i love, LOVE, LOVE taking photos of flowers from behind (gosh, that sounds dirty, do you think the flowers think i’ve got a dirty mind?!). most of the time, when the green part of the bud opens to allow the blossom to emerge, it resembles a flower. i also like to photograph furry stems–because when…
Category: flowers
the Muppet behind bars
i crack myself up…forgot the name of this flower, help?
how to bring short stemmed FLOWERS INSIDE…
Almost everyone buys a few flowers for outside in the springtime. A side effect to spring fever, i think. We plant them in beds and in pots. But few flowers come with a long stem for our standard size vases. So those who leave their flowers outside, enjoy them for a few seconds as they…
my garden shines
wow. changes happen overnight…i suppose the expression, “When nature calls” it means something completely different for me. i feel the need to go outside every morning to see what is new.
set them against blue…
cosmos, joseph’s coat roses, african daisies…all came from my gardens this morning. Yummy
my first roses stun me
these are Joseph’s coat roses. The bloom color can vary from rose to rose…most tend to lean this color.
orange tulips waving goodbye
i bought these tulips, for my daughter, on her birthday. The greens matched her walls, as did the vase, but the bright orange? Well, they packed a wallop, didn’t they?
the prism’s rainbow landed here
and i was so happy that i walked past in the few moments that it did.
what boys say…
always sometimes make me smile. My art class boys arrive at my studio before i do. The boys decide to play basketball while they wait. I park in the garage & go to the front door to let them in, as i do, i notice that i have a WHITE POPPY! “Oh, gosh boys, isn’t it…
