Tag: beautiful
-
Spring Photography Ideas
Its finally spring! One of the first things that we notice about springtime is the newness of everything. There are new leaves, new flowers, and all-new colors! The other thing that we notice is how quickly each day moves past us as if they were not enough hours in the day. There are many photo…
-
Floral Fridays-Coneflowers
“Stop waiting for Friday, for summer, for someone to fall in love with you, for life. Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in now.” Anonymous
-
Spring Blossoms
As we marvel at the new blossoms around our neighborhoods let’s not forget the true meaning of spring. This is a time for growth and development. God is making everything new again.
-
Monochrome Mondays #6833
The other day I ventured next door and took these of my neighbor’s “cherry blossoms” or should I say plum blossoms. The warm sun on my face as I hold my camera up to the sky an almost euphoric feeling after days of being inside. This tree is actually a plum tree which bears sweet,…
-
Floral Fridays – Monarch Butterflies
Beautiful Creature – Monarch Butterflies are probably the most recognizable and studied butterflies on the planet. I am more into dragonflies but this little guy was so beautiful with his big orange wings laced with black lines. He was flitting and fluttering having its lunch on what appears to be some type of milkweed but…
-
Cherry Blossom
“Suddenly she was seeing the buds on the cherry trees around her; she could feel the energy packed within them, a bouquet of fireworks whose fuse had already been lit. She could smell them, too, a subtle essence of pink and lollipops, the sweetness deepened by the scent of the slowly warming earth below them.”…
-
Orchid Show 2019-Singapore
Singapore where the national flower is an orchid was the inspiration for this year’s 17th annual orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden and it sure didn’t disappoint. I love to see the kaleidoscope of thousands of spectacular rare and iconic specimens of orchids on display but because of the crowds I was a…
-
Silent Sundays #9182
“Minds are like flowers; they open only when the time is right.” – Steven Richards
-
Secret Garden
Untermyer is a beautiful almost secret historic 45 acre garden offering peace and tranquility in the City of Yonkers NY. It is nestled on the Banks of the Hudson River and hidden behind a giant wall. It is a dream for historians, photographers and garden lovers. Untermyer is open to the public and it is…