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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.
I love perennial flowers. Once in awhile I will find a vibrant flower pushing its way through the other annuals in my garden. It is then that I am reminded that my perennial flowers will always return year after year. I really loved the center of this flower. It reminded me of a trumpet, calling all pollinators to come and visit.
"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."
Iris Murdoch
Climbing Nightshade offers up beautiful flowers. Most articles I read mention the toxic nature of the berries, but this link states all parts are toxic. Perhaps I'll pop some gardening gloves in my pocket the next time I wander down the trail featuring these delightful flowers.
We still have flowers blooming in our garden and more buds coming through. Photo taken today, I do love purple roses. They smell as beautiful as they look🌹
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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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.
"Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out-values all the utilities of the world."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
With Pentax FA 50mm f2.8 macro lens on Pentax k-s2.
Million thanks for your views, Favs and lovely comments.
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