sinuous curves
The stems caught my attention first. Then the papery calyces. And finally the delicate star shaped flowers. Wow, there is a lot to love about these chive flowers, but it was the seductive sinuous curves of the scapes that made me take pause in the first place.
chive scapes with flowers (Allium schoenoprasum)
Drama Queens
Yesterdays subjects 24 hours later. So dramatic.
common dandelions with seed heads (Taraxacum officinale)
in the eye of the beholder
What we call a weed and what we call a flower is purely arbitrary. I have heard it said that a weed is simply a plant growing in the wrong location. So, tell me, is dandelion a weed or a flower in your book? It’s a flower to me. And an edible green to my husband and son. So, let me ask that again: weed? flower? or food?
common dandelion (T. officinale)
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Flower, food, and delightful! These seedheads really had to reach to get high enough to catch the wind, look at the length of those stems!
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coming, going, gone
Happy Last Day of May! I saw the columbine blooming in my woods, and do to business thought I had missed my chance to capture their strange beauty. I guess you could say I was lucky I didn’t try to photograph them earlier, because I wouldn’t have gotten this three-in-one shot: one flower bud, one flower blossom, and one swelling green seed capsule. Oh, how I love happy accidents.
wild red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
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Definitely a happy thing! This columbine is my fave and it’s taken a while to establish in my garden, but worth the wait, for sure. I’m enjoying the year of black background more than I thought I would :)
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lean on me
We threw two parties last week. My friend Margo brought the flowers. These variegated beauties were among the mix. Wowsa.
parrot tulips from Margo
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Mesmerizing! I can’t take my eyes off of these tulips – more like a painting than a photo.
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….and so delicious and pretty scattered in a green salad