Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM

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I live and breathe Music🎶Flora🌻| Mentor | Author: Roots and Wings| Shares: Mostly oldies music, flower photos, Leadership insights, Humans and AI| My📱photos are mine, except as attributed | shanthamohan.com| Member East Coast Kin.

A lavender Belladonna Lily, close-up. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
Queen Anne's Lace among green foliage. Camera: Apple iPhone 4 June 2011. Filoli Gardens, SF Bay Area.
A green wavy bicycle rack. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. My neighborhood.
A red rose and green leaves. Garden mulch and a cement driveway are partially visible. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a neighbor's front yard.
A pale blue oval container garden has four different flowers: Blue Lobelias, Yellow Violas, Magenta Impatiens, and Purple-pink Petunias. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. A neighbor's front yard.
Red Crocosmia and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
A deep red rose and green leaves, with other roses on the bush. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
A mural on the wall of an apartment building begins on the fence and zigzags its way to the top of the building. By Morgan Mural Studios. https://morganmurals.com/ Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026.
A beautifully textured, heavily weathered old trunk. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026.
A green, young, unfurling frond of a shaggy fern, with silvery scales. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. March 2026. My garden.
Blue and purple hydrangeas on a bush with green leaves and buds. Two slanted green stems are in front of the flowers. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk. https://terebess.hu/english/tao/mitchell.html#Kap44
An extreme close-up of a pink peony. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. April 2026.
A macro of a white rose mallow with red radiating from the center and a pale yellow staminal column covered in pollen. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a walk in the neighborhood.
Magenta bougainvillea bracts and tiny white flowers, and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone SE (1st Generation). June 2022. From a neighborhood walk.
White flowers of Gooseneck Loosestrife and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. July 2025. Gamble Garden.
A pink and white peony and greenery. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. May 2026. Gamble Garden.
Red roses with yellow centers. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. April 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
A TV screen showing World Cup. Food on the table below.
The back of a yellow rose with pink streaks. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
A bumblebee pollinating a vibrant magenta Zinnia flower. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. Gamble Garden. Link to poem: https://www.themontrealreview.com/Poetry/Three-Poems-Pablo-Neruda.php
Anthurium andraeanum, commonly known as a Flamingo Flower, features glossy, heart-shaped red leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone SE (1st Generation). July 2024.
A close-up of an orange and yellow dahlia. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. May 2026. Town & Country Village.
Lance-leaf coreopsis and greenery. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
A patch of Rudbeckia hirta, commonly known as a Black-Eyed Susan, and green leaves. A bit of a sandy walkway is also visible. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. Gamble Garden.
Rosa 'Cécile Brünner' plant with green leaves on brown soil. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. April 2025. My garden.
The back of two white oleanders. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From my neighborhood.
A photo montage of six flowers. From top-left, clockwise: Yellow rose, pink dahlia, white rose, lilac rose, dark pink rose, and purple dahlia. All from my neighborhood gardens. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro, except for the purple dahlia taken with Apple iPhone SE (1st Generation). All from 2025, except the purple dahlia from 2022.
Green Agave attenuata 'Ray of Light' cultivar. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a neighborhood walk. Tom Peter's quote collection: https://tompeters.com/quotes/
Two orange petite roses and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
Common green bottle fly on green leaves. Some dry leaves are also visible. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. From a walk in the neighborhood.
The image shows a scenic view of a body of water, the backwaters of Kerala, India. The foreground features several cormorants perched on wooden posts that emerge from the water. In the background, traditional houseboats and buildings are nestled among lush green palm trees and other vegetation. Camera: NIKON E885 December 2000. Backwaters of Kerala. Taken from a houseboat.
The backside of a red columbine flower. Greenery at the back. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. A neighbor's front yard.
Purple Geranium 'Rozanne' (Hardy Cranesbill)flowers and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
Purple floxes and green leaves against a white wall. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
Yellow Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun', a variety of Black-eyed Susan known for its unique light green centers rather than the typical dark brown and green leaves. Small pink flowers are visible at the bottom. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
Coleus has heart-shaped leaves in purple with a green accent. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026.
Purple gladioli and green leaves illuminated by morning sun. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
Pink common milkweed flowers and a visiting Monarch. Also green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. A neighbor's front yard.
A black valley carpenter bee visiting some yellow and orange bulbines. The background shows greenery. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. My neighborhood.
A close-up of a yellow evening primrose from the back, along with green buds. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. A neighborhood front yard.
A couple, one in pink and the other in black, wearing hats, walking on a sandy path through a park with their backs to the camera. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026, Local park.
Bidens Spicy Electric White = white and yellow blooms and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. At a local nursery.
A yellow begonia fading into soft pink and green leaves in a plant container. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a downtown container garden. Photo by my granddaughter.
Two red roses - one a bit pink, and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a walk in the neighborhood.
The back of a pink dahlia. A bud and greenery are also visible. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2025. From a neighbor's front yard.
Two lavender colored roses and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
A red rose and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2025. My garden.
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Two Erin Rachel hibiscus in neon orange and pink with leaves, and wild strawberry groundcover. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. May 2026. My garden.
Grand Perfection tulips and green leaves in my garden. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. March 2026.
A sunflower's back and greenery. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. From a walk in the neighborhood.
Blue Dwarf Morning glories and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. June 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
"True Blue" pansy and green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. May 2026. Town & Country Village.
The image displays the cover of the book, "Happy Birthday to You" by Dr. Seuss.
Echeveria 'Blue Sky' against orange-brown mulch. Camera: Apple iPhone SE (1st Generation). October 2022. From a neighborhood walk.
A blackboard with wooden frames, with a mofified quote: "Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her — and sings — knowing she hath wings." That iconic line is a beautiful metaphor about facing uncertainty. Outside the library, in front of a nonprofit cafe, employing differently-abled people. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro.
Heart-shaped green cyclamen leaves and magenta flowers. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. February 2025. A neighbor's front yard.
Macro of a pink Oriental lily. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July2026. Gamble Garden.
A close-up of Regal Geranium against a background of green leaves and small grey ornamental rocks. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. From a neighborhood walk.
A pink rose and buds, along with green leaves. Camera: Apple iPhone 15 Pro. July 2026. Found during a walk.