More Crocosmia

Here are several more crocosmia photos. What an alive colorful plant this is!

When lit up in the sun, I'm drawn to photograph it.

All photos taken handheld with my macro lens using natural light.

Enjoy!

Alternating

Against the Green

Three Skis to the Wind

Hot Hues

Singing in the Red

Backbone

Vantage Point

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Beautiful Crocosmia

Crocosmia is a flowering plant in the iris family. That said, it doesn't look like any other kind of iris I've ever seen. We have some crocosmia that delightfully, and somewhat unexpectedly, manages to bloom in our garden year after year. I always call it our "tropical" plant. It does not look like the type of plant which will survive in our northeast coast climate, but ours does quite well.

It is a really fun name to pronounce too!

I plan to blog more pictures of crocosmia in future posts. This particular capture should give you the basic idea of why I call it "tropical", and, perhaps, why I like it so much.

Warm Gesture

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Four June Sights

The photos in this post were taken mid-June. It is a "themeless" blog entry, unless "variety" is a theme.

In the Sun

Critter on Guard

Folded Heart

Mustard Test

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Rain Effect

As a followup to my last post, here are some more photos of plants in our garden the morning after rain.

Drops Aplenty

Folds Invite

This next specimen looks like maybe it's had too much rain, having a bit of a weary look. I still liked it for its character: still standing strong out in the garden.

Bedraggled and Still Glorious

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Rosebud

Today's post is of a rosebud. That's a bud of a rose, not something from the Orson Welles "Citizen Kane" film. Although, perhaps there's some overlap, I'm not really sure... that movie is complicated.

I saw this rosebud in our front yard. "Rose bud", as two words, means the same thing, at least from the online research I did.

This photo was taken handheld using natural morning light with my 60mm macro lens after the water drops of a recent rain remained among the flora in our garden.

Rosebud

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Flower Fun plus Two Eyes

I don't have a strong theme for this post, just some fun pictures of flowers and a few animals. I'm drawn to images with vibrant color and interesting details.

Enjoy!

Reaching

Curl

Inside Look

Trumpet

Dripping Red

Plant Map

Small World View

Floatin' and Reflectin'

All At Once Now

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Upside Down in the Sun

Relatively early one spring day, I was out in our yard taking a close look at some Solomon's Seal we have in our garden. The sun was hitting this particular patch just right. As I peered under the leaves I found a bee hard at work relocating pollen as was his calling.

I grabbed my camera, macro lens attached, and took these photos.

Anti-Gravity Gathering

Bee Glow

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