July 2022 Blooms

Below are photos of some July blooms, all taken in our garden.
Plus one bee.

Here's that bee on butterfly weed:

Bee On Yellow

Echinacea Study

This is tall phlox:

Up Swirls

Always a standout every year, the very "tropical" looking crocosmia is pictured below. I got a kick out of this partial description of crocosmia on Wikipedia: "They have colourful inflorescences of 4 to 20 vivid red and orange subopposite flowers on a divaricately (horizontally) branched stem."

Budding Crocosmia

This is yucca plant in the foreground:

Circles of Light

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June 2022 Blooms

Here are some selected blooms from the month of June. These flowers are all in our garden.

Featured are mountain laurel, Fourth of July roses, and baptisia. Plus one bee enjoying the baptisia.

June 2022 Blooms - 1

June 2022 Blooms - 2

June 2022 Blooms - 3

June 2022 Blooms - 4

June 2022 Blooms - 5

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May 2022 Blooms

These are various May blooms, all from our garden, except for a few of the dogwoods and the violets, which were photographed in the neighborhood during one of my regular walks.

Shown are fruit trees (cherry, crab), dogwoods, Camas lily, mountain bluet, violets, and irises.

May 2022 Blooms - 01

May 2022 Blooms - 02

May 2022 Blooms - 03

May 2022 Blooms - 04

May 2022 Blooms - 05

Violets:

May 2022 Blooms - 06

These daffodils were in a vase and photographed indoors. Thanks for the indoor photo fodder, Diana! 

May 2022 Blooms - 07

This is Camus lily:

May 2022 Blooms - 08

May 2022 Blooms - 09

Siberian Iris:

May 2022 Blooms - 10

May 2022 Blooms - 11

Mountain Bluet:

May 2022 Blooms - 12

May 2022 Blooms - 13

Bearded iris:

May 2022 Blooms - 14

May 2022 Blooms - 15

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April 2022 Blooms

Here's a collection of recent photos of blooms in our garden. Below you'll find hyacinth, fruit trees (e.g. cherry, peach), spirea, hens and chicks, bloodroot, lenten rose, crocus, tulip among other blossoming flowers.

All photos are taken with my 60mm (120mm equivalent) macro lens.

April 2022 Blooms - 01

April 2022 Blooms - 02

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April 2022 Blooms - 11

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April 2022 Blooms - 15

April 2022 Blooms - 16

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Greenhouse Winter Warmth

Deb and I recently visited nearby Weston Nurseries' greenhouse to enjoy a brief respite from the cold winter weather. While Deb perused the plants in the greenhouse, I was drawn to the orchids on display, and one wooden sculpture.

Whether or not the center of orchids resembles small people, skiers, angels, or something else, you can decide; regardless, I find their design a natural wonder. These are all Pixel 4a cell phone pics.

Take a look below.

WN Orchid 1

WN Orchid 2

WN Orchid 3

WN Orchid 4

I neglected to take note of the name of the artist who made the wood sculpture shown in these next two photos. My apologies to the artist. (After that is determined, I'll update this blog.)

Floating in the Clouds

A closer view:

Long Meditation

WN Orchid 5

WN Orchid 6

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Spring Collection

Here's an assortment of photos, mostly taken during the colorful month of May.

This first photo is a cell phone "portrait mode" shot. This mode often works as well for flowers as for people!

These next two photos are of the arrangement Deb made that I mentioned in my prior post.

Arrangement Topside

Attack from the Space Pods

An earlier post, "Spring Happenings Continued", shows this same robin's nest with four eggs. Alas, three had since disappeared, leaving this solo egg. Sad to say, this egg didn't make it either. Evidently, it is sometimes a tough task for birds' eggs to survive "in the wild."

One Egg Left

Phlox Carpet

Birdhouse

This is a special lilac with very tiny blooms. This entire photo is about one inch of blossoms wide!

Tiny Lilac Blossoms

Predominantly Pink Peony

Here's an echinacea center with the colorful blooms not yet developed. You'll be able to see the brilliant red bloom in a later post.

Budding Echinacea

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