touched by the sun

just before the rain fell. sorry about quality of image…crappy old iPhone. ~amy

ever notice that the camera can’t catch red?

red or hot pink flowers are difficult for the camera to ‘see’– sometimes the images come out muddy or look as though the red has been added in later…this Zinnia was a stunner, you’ll have to take my word since you can’t see it. 🙂

window box filled with life

the box containing the flowers is rotting away, the snow has done a number on the door. The flowers look so alive that they appear as though they find the box a bit confining & wish to escape it. Montpelier, Vermont

Like a firework…

The red is first thing I noticed. But there is lime green & yellow in it’s center. Fine white fur, like a peach, stands on the green stem. Gerber Daisies remind me of fireworks~they are stunning & they were not made to last. I always ooh & ah (awe?) at a firework’s explosion, while I…

Geraniums to be

I had four plants last year, planting two per big pot. In the fall I found a plastic black bucket (maybe a big bush came in?) and stuffed those four geraniums in that one bucket & put it on the back deck up against the house. Never covered it during a frost. Never thought much…

red, red, red beauty

I’ve never found these so red before. So I shall keep them forever in pictures