Water Lilies (or Lotus flowers) and Lily Pads may be a bit out of context for my usual seasonal photos array. However, visits to Botanic gardens in Denver and Albuquerque presented themselves with these beauties. As such, I felt compelled to pay homage to floating flora. I find it fascinating that from a dark, shallow […]
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Cosmos flowers – with their daisy-like blooms and bright yellow centers brighten up the community gardens I like to frequent in late summer. Their flowers in white and shades of pinks sit atop long, slender stems with bushy asparagus-like green foliage”. They are such happy looking flowers imho. Life stalls us at times. And being
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I’m a big fan of Coneflowers aka Echinacea for it’s medicinal purposes (it’s my go to when I feel a cold coming on). Photographing these flowers is equally lovely. And these flowering perennial plants are incredibly bee-friendly! Coming to life around mid-summer, their colorful pinkish-lavender blooms are hard to miss. As the cycle of my
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Bachelor’s buttons – also known as cornflowers, brighten up gardens with their little frilly flower heads. Coming in different shades of purples, blues, magenta and some are even two-toned with a light lavender and dark purple. At the local community gardens, I’m so grateful for those who include wildflowers with their fruits and veggies plantings.
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California poppies with their golden yellow flower blooms brighten up the local community gardens for sure! The xeriscape gardens have come to the their blooming close for the season. So this is when I gravitate over to the local community gardens for some photo ops. It’s predominately reserved for folks with plots growing their fruits
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Showy Milkweed in another flora subject matter that I did not think I’d be photographing. About the same time you see the start of Foxtail Lilies, you see the beginnings of these plants. With their broad green leaves they’re hard to miss. In select areas they appear to be quite prolific. You’d think you’d see
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