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The first sunny day in about a week brings a butterfly to the garden. Just resting on this unopened mexican petunia (Ruellia).
Only a short visit and it was off.
Another look at the Dahlia in "Mother and Child" that I posted recently, without the unopened bud. I just love the color of this variety. Hope you are all well and safe!
A male chalkhill blue butterfly resting on an unopened knapweed flower head in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve. This was taken on a visit in the early evening.
I had other photos lined up to post ... then this little guy landed on an unopened zinnia blossom. And let me get REAL close! That's our big pink hibiscus blooming in the background. Pachydiplax longipennis in our North Georgia yard on a rainy day.
UPDATE 9-6-22: Selected for exhibit in juried Natural Expressions photo competition by GNPA club here in Georgia - @ Alpharetta Cultural Arts Center September-October 2022
The pink tulip has forever remained a symbol of the birth of real feelings. Nowadays, it is customary to give a bouquet of rosebuds unopened. Many still believe that as flowers bloom, innocent feelings acquire the “taste” of burning true love and the couple’s relationship only becomes stronger, and obstacles can be overcome.
Many mistakenly believe that tulips first appeared in Holland. Actually, it is not. The homeland of these flowers is the western part of the Mediterranean and part of Central Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey). Some types of tulips grew wild in North Africa, Southern Europe and Japan.
This flower came to Europe in 1554. In Augsburg (Germany), the ambassador to the Turkish court, Busbeck, sent bulbs. He saw a beautiful flower during one of his trips around the country.
There is an interesting theory regarding the origin of the name of the flower. In 1562, the first large shipment of Turkish tulips reached Antwerp, which at the time was part of Dutch territory. Soon the supply of bulbs was put on stream. Gardeners from Europe saw similarities between the shape of the flower and the Turkish headdress. They started calling the flower "Tulipan", from "tuilbend", the Turkish word for turban. So the name of this beautiful flower appeared.
I took a macro that belongs with my Honeysuckle vine, while the flowers are still unopened. I like the result.
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The name of this beautiful little orchid refers to the dark red coloration of the unopened flowers which produces the scorched effect giving rise to its common name of the Burnt-Tip Orchid.
This is a widespread orchid with a range that takes it from the Faroe Islands and Sweden in the north, down to the Mediterranean and eastwards all the way to western Siberia. It's usually at its most common in montane areas where it prefers a position in full sun on alkaline soils, usually short grass and alpine pastures.
Another cherry tree photo, from nearly two years ago. I'm hoping to get similar results from my new camera/phone. We'll see.
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The sky touches the world with it's gentle brush
creating a never ending canvas of endless colors
A softness that spreads throughout an eternal horizon
A meeting that creates a new picture each day
An ever changing gift that goes unopened
A daily masterpiece blind to fools
- L. Magic
Picture taken @ Autumn Trace
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[Cinoe] Paper on the lucky set
[Cinoe] Lucky sketch
[Cinoe] Unopened milk bottle (decor)
[Cinoe] Ham Sandwitch (decor)
[Cinoe] Milk bottles
[Cinoe] Chilled milk (decor)
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Water lillies have several edible parts. The young leaves and unopened flower buds can be boiled and served as a vegetable. They’re absolutely delicious.
taken @portocorvo
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Make it feel like a movie you saw in your youth
Make it feel like that song that just unopened you
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"Fox and cubs" growing in my lawn again this year. I made sure to mow around these lovely wildflowers. Maybe the English common name comes from the fox colour (kind of!) and the cubs are the unopened buds? And the whiskers?
We worked in the garden over the weekend, and my wife found a nest, with one little one hatched, and three unopened eggs. We avoided the spot as we worked, and I did note that a spotted towhee did go to the nest multiple times while we were working. Later, I got out the camera, and saw this one as it approached, then left to give her privacy.
The local flowers are beautiful right now. Every season is like another unopened package. Always something to look forward to.
Found this tiny Cabbage Root Fly (only 6.5mm long) on an unopened Oxeye Daisy in our garden.
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A male chalkhill blue butterfly on an unopened knapweed flower in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
Crepe, or crape, myrtle flowers against a Maryland sky. You can see some unopened flower buds at the larger sizes.
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They are an edible species of the genus Allium. Their close relatives include the garlic, shallot, leek, scallion, and Chinese onion. A perennial plant, it is widespread in nature across much of Europe, Asia, and North America. Chives are a commonly used herb and can be found in grocery stores or grown in home gardens. In culinary use, the scapes and the unopened, immature flower buds are diced and used as an ingredient for fish, potatoes, soups, and other dishes. The edible flowers can be used in salads. Chives have insect-repelling properties that can be used in gardens to control pests. The plant provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators. 12688
A male Red Crossbill enjoys a drink from the streams edge.
Crossbills are a fascinating finch of the coniferous woodlands, the Red Crossbill forages on nutritious seeds in hemlock, pine, spruce, Douglas-fir and hemlock. Their specialized bills allow them to break open unopened cones, giving them an advantage over other finch species. Red Crossbill's are so dependent upon conifer seeds that it even feeds them to its young. It breeds anytime it finds a sufficiently large cone crop, even in the depths of winter.
Detail of unopened bottle of Sweet & Full Bodied Balsamic Vinegar Dressing. Olloclip macro @21x, tripod, Hisy remote, healed and battered in Snapseed on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.
"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'"
~Anne Lamott~
author of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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A male chalkhill blue butterfly seen in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.
This dogwood (Cornus florida) tree, unlike most, puts out leaves and flowers at roughly the same time -- most dogwoods in Upstate South Carolina put out their flowering parts first. The four bracts are especially lovely on this tree. The flower buds, in the center, weren't open when I took the photo. They'll open soon, no doubt.
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A pair of fresh 3rd brood small copper butterflies mating on an unopened devilsbit scabious in the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve this afternoon.
A Five-Dot Sergeant butterfly perches attentively on an unopened hibiscus flower, captured in Hong Kong
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This flower is fairly new to me, but I'm glad I ran across them a few years ago. Balloon flowers get their name from the unopened buds, which swell up prior to opening and resemble little hot-air balloons.
They come in a variety of colors including blue, purple, pink, and white. Easy to grow and pleasing on the eye, they make for lovely garden plants.
A male Red Crossbill at Bogus Basin near Boise, Idaho
"A fascinating finch of coniferous woodlands, the Red Crossbill forages on nutritious seeds in pine, hemlock, Douglas-fir, and spruce cones. Their specialized bills allow them to break into unopened cones, giving them an advantage over other finch species.
A crossbill's odd bill shape helps it get into tightly closed cones. A bird's biting muscles are stronger than the muscles used to open the bill, so the Red Crossbill places the tips of its slightly open bill under a cone scale and bites down. The crossed tips of the bill push the scale up, exposing the seed inside."