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'Not all magic is fireworks and fanfare. Sometimes magic is quiet and sneaks up on you'.
Jeff Guinn
The center petals of this flower were not quite ready to show off their inner beauty. The image reminded me of fireworks of the floral variety.
"The love of nature is a passion for those in whom it once lodges. It can never be quenched. It cannot change. It is a furious, burning, physical greed, as well as a state of mystical exaltation. It will have its own."
Mary Webb
Sometimes the simple beauty of flowers makes me wish everyone could experience the view through a macro lens.
Syringa vulgaris
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Every year the Clematis flowers appear as bright spots in a wall of greenery....and every year I celebrate the arrival of the blossoms with days of capturing images. On this day, the sun was shining and a strong breeze had moved across the landscape. I was certain that the tendrils of the flower would continue to dance in the wind. Fortune smiled on me as everything became still. Click!
nicht die Kamera machts, gut die Aufnahme wäre vielleicht brillanter... aber hierbei hilft nur eiserner Wille, Geduld, Ausdauer und niemals Aufgeben...
als Rentner habe ich reichlich Zeit, welche natürlich auch für
solche Experimenten nötig ist...
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allen Besuchern und Freunden meines Fotostreams ein herzliches Dankeschön für eure Kommentare und Kritiken, Einladungen und Favoriten.
all visitors and friends of my photostream, a heartfelt thank you for your comments and reviews, invitations and favorites
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed Susan is an upright annual, sometimes biennial (flowering a second year and then dying) native to most of North America, and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan that also has purple on the side. It has the typical daisylike flower heads consisting of an outer ring of ray florets and a central conical head composed of many disk florets.
Before posting this image, I wandered through Wikipedia-Land in an attempt to share factual information about this crinkly petaled poppy. I discovered that this poppy is most likely a Meconopsis Cambrica or Welsh poppy. One year I purchased this beauty, and the yellow flowers in the background, so they could take center stage in my garden. Their time in the spotlight was shorter than I'd have liked. At least I have this image.
Pittock Mansion has been called Portland's Historic House Museum. While visiting the well maintained gardens there many years ago, I found myself focused on one flower. Now that I look back at the photographs I took that day, obviously the center of this blossom attracted me as if I were an insect intent on landing there.
If you are interested in the history of this place and the people who lived there, do check this out. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittock_Mansion
Ahhhh, to be a pollinator and dash from one flower to the next....or as Eddie Izzard said, "Honey bees are amazing creatures. I mean, think about it, do earwigs make chutney?"
"Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized." – Allan Armitage
While digging out a large patch of hearty weeds, I noticed this sweet Anemone flower peeking out from underneath a fern. It seemed like the perfect time to invite the flower inside the house for a quick photographic break. Now....back to the weeds.