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Ohio buckeye leaves nestled and ready to unfold. Some days, you have to travel to the Springfield Nature Center with the macro lens.
I cant help but marvel at the unfurling of spring as new growth emerges everywhere. It's wonderful to see color coming back into the landscape.
Not sure of the ID of this one, but I'm thinking it's a Cinammon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea). Non edible, any consumption of Cinammon ferns will make you one sick puppy!!
Seems fitting that the first spring flower unfurling looks similar to the full moon rising this evening. I don't know what might have begun to bloom below the daffodil; perhaps a tiny purple thingy.
I wish all of you a good spring equinox or fall equinox. I'm grateful we have this day. I take nothing for granted lately.
....strawflower, one of those lovely wild flowers native to Australia, from my New Zealand summer garden.
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……Thought these were quite late in the season to still be unfurling - especially as they were at Glendurgan down in the Tropics of Cornwall, Glendurgan is on the South facing side of the Helford river so a prime spot for many a tender plant as well as the hardy ferns………..
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One from this morning at Ty Canol. It was damp and a little too breezy, but I managed to get this one sharp.
I really liked how this photo came out of the camera, but couldn't make up my mind on how to process it. So I did both my ideas! Which one do you guys prefer?
Oh, how many times in life have I felt like this. Waiting. Waiting to unfurl. Waiting to become whatever it is that I want to be in any given moment. Well, I've learned the secret to waiting. Being content with the present. Yep, I can always find something in the present to be content with, even while passionately waiting for the thing that I desire. A very happy weekend to you all. :)
With the current situation still going viral, I don't seem to be getting out to shoot much lately. So... a couple more shots of the crocuses that I like. Stay healthy....
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A rare treat for me - one of only 3 (out of 40) Ranunculi to survive the winter in the conservatory...
"Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream."
Barbara Winkler
The first signs of spring are emerging in the garden...unfortunately today everything is getting battered by strong winds and heavy rain...so...I've picked a few flowers to enjoy inside...and yet again I use this Gertrude S. Wister quote...which seems so appropriate for the first snowdrops!
"The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size."
texture thanks to French Kiss.
This is a moonflower. It blooms in the evening and will droop in the morning. I'm going to attempt a time lapse shot tomorrow evening. Wish me luck!
Ferns first thing in the morning at Spitchwick on Dartmoor.
I almost gave up on getting a decent shot as the weather looked like it was just going to be overcast ... then the sun arrived ... was still very cold ... but got some beautiful images!
Shot on my Sony A7r with a Pentacon 50mm lens.
Geranium (Pelargonium)
Another reminder for all you ladies to do the self examinations and have the scans. Today we are celebrating our 27th anniversary, 25 years ago on Tuesday (Christmas Eve) we got Di's first breast cancer diagnosis (she was just 22 at the time). If found early the outcome can be very good.