في بلادنا يُقال ان الربيع يختبيء في طيّات الخريف وهذه إحدى هدايا "الربيع المختبيء" في هذه البلاد المباركة بإذن الله.

At home they say that "Spring hides within the folds of fall"! This is one of the gifts of the hidden Spring in this blessed land.

I snapped these hydrangeas just as they were changing colours. For Sliders Sunday, I added an impressionism filter in Topaz Studio. HSS!

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This fall I found this pretty dahlia hiding in the back of the park's garden.

Edited with an effect in Topaz Studio.

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The fall wildflowers were starting to bloom, and the insects were hurrying to gather their nectar.

There has been a drastic and alarming decrease in the number of these insects in the last 30 years. I have been monitoring the same plot of wildflowers for 34 years, and the beautiful butterflies, beetles, etc., are absent today.

Pesticides, crop monocultures, and development have taken their toll.

I made this image with my Pentax K1 and Sigma 180 macro.

nectar gathering

insects busy at work

working on survival

Image and haiku by John Henry

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This was a rather large dahlia that I spotted at a local park. It was quite a good season for dahlias due to the number of warm days this fall.

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After editing the backlit dahlia, I couldn't help but add an impressionism filter in Topaz Studio.

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The flowers were beginning to lose their prime, so why not perk them up for Sliders Sunday? Edited and effects in Topaz Studio. Happy Sliders Sunday! HSS!

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When I think of late summer-fall flowers, dahlias often come to mind. This is one that I spotted at a local park not terribly long ago.

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This past fall was quite the year for gladiolas and this is the first red one that I'd ever encountered. The red and green combo reminds me of Christmas even though there wasn't any snow on the flower stem.

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This large mass of flowers caught my eye when I was visiting a local park.

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Early fall flowers

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From my fall archives: I didn't crop this too closely because I rather liked the floral b/g.

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“Life is about using the whole box of crayons.” – RuPaul

I think Rudbeckias are lovely flowers, but I found myself asking this, "Do they always have to be yellow? Why not change the colours?" Why not?!

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It was nice to catch the light frost just before it melted in the early morning sun.

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I captured this at a local park yesterday. Although many flowers have petered out, the late-season dahlias are still hanging in there. (Yay)!

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A very large dahlia that I found at a local park this past fall.

Texture from 2 Lil' Owls

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There were a few huge pots of Brugmansia at a local park this past year, a flower that is totally new to me. Each pot sported several of these elegant late bloomers.

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Today's been the coldest day of the winter and is currently -26C/-15F and that's without the windchill added in. It's going down to -36C/-33F tonight. Yikes! So, I decided to pick a fire engine red dahlia to remind me of warmer days.

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Last fall, there were many different colours of glads at one of the parks that I frequent. I think this light pink one was one of my favourites.

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I thought you might enjoy a break from leaves, so I decided to post some roses that I shot last week. I liked the contrast between the two blooms, so I didn't delete the one on the right. Winnipeg has had a few hard frosts since, so it is unlikely there is much left of these blooms. I hope to go check if the winds calm down. It has been awfully windy here lately.

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It seems that the leaves are just beginning to turn colour and dried leaves are falling down here and there. Although many flowers have withered, thankfully there are still lots of flowers to brighten my world.

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Chrysanthemums planted and growing indoors in the winter.

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I spotted a Jerusalem Artichoke when I was walking up a back alley recently. These are tall plants and fairly common in the fall. I haven't tried them, but their roots are edible. Jerusalem Artichokes are found as both wildflowers and garden flowers.

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With the ornamental grasses in the background, I thought the orange dahlia looked even more fall-like. I spotted this backlit scene in a local park.

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These bright little flowers were poking up from a pile of leaves so how could I not help but take a picture? They were one of the last bright blooms of the 2020 season. It is snowing right now, a real contrast from this image!

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Ornamental kale is a fabulous ornamental because it lasts longer than just about anything in the garden. It even survives a few frosts. Although edible, it's bitter and used more as a garnish.

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My original caption was "Let's Visit!" Either way, I thought it was really neat how the two flowers were leaning towards one another.

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Acis autumnalis, syn. Leucojum autumnale

and

Black or dark stemmed aster, Aster lateriflorus

lumen print, ORWO BN 111 paper, thank you, hanni

left out only about 10 minutes. it's hot outside.

For Macro Mondays theme Flowers

Just about to burst and drop all its seeds.

Juste sur le point d'éclater et de laisser tomber toutes ses graines.

Alcea rosa (Malvaceae - Malvacées)

Commun Hollyhock, Rose trémière, Malva real.

Bloom Description: White, pink, red.

It's a brightly coloured dahlia and for Sliders Sunday, I added a background texture in Topaz Studio 2 and slightly saturated the colour. I hope you enjoy! HSS!

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Red & White Dahlia - Lucky our Dahlias survived the drought we had this Summer. Added a little texture to the background.

It's hard to believe that dahlia season is over. This was one of the last dahlias that I'd seen this year.

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A rather bouffant dahlia that I spotted at a local park this last fall.

Edited and I added a texture in Topaz Studio.

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When most flowers of summer have faded and gone, these blossoms burst onto the landscape in September, providing renewed cheer and color.

Sedum 'Autumn Joy' never disappoints :)

is a pretty dahlia, spotted in local park's garden. Background texture is from Topaz Studio 2. Happy Friday!

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Beach Asters or Seaside Daisies according to the flower i.d. app. They're quite small but very eye catching.

soft focus with a texture added

A tangerine orange dahlia with red dahlias in the b/g, a rather striking combo of colours. I think the gardener did a great job at placing these dahlias in close proximity in one of the local park's gardens.

Lightly edited in Topaz Studio

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Against the surrounding greens, this multi-coloured glad grabbed my attention, even though it was an overcast day.

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If you have helenium in your garden, you're also going to have bees, a winning combination. Helenium comes in various colours and is a late summer/early fall perennial.

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is a pair a fall mums. Background texture is from Topaz Studio 2.

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