Challenge: Spring Blooms April 20-22
Apr 20, 2020 13:42:43 #
Green Pea
Loc: Issaquah,WA.
Had to go up into the forest and hills for a break yesterday...in search of Trillium. It is fairly easy to locate on the forest floor but generally just a single or double shoot sticking up and maybe a few of those in a small cluster. The seeds are carried off by ants that eat part of it and discard what eventually sprouts, under the cover of leaves and such. Last pic is just a rare find here as it is a whole community that had grown on top of an old fallen fir tree down in a wash.
Apr 20, 2020 13:45:42 #
Rufe wrote:
Nice. Looks like the macro is working well.
Thank you. I once had a photography teacher who said if you're in a rut, go buy a piece of equipment which gives you capabilities you didn't have before, and in this case it worked like a charm.
Apr 20, 2020 15:34:43 #
judy juul
Loc: Cheshire, Ct.
So I went out this afternoon and decided to take you for a walk around my gardens...There were more flowers
than I realized!
than I realized!
Forsythia everywhere!
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Narcissus
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Marsh marigold
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Quince
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Peach tree..
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bleeding heart in the breeze..
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pansies
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Apr 20, 2020 15:59:28 #
Several from Missouri. How many of you know what number 5 is?
Apr 20, 2020 16:27:50 #
judy juul
Loc: Cheshire, Ct.
Rufe wrote:
Several from Missouri. How many of you know what number 5 is?
5,7 odd number for japanese arrangement ...-like 1 1/2 higher than the container for an arrangement...
sometimes rules need to be adjusted....
Apr 20, 2020 16:28:01 #
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Apr 20, 2020 19:05:02 #
judy juul
Loc: Cheshire, Ct.
Wanderer1 wrote:
Bird of Paradise in California. Caught the sun just right.
Very nice, W! Love the sun showing through! Ca. is great for that!!
Apr 20, 2020 20:41:12 #
AnnMurrey wrote:
Just a few today.
Really like the first one. That's a tiny plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicentra_cucullaria
Apr 20, 2020 21:34:00 #
katspangle wrote:
I love seeing the first blooms of the year start to appear. I plant new bulbs every fall and really enjoy seeing what comes up. And when the fruit trees start to blossom I really get excited. I am looking forward to seeing the first blooms of spring from your neighborhood.
Here's a few from Tennessee
Apr 20, 2020 21:37:47 #
Bob I 41 wrote:
Indiana Spring blooms......
Hi there, Bob. Great to see you!
Apr 20, 2020 21:38:50 #
Green Pea wrote:
Cherries, taken over the last couple of weeks in my neighborhood near Seattle.
p.3 Beautiful and delicate, Green Pea
Apr 20, 2020 21:40:27 #
Green Pea wrote:
Had to go up into the forest and hills for a break yesterday...in search of Trillium. It is fairly easy to locate on the forest floor but generally just a single or double shoot sticking up and maybe a few of those in a small cluster. The seeds are carried off by ants that eat part of it and discard what eventually sprouts, under the cover of leaves and such. Last pic is just a rare find here as it is a whole community that had grown on top of an old fallen fir tree down in a wash.
p.4 Trillium are so delicate in so many ways. did you know they are the official Provincial Flower for Ontario, Canada? You probably know that...
Apr 20, 2020 21:40:50 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
Thank you. I once had a photography teacher who said if you're in a rut, go buy a piece of equipment which gives you capabilities you didn't have before, and in this case it worked like a charm.
I get in ruts too...
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