Flowers of our World

No matter where in the world I have roamed, I am always taken back by the beautifulness of the flowers and foliage of the country. Nicaragua was no exception. The country is green and lush with tropical weather and much vegetation. Flowers were everywhere and I just wanted to share a little of what I enjoyed so much. The little flowers in in dish above were placed in our bathroom in the hotel. They will never know how much I loved that!
This beautiful arrangement of tops of live flowers was on the coffee table in the foyer of the hotel.

When you stepped out of our room of the hotel, this was the outdoor garden. Everything was open to the outside. If you look real closely in the picture above, you will see bananas growing on the tree to the right.

This was an arrangement of fresh flowers on the table at the hotel.
No matter how poor the neighborhood in Nicaragua, the people had beautiful flowers growing in their yards. This plant above was across from where we set up our medical clinic one day. If you could see the house where this plant grew, you would cry. But the beauty of nature is a comfort to the people, I'm sure. It certainly gave me joy!
We were walking down the street and I peered into the lobby of a "fancy" hotel and walked in and took this picture of the amazing arrangement of native flowers. Is this not breathtaking?

I wonder if the deer in my yard would eat all these exotic flowers for lunch like they do my little day lilies??