RANUNCULACEAE —WILDFLOWERS — latin names required - read gui
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Just a little Buttercup that I found in the yard, shot with the help of the sun for backlighting. As for the size, approximately 1 Inch. For the Macro Mondays group, "Backlit" theme.
Meyer Optik 50mm f/1.8 Oreston, single image shot at f/5.6. Probably with Nikon PK-13, 27.5mm extension tube.
Buttercups for Crazy Tuesday flowers.
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I do love buttercups! I know they are a weed but I always think they look so cheerful...
Buttercups, bright eyed and bold, hold their chalices of gold to catch the sunshine and the dew.
Julia Caroline Dorr
Buttercups and daisies,
Oh, the pretty flowers;
Coming ere the spring time,
To tell of sunny hours.
When the trees are leafless;
When the fields are bare;
Buttercups and daisies
Spring up here and there.
Mary Howitt
A mile walk from home and you will find all kinds of compositions in spring.
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My mother in law has gift me with all of her china tea cups. She is downsizing in preparation to moving into an assisted living condo. I am shooting them all and create a collage when done so that I can frame them for her new place.
Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active
"Buttercups, bright eyed and bold, hold their chalices of gold to catch the sunshine and the dew."
— Julia Caroline Dorr
The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and the much taller meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris. In ornamental gardens, all three are often regarded as weeds.
Buttercups usually flower in the spring, but flowers may be found throughout the summer, especially where the plants are growing as opportunistic colonizers, as in the case of garden weeds.
The water crowfoots (Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium), which grow in still or running water, are sometimes treated in a separate genus Batrachium (from Greek βάτραχος bátrakhos, "frog"). They have two different leaf types, thread-like leaves underwater and broader floating leaves. In some species, such as R. aquatilis, a third, intermediate leaf type occurs.
Ranunculus species are used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the Hebrew character and small angle shades. Some species are popular ornamental flowers in horticulture, with many cultivars selected for large and brightly coloured flowers.
Having some fun with my Pentacon 50mm f/1.8 (the EXIF data is wrong), just seeing what kind of bokeh can happen with the little buttercups that pop up in the yard. Pretty much SOOC with minor RAW conversion and cropping.
Buttercup tree flowers against a grey sky. This tree blooms once a year. The showy flowers turn into large seed pods that the parrots enjoy.
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New set from 8f8 out at The Anthem Event..."The Way of The Oaks"...pictured:
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - Oak Master SUMMERISH
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - Sigismund SUMMERISH
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - Hilmar SUMMERISH
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - The Way - UPHILL SUMMERISH
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - The Way - UPHILL C Mirror SUMMERISH
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - The Oaklings SUMMERISH
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - The Way - 3P SUMMERISH
8f8 - The Way of The Oaks - The Way - TP SUMMERISH
The Anthem Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anthem/86/161/1114
8f8 Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Black%20Kite/138/109/21
8f8 Flickr: flic.kr/ps/2iWGNc
From various 8f8 collections:
8f8 - Intertwined Spring - SERENE_Olive
8f8 - Empty Spaces - Not Empty Anymore - OLDGREEN
8f8 - Make Believe - Bush LAVENDER
8f8 - Empty Spaces - Buttercups
8f8 - Make Believe - Pampas Grass GREEN
Best weeds in the world:
Konoha -"Jest" Weeds
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"I'm called Little Buttercup, dear Little Buttercup,
Though I could never tell why.
But still I'm called Buttercup, Poor Little Buttercup,
Sweet Little Buttercup, I!"
Lyrics from "I'm Called Little Buttercup" from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "H.M.S. Pinafore" with lyrics by William Schwenck Gilbert.
A few weeks ago, I received a new and beautifully hand painted German half-doll in the most lovely shade of yellow, which I must confess is not a colour I see a great deal of on half-dolls. Luckily it was lovely and sunny a few days after I received her, so I decided that I could not wait to photograph her any longer, and share her with you.
I decided to feature Little Buttercup (as I am calling her) in this shot, and because she has such a wonderful yellow outfit with a hint of blue from the ribbon straps of her hat tied in a dainty bow at her throat, I decided to feature her with yellow and blue pieces from my vintage haberdashery collection. Little Buttercup, a spool of azure blue Arma Lustre Machine Twist and a golden yellow unpierced spool of Eagle Machine Silk are set upon a backdrop of yellow netting embroidered with blue flowers. They are accessorised with some beautiful blue satin roses some vintage blue and white lace ribbon, a French silver étui featuring fine repoussé work of a rose, a pair of Victorian silver sewing scissors, several small Art Deco lemon yellow glass buttons with gold painted geometric patterns and a buttercup yellow Edwardian crosshatch pattern button made from pottery.
The "half-doll" is a dainty porcelain or bisque figurine, fashionable in the early Twentieth Century with an upper body, head, arms, but no legs. These dolls were produced in the thousands at the height of their popularity by German factories such as Dressel and Kister, Heubach, Goebel and Kestner. Later they were produced in France, America and later still, in Japan. They commonly served as handles and toppers for fabric covers made for powder boxes on ladies’ dressing tables and small brushes, however they were also made for jewellery boxes, pincushions, tea cosies and other covers. In this case, I know that my German half-doll featured as the topper for a rather bulky yellow and blue tea cosy that did not suit her fine and delicate features, so I removed her from it.
Arma Lustre Machine Twist was manufactured by The English Sewing Cotton Company Ltd. (specifically made at their specialised mills using imported Egyptian cotton). The English Sewing Cotton Co. was formed in 1897 as an amalgamation of several major British thread firms to compete globally. "Arma Lustre" was introduced as a heavily mercerised cotton option designed specifically for domestic lockstitch sewing machines. The use of a smooth, barrel-shaped wooden spool with a stamped bi-color paper label dates this reel to between 1898 and 1910, prior to the widespread implementation of mass cardboard cores and standardised synthetic dyes in the 1920s.
Eagle Machine Silk was manufactured by the Brainerd & Armstrong Company, and the Nonotuck Silk Company (Corticelli), and produced out of New London, in Connecticut. I have very few American spools in my collection, but this one arrived inside a beautiful antique walnut sewing box from the 1860s. The distinctive Americana eagle trade emblem with outstretched wings was a prominent trademark for high-grade New England silk mills supplying premium pure machine silk. During the 1880s when this spool was produced, American manufacturers supplied domestic markets with "about 50 to 100 yards" spools wrapped around squat, wide-flanged wooden bobbins specifically to solve threading and snapping problems in early mechanical sewing setups.