I’m at my happy place, I can hear the birdsong, sound of the wind, bee’s buzzing in this so called place of silence.
I slept so well last night, such a blizz to be able to do so…
Here are some signs of spring , the joy and the glory of new green and pops of color.
For Denzil´s Nature Photo Challenge.
Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.
Something different, shaken and stirred .
Photographs were taken at the Botanical Garden in Helsinki with shaking hands.
Posted for Brens Floral Friday – and Posted Cee´s Flower of the Day.
Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.
Daffodils flowers symbolize new beginnings, rebirth and the arrival of spring. The ancient Greeks associated the flower with self-love, while in Victorian England, daffodils were given as gifts to express admiration and respect. In literature, the daffodil is often used as a symbol of unrequited love and hope.
“Picasso said that no one has to explain a daffodil. Good design is understandable to virtually everybody. You never have to ask why.”—Hugh Newell Jacobsen
Photographs were taken at the Botanical Garden in Helsinki
Posted for Brens Floral Friday – and Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day
Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.
“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower.” – Marianne Williamson
“The tulip is a courtly queen, whom everyone bows to on first acquaintance.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Tulips are the perfect embodiment of grace and elegance.”
Posted for Brens Floral Friday – and Cee’s Flower of the Day Photography Challenge
Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It’s what sunflowers do.
– Helen Keller
Pick up a sunflower and count the florets running into its centre, or count the spiral scales of a pine cone or a pineapple, running from its bottom up its sides to the top, and you will find an extraordinary truth: recurring numbers, ratios and proportions.
– Charles Jencks
Roses get all the glory, but sunflowers provide all the cheer. Whether encountering them growing wild in a field, or for sale at a local shop, sunflowers just exude happiness. Add some sunshine to your life
Posted for Brens Floral Friday – FF#88 and Cee’s Flower of the Day Photography Challenge
Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson
We are still in very early stages of spring, but moss is is green. I know this is not really flowers, but it is my blog 🙂 so this is what are my take on flowers this week. Moss is so pretty and interesting if you look closely.
Moss grows where nothing else can grow. It grows on bricks. It grows on tree bark and roofing slate. It grows in the Arctic Circle and in the balmiest tropics; it also grows on the fur of sloths, on the backs of snails, on decaying human bones. It is a resurrection engine. A single clump of mosses can lie dormant and dry for forty years at a stretch, and then vault back again into life with a mere soaking of water.
Elizabeth Gilbert
The moss sits hedgehog-like on the stone, softly hibernating, gently green. Kelsey plucks it, surprised by the wetness that remains from the morning rain when every other thing has been dried by the sun.
Angela Abraham
Posted for Brens Floral Friday – FF#88 and Cee’s Flower of the Day Photography Challenge
Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson
This wonderful plant has so many uses and yet is often neglected in our society. The primary use of the dandelion plant is for its superior liver cleansing qualities. The plant is a powerhouse of nutrients!
-Valerie Hoffman
Posted for Bren’s Flower of the Day and Cee’s Flower of the Day
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.
– Doug Larson
Flowers from my archive’s and camera roll.
“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”
– Lady Bird Johnson
Posted for Bren’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day
What can I say, this is the end of the story of this pink hydrangea, I tried, but it still just dies on me. I had to see if I could get some last photos of it. This was one way to spend couple hours.
Editing to get a atmosphere to them was fun. Dark, Light, core or less contrast. texture…
Linked this post to FOTD – April 11 – Tulip FOTD – here is a photo of a tulip
Repeat – as I accidently deleted this. 🙂
Posted for Bren’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day
I have not taken photos of flowers in a week, but now I got myself a pink Hydrangea to place on the kitchen table.
Hope to keep in blooming for some time. As you can see from the window, we still have lots of snow 😦 outside. This bloom brings spring inside
Posted for Bren’s Floral Friday and Cee’s Flower of the Day
“So, in the tulip, we have a flower of beauty and grace of charm, refinement and distinction. It is a powerful flower and it knows it.” — Tadashi Shoji
“Even when petals have flaws, all you see is a beautiful flower.”
This post is linked to Cee’s FOTD – Flower of the Day
For this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #229 we’re exploring – Perfect Patterns
Ann-Christine wrote, Of course there is no such thing as a ”perfect” pattern…but it could be perfect in Your eyes, perfect for camouflage or perfect for its purpose…or simply radiating ”perfect”! This week we challenge you to find perfect patterns and it would be great if you wanted to tell us why you think they are perfect.
Diagonals and patterns have lots in in common, I could easily use some of the same images from last week. Lets see what I can find in my archives. Patterns are everywhere, but in the purest form they can be found in nature. Nearly all things, big or small have them, if we look closely enough.
Well nature produces most wonderful patterns in flowers, spiderwebs, trees… you name it we can find it
Not to forget man made patterns, in building, textiles,
Our tableware is a place patterns are commonly found, as are the fabrics are made of.
The header photo has patterns, diagonals, and keeping with the season candles, frost and snow….
Ann-Christine from LEYA To See a World in a Grain of Sand… , host this weeks Challenge #229 – Perfect Patterns
I have a soft spot for black and white photography, I was once again reminded about the importance of exposure, light. It is the key element in these photos.
Roses, they look lovely in black and white
The way that light hits objects, I think, is one of the more important things that sculpture and photography share. – Rashid Johnson
Posted for Bren’s Mid-Week Monochrome and Leanne’s Monochrome Madness
November will be filled with photos from the archives .
Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident derived characteristics . Among these are: bilateral symmetry of the flower ), many resupinate flowers, a nearly always highly modified petal fused stamens and carpels, and extremely small seeds.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
November will be filled with photos from the archives .
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
This plant gives pleasure when from middle of the summer until late fall, these photos are from late fall when the flowers have already turned brown. Still beautiful with all it’s details.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
November will be filled with photos from the archives .
The luxurious flowers of Peony ‘Double Pink’ are ruffled and petal packed, unfurling from round buds in early summer, revealing petal after petal until fully open. Large, flamboyant blooms coupled with a sweet, light fragrance.
Peony ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ is an exquisite herbaceous peony with ruffled, flamingo-pink, double blooms that open from large, and rounded buds. This RHS AGM variety has been popular since its introduction in 1905, and still beguiles gardeners with its sheer flower power. With a slightly taller habit than most, this beauty is one for planting towards the back of perennial borders, where its glamorous blooms will rise above a clump of deeply divided, dark green foliage.
I don’t know which one these are, I do know I love peonies, one of my favorite flowers. I some how was able to kill mine at my summer house, but then again I don’t remember planting it, it appeared and after several year it disappeared… but it was lovely addition to my very scantly garden
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
November will be filled with photos from the archives .
Iris germanica ‘Black Dragon’ , Black Iris was a delightful find as was Siperian Iris, and the last one is a Bearded Iris- I think 🙂
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
October surprises with frost and colorful leaves 🍃 afters a cold night. The splash of color got my attention, here are more shots of the frosty morning.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
October surprises with frost and colorful leaves 🍃 afters a cold night growing in the embankment at my backyard. The splash of color got my attention, here are more shots of the frosty morning.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
October surprises with frost and colorful leaves 🍃 afters a cold night growing in the embankment at my backyard. The splash of color got my attention.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
October surprises me with this green plant growing in the embankment at my backyard. The fresh green got my attention.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
October berries of Oriental bittersweet.
Celastrus orbiculatus is a woody vine of the Celastraceae family. It is commonly called Oriental bittersweet, as well as Chinese bittersweet, Asian bittersweet, round-leaved bittersweet, climbing spindleberry and Asiatic bittersweet.
October colors on lilac leaves. Looks like nature placed hearts on the grass to get my attention.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
Once again, Rose, in its glory.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
A unknown flower to me, but it is, a beautiful and delicate. I’ve so many flower photos, that I have not shared. These are taken from my trop to Sri Lanka.
Since I am sharing close-ups, mostly of flowers I’ve decided also to participate in Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge.
Ritva Sillanmäki Photography 