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"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." ~ Hal Borland
Let's hope this quote comes true!
Spring in March in Tennessee means flowers are blooming...these are Bradford Pear Blossoms in my front yard.
Technical Information:
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 252
Aperture – f/7.1
Exposure – 1/250 second
Focal Length – 125mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
I am also adding this to the challenge 52 weeks of photos challenge - Weeks #32 - below.
"But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to...nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then to do it again the next day?" Elizabeth Gilbert~
Winding all my life about thee,
Let me lay my lips on thine;
What is all the world without thee,
Mine --oh mine!
Let me press my heart out on thee,
Grape of life's most fiery vine,
Spilling sacramental on thee
Love's red wine.
Let thy strong eyes yearning o'er me
Draw me with their force divine;
All my soul has gone before me
Clasping thine.
Irresistibly I follow,
As whenever we may run
Runs our shadow, as the swallow
Seeks the sun.
Mathilde Blind
Another image from the shoot with Ella Rose - she went the extra mile (figuratively and almost literally as well!) to help create these images, and kept smiling throughout. A highly recommended model!
Strobist: Bare SB800 fill flash
Our lemon tree is out in blossoms and the bees are loving it at the moment. We have had another beautiful day in Sydney today - 20 C and sunny. I wish it could stay this way all year and the heat of Summer could just stay away.
Meaning: What matters is what something is, not what it is called.
Origin: From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:
JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
A story, much favoured by tour guides, and as such highly suspect, is that in this line Shakespeare was also making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was a local rival to his Globe Theatre and is reputed to have had less than effective sanitary arrangements. The story goes that this was a coy joke about the smell. This certainly has the whiff of folk etymology about it, but it might just be true.
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/305250.html
Seen and photograhed in B & E's country garden.
Have a pleasant Thursday and thanks for visiting.
Bumble bee performing its job in the spring of spreading pollen for all the flowers to bloom and plants to grow. Taken as the bee buzzed around a Weeping Higen Cherry Tree.
Technical Information:
Camera - Nikon D5200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 50mm fixed, f/1.8
ISO – 100
Aperture – f/2.2
Exposure – 1/2000 second
Focal Length – 50mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
"[…] Par essence, elle est une manière d'être, un état d'existence.
Cit. de François Cheng
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Vandaag 20 maart 2010 is the begin of Spring............
Vandaag begint de lente 20 maart 2010.................
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Here are your favourite flowers. Enjoy your special day!
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Alstroemeria aurea (Peruvian Lily)
Alstroemeria (pron.: /ˌælstrɨˈmɪəriə/; syn. Alstremeria),[1] commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a South American genus of about 120 species of flowering plants. Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity, one in central Chile, the other in eastern Brazil. Species of Alstroemeria from Chile are winter-growing plants while those of Brazil are summer-growing. All are long-lived perennials except A. (Taltalia) graminea, a diminutive annual from the Atacama Desert of Chile.
The genus was named after the Swedish baron Clas Alströmer (Claus von Alstroemer 1736 – 1794) [...]. The plant's seeds were among many collected by Alströmer on a trip to South America in 1753.
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A morphological trait of Alstroemeria and its relatives is that the leaves are resupinate, that is, they twist from the base so that what appears to be the upper leaf surface is in fact the lower leaf surface. This very unusual botanical feature is easily observed in the leaves on cut flowers from the florist.
The flowers of Alstroemeria are generally showy. All six tepals (tepal denotes either petal or sepal when both are similar, as in lilies, amaryllis, etc.) are roughly similar. In some species two tepals are enlarged and vividly colored and act as "flags" for pollination. The ovary is inferior and the seeds are hard and rounded.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstroemeria
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I found this photo hiding amongst my archives today. I love African Daisies and these are growing in my garden. They begin as little green buds, change to white with green tips and finish as a lovely pink.
I have also added some updated photos of the kitchen. The plumber came yesterday and connected the sink, dishwasher, cooktop and oven and it is now almost finished. The tiles for the splashback are on order and then the kitchen will be finished. We are going to have a few days rest and our next challenge will begin. We are having floorboards put through the main part of the house and it will mean more disruption LOL.
#241 on Explore on 26th June, 2010
Welcome Spring! White Expresses Purity!
Welcome to my nature and welcome to the nature of swans.
Don't only dream, take a look outside your body; love is in the air!
Straight from the camera! No photoshopped!
Sending you love (what else ;-)), light and happiness!
Hugs and kisses my dear friends.
Addy and ✞ Alfie
Enjoy your weekend!
Dit doet me ineens aan een kinderprogramma denken: (Meneer de Uil)
"Oogjes dicht en snaveltjes toe!"
Raymond Lindquist~
I’m going to dispense with theme week for now and let the images just come as they may!!
Enjoy your day and thanks again for your comments and faves. :)
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This beautiful Bird of Paradise was growing in our friends' garden in Cacupé-Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
Bird-of-paradise or crane flower (Strelitzia reginae) is a native of South Africa and is closely related to the banana. The herbaceous plant derives its common names from the unique flower it bears, which resembles a brightly colored bird in flight. [...]
The showy bloom is actually a combination of blue petals and orange sepals that emerge from a beak-like bract (modified leaf). Blooms appear intermittently most of the year. Healthy, mature plants can produce as many as three dozen flower spikes a year, which will last up to two weeks when cut.
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks as always for visiting.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
It went for a walk around to my neighbour's garden this morning and spotted this Common Crow butterfly flitting around. It didn't stay still for long, but I did manage a few photos. This is the first butterfly that I have managed to photograph this season - there have not been many around.
UiTNODiGiNG
21 APRIL - 15:00 UUR
Outsider Art Kelder, 21 april - 10 mei 2014
Curator: Maartje Jaquet
Galeriehouder: Bert Schoonhoven
In het kader van Springsnow in Amsterdam 2014
Met werk van: Chris Baker, Marian Bijlenga, Jaap Blonk, Elfletterig Genootschap, Gertie Jaquet, Maartje Jaquet, Judith Koning, Maureen Marck, Anita Philipsen, Túlio Pinto, Marcel Prins, Ines Seidel, Shelley Savor, Herman Schouwenburg, Birgit Speulman, Straatjutter, Vivienne Strauss en Sabine Timm.
Adres:
Outsider Art Kelder
Nieuwe Herengracht 18 sous
1018 DP Amsterdam
T 020 – 33 066 05
b.g.g.: 020 – 33 020 83 (galerie Amsterdam Outsider Art)
Openingstijden: van maandag t/m vrijdag van 11.00-17.00 uur en op zaterdag van 12.00-16.00 uur.
Poster: Maartje Jaquet