or photoshop elements or whatever you use) and then you upload that to Photobucket as 720 pixels wide.
Photobucket gives you codes for each picture. you click on the code and it copies itself to your computer clipboard. That is your photo you chose in that code. It doesn’t reside on your computer but on Photobucket servers.
You go to Blogger and instead of using the tab that says rich text editor or whatever it says, use the tab that says HTML and then at the top of that entry area just paste the code into the space and drop down or hit enter and type in your explanation for the picture.
Once you do that you can click on the COMPOSE tab and see what it will look like. Their PREVIEW tab is not that good as it tends to distort things, but in a pinch it works. When you are satisfied, click on PUBLISH and it will publish the picture plus your text in wide (720 pixels) on Blogger.
If you want to be more specific than this I can tell you how to change a template so you can use the template you already have but you should know a bit more about using HTML than you might know or want to risk trying.
Let me know.
Abraham Lincoln
popslinc AT yahoo DOT com
Brookville, Ohio
Hi Paz, I think the flower is an Oleander and your photo is captures it well. I found your link on Christine Cooks and of course her garden blog. I used to go to school with Christine. I do love your blog too.
Anne
Paz, I’m pretty certain that’s pink or rose oleander. We have white oleander in our garden. It’s wonderful. Great photo!
I was thinking oleander too! I’ve seen white ones, but not one such a pretty rosy-red…it’s beatuiful! Where did you see it, Paz? Happy Weekend, my friend ((HUGS))
Definitely oleander.
Just returned from a few days in Greece. Apparently it is poisonous and the only plant that goats will not touch – hence the abundance in the Greek countryside.
The plants there are pink or white, not the gorgeous red in you photos.
Tig
Hi Elizabeth: It’s a beautiful colored flower. See you soon!
Hi Patricia: I’ve never mowed a lawn before. Looks like hard work. Lucky girls to have you dog sitting. I need a dog sitter desperately.
Thanks Medam961!
Thanks Abraham and thanks for the photo tip!
Hi Anne: Welcome! I love Christine! I bet you had lots of fun with her in school. Very cool! I’m so glad you could stop by here.
Hi Mari: Thanks so much! Photo of a white Oleandar coming up soon. I’ve gotta take it first.
Hi Tracy: Thanks so much for your help! I found these flowers in the Bronx, decorating a building front.
Hi Tiggy: Welcome! How interesting that it’s poisonous and the goats know better than to touch it. Lucky you to spend some time in Greece.
Best to all,
Paz
Definitely not a magnolia as they are white. But there is just something so rich and exotic about red flowers…love them!
Hi Sherry: The place I saw the flower has two types displayed they are both the same — there’s the white flower and the red. Whatever they’re called, I love them, too.
Paz