Monthly Archives: April 2017

In the shade of the pines

There lived a tiny little flower where the wee fae folks played…

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Purple Fuzz

‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky… (Anyone know what kind of flower this is by the way?)

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Let the sunshine in…

f7.1 – 1/320 – ISO100 – 100mm macro lens – Canon 5D Mark III

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Freckles

On some hellebores.

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Lenten Rose

The gardens here besides being filled with tulips and daffodils (many that may have been blown away by age and a recent rain storm) also have a great deal of these flowers in different colors.  This week I will be … Continue reading

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Orange you happy…

That it’s the weekend?  Ok, go right ahead and groan.  Hope your weekend is bright and chipper like these two tulips.  Mentioning these tulips, can anyone find what’s different about these as compared to the others featured ?  And no, … Continue reading

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Come hither

Said the beckoning tulip to the honeybee Why don’t you fly over and come see me I’ve got something for you that’s free And with it we will make sweet sweet honey…

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Ruffles

The leaves here definitely look like tulip leaves but if you recall my post from yesterday – one of these things is not like the other!  We could be dealing with more than six petals here.  Anyone know the name … Continue reading

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Six and Six

Tulips all have.  Can you guess what they are?

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Color and Monochrome – Why they both work

Yesterday I featured this tulip in black and white and today I will compare it to it’s original color version.  In my opinion, both images stand well on their own “stems” (pun very much intended) for similar and different reasons.  … Continue reading

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