…and I nearly missed it
Posted on May 29, 2015
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Two photos, some explanations and a lot of colour.
This tulip was a soft pink with white fringes. Not spectacular but pretty in its own quiet way.
Posted on May 22, 2015
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Choosing the photos to publish was tough!
By total chance, in one corner of the garden all the flowers were the same colour. I liked the stability that repetition brings, and tried to take a photo of them in their group. Sometimes flowers are beautiful when they are unique – these… Continue Reading “Tulip Tuesday – friendly”
Posted on May 15, 2015
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Rows and rows and rows of them
Have you ever seen a black tulip? I hadn’t, until these popped out of my mother’s garden in Oslo. Their colour was so thick and deep and rich that I still don’t think these two photos show the exact shade of purpley-black, but they… Continue Reading “Tulip Tuesday – unique”
Definitely worth the wait!
Category: Flowers, GardenTags: balcony, flower, garden, mystery, nature, plant, potted garden, spring, star of bethlehem, surprise
and a wee bit of random poetry
Category: PhotographyTags: creative, flora, flower, grass, monocot, naturalist, nature, photo, photography, plant, poem, poet, poetry, rose, wild roses, writing
Posted on April 19, 2014
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Escaping from the city for the day
Category: ItalyTags: berry, blossoms, bug, city slicker, city slickers, country house, countryhouse, countryside, daisies, daisy, flower, flowers, fruit, garden, green, house, il poggio, insect, Italy, ladder, lilac, mulberry, nature, pear, photo, photography, plant, poggio, rain, random, ravenna, snow, spring, sun, tree, well
Posted on March 26, 2014
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…do this
Category: PhotographyTags: beautiful, blossom, cherry, cliché, flower, flowers, garden, nikon, NikonD5000, obnoxious, photo, photography, pink, plant, spring, tree
Posted on March 7, 2014
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…is it Spring there, too?
Category: PhotographyTags: bee, blossom, bonsai, botanical, Botanical Garden, butterfly, cherry, floral, flower, flowers, fly, garden, insect, jardin botanico, lens, macro, Madrid, NikonD5000, photo, photography, plant, Real Jardin Botanico, spain, spring, sun, sunny
Posted on February 16, 2014
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A cactus. A cat. A ca(c)t(us).
Posted on February 4, 2014
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Yet another outing at the Jardin Botanico
Category: PhotographyTags: botanic, botanical, botany, colour, dahlia, dead, effect, flora, flower, garden, naturalist, nature, nikon, NikonD5000, photo, photography, plant, rain, vegetation
Posted on October 29, 2013
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Gorgeous. This photo took a lot of time and patience, but I think it was worth it. Taken at the Real Jardin Botanico of Madrid.
Category: PhotographyTags: autumn, azafran, botanical, botanico, botany, croco, Crocus, fiore, flower, garden, giardino, jardin, photo, photography, pianta, plant, primavera, purple, real, saffron, Sativus, spring
Posted on August 11, 2013
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The flowering of an adopted plant that holds so many memories
Category: Flowers, GardenTags: balcony, fiore, fiorita, flower, flowering, Franco, garden, gardening, giardinaggio, grassa, historical, history, home, house, inflorescence, inflorescenza, memory, pianta, pianta grassa, plant, succulent
Posted on July 4, 2013
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A Xylocopa sp. on our lavender. We have a very narrow windowsill but still managed to plant a handful of aromatic plants…and we are not the only ones that are enjoying them!
Category: Garden, MadridTags: aromatic, aromatica, aromatiche, gardening, giardinaggio, hymenoptera, imenottero, insect, insetto, lavanda, lavender, Madrid, pianta, plant, Spagna, spain, Xylocopa
Posted on June 29, 2013
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Every time someone comes over to my mother’s or my house, they look at our orchids, amazed. We have dozens of them, nearly all gifts, untidily arranged on window sills. Some are heavy with their second or third (or more, who remembers?) bloom; others… Continue Reading “Orchids. Surprisingly simple.”
Category: GardenTags: care, casa, cure, easy, flora, flower, garden, gardening, home, house, houseplant, humidity, orchid, orchidee, plant, rainforest, repotting, sunlight, window
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