for Looking Close... on Friday

365 #157

A bumbelbee on a Flower.

for Sliders Sunday

Crazy Tuesday - trees and leaves

Helenium flowers in the Schothorst estate butterfly garden.

with Lensbaby Twist 60

Taken with the Lensbaby Twist 60, haven't used this lens for so long!

from my garden...

A Flower on the rooftop garden of a appartment building.

Bob in his usual spot on the sun-room floor...

Thanks a lot for all your comments and faves. Most appreciated.

this was taken from a Dahlia plant we gave my daughter-in-law for Easter...

now living indoors for the winter.

Today I released 4 females and 1 male...

so far to date... 44 that took flight... still waiting on many more!

Tulips take over from dying daffodils at Coombe Wood Gardens, Croydon. Spot the greenfly!

from my garden...

There's a new texture set with a 20% launch discount available here etsy.me/2VvAmnx.

The Floral Bokeh collection has been designed with flowers in mind and I've loved revisiting some of my images to test these out as I was creating them!

strange weather today, they kept calling for rain, but it never happened... just cloudy and windy, so I decided to click indoors part of the day...

These plants are very old with the exception of the pink that I bought last year!

in my garden...

They could possibly be one of mine... I have released 322!!

But at any given time, I will see 6-8 Monarchs fluttering around my garden... these were two that stopped by for a sip while I was out there...

the balloon flowers are popping open...

actually, this is a new hellebore I just purchased!!

For Looking close... on Friday: "All green"

Lensbaby Twist 60

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today I released 4 females and 1 male...

so far to date... 44 that took flight... still waiting on many more!

Love the way these tiny flowers grow from the sides of the rocks. Taken with Lensbaby + Twist 60.

The first Afternoon Light assignment for May is now live, if you aren't a member you can find out more here definitelydreaming.com/afternoon-light-online-photography...

Macro Mondays - A Spoonful

Thanks for all your lovely comments and faves. Much appreciated.

Love the colour of these!

Launch discount for Afternoon Light ends at midnight tonight!!

More Lensbaby still life in the latest blog post -

definitelydreaming.com/making-time-create/

is now the Thanksgiving Cactus...

This plant is over 20+ years old and has lived in the same long 'window box' pot all these years... and it never fails to send up the most beautiful flowers multiple times a year!

There is usually one red flower that blooms... I haven't seen it yet!

new to my garden...

the balloon flowers are popping open...

definitelydreaming.com/making-time-create/

A small dandelion for the "Yellow" theme for the FFF Snap Happy group. Taken with the Lensbaby Twist60 optic.

from my garden...

beautiful day here on LI today and a good day to wander in the garden with my Lensbaby...

Finding surprise color hiding all over...