I was staring at this picture I’d taken of a daffodil, trying to figure out its name, when that fellow in my life walked by and said, “That looks like a tornado,” and then he walked on. What do you see? 😉
Posts Tagged ‘flowers’
tornado or …?
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged daffodil, digital photography, flowers, imagination, Inspiration, monotype, nature on February 5, 2013| 9 Comments »
emerald?
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, digital photography, edible flowers, emerald, flowers, food, food photography, green, Inspiration, light, nasturtium, nature, Pantone on January 31, 2013| 4 Comments »
Not sure this nasturtium leaf is emerald, Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2013, but I think it is a lovely shade of green just the same. And it is very tasty, in fact peppery, sprinkled on top of salads. 😉
nasturtium
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, food, food photography, Inspiration, leaves, light, nasturtium, nature, nature photography, plants on January 22, 2013| 7 Comments »
upon a pale field
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blooms, colors, digital photography, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, nature photography, plants on January 14, 2013| 6 Comments »
The name of the plant I do not know. Its cost was $2.48. I know that because the label is still on the side of the little plastic pot. I have never replanted it. I sometimes forget to water it and then when I do I sometimes drown it but it is a succulent and that seems to be okay.
I have tucked it in a very, very sunny corner. Perhaps for that reason it forgives my neglect and on occasion produces these magnificent pale blooms on pencil thin stalks that I snip and place in an old spice jar. I’ve been photographing them against a background of white vellum.
We’ll see what the rest of the winter holds, if new blooms will emerge. Meanwhile, I’ll try to show my appreciation by buying some soil later today so I can replant this (and several more) plants later in the week. 😉
paperwhites
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bulbs, colors, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, paperwhites on January 9, 2013| 3 Comments »
fruit and flowers
Posted in Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged art, colors, floral photography, flowers, fruit, Inspiration, nature, pink, red, rose, still life on January 7, 2013| 15 Comments »
white
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, shadows, tulip, whim, white on December 27, 2012| 7 Comments »
Thanks for the positive comments about the recent tulip pictures. I did not expect to photograph them again today … it is quite rainy with little natural light coming through the window. But then on a whim I picked up a flashlight and that experience has been rather fun.
Since this storm system will be around for a bit, we’ll see how this “flashlight series” progresses.
interior beauty
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bouquet, colors, flower photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, plants, pleasure, tulips, white on December 26, 2012| 6 Comments »
The interior of several white tulips. As I’ve written before, tulips were not always my favorite flowers. But now it is with pleasure I buy a bouquet, their heads tightly closed, and wait just a few days for the blossoms to open, revealing the subtle hues shading their centers.
and after the ice melted …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, seasons, trees on December 5, 2012| 3 Comments »
… I went for a walk by the water and what did I see? I saw a tree with pink-tinged blossoms filling the sky over me.
An unexpected late autumn delight.
beautiful parts
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, creative writing, digital photography, fantasy, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, leaves, nature, storytelling, transformation on November 28, 2012| 5 Comments »
A story inspired by a 5-year old in love with “Once upon a time a little girl …” 😉
Once upon a time a little girl picked a bouquet of flowers. She put them in a vase of water and placed the vase next to a window. Each flower upon its sturdy stem was beautiful in the sunlight. But then time passed and the flowers changed no matter how many times she added water. One morning she brushed her hand across the dying blooms and a whole flower fell to the table.
It broke revealing all its many parts that had made a single whole.
The girl gently touched the fragile pieces. While she admired their different shapes and colors and textures, she wanted her flower back as a single beautiful thing.
And so she picked up the stigma and stamen and petals and leaves and she tried to put the puzzle back together again. It was, of course, an impossible task. As she stood there at the window trying to decide if she should be very angry or very sad or just a little crabby, a ray of light touched a petal and the withering stems. “It’s still beautiful,” the girl realized with a smile, “Just in a different way.”
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