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Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. Remember you can click on each image to see it in a larger format. And if you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.
I ran across this beautiful purple lily recently and I knew I had to take a few photos of it. Here’s what it looked like as a whole.
Macro Monday: purple lily
And here’s what the inside and its pistils looked like from closer. I love to see how much pollen lilies can have.
Macro Monday: purple lily pistils
And here’s another close-up of this purple lily and its yellow center.
Macro Monday: Close-up of the inside of a purple lily
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Today I’m participating in Floral Friday Fotos. Remember you can click on the photos below to see them in a larger format. If you enjoy my images, I encourage you to subscribe and receive updates when I post new photos, usually 3 to 5 times a week.
I LOVE wisteria blooms. How can you not like them? Their large, colorful purple blooms are a burst of laughter in the middle of spring. And you need to enjoy them as much as you can because wisteria blooms usually last about a month. The wisteria’s pea-like flowers disappear as fast as they appeared.
Here’s a series of beautiful wisteria blooms on a very large trellis. I decided to show you what the wisteria blooms look like as a group and then zoom in to have you enjoy a closer look. I’m thinking about making some photo paintings out of these colorful images. They seem perfect for that.
Did you know Wisteria is a very invasive plant? It’s easy to guess why when realize how fast it can grow in any direction.
Floral Friday Fotos: Wisteria blooms on a large trellis
The Wisteria vine is very thick and can reach significant heights with very little support.
Floral Friday Fotos: Wisteria blooms on wooden trellisFloral Friday Fotos: Wisteria in bloom
Did you know both the wisteria flowers and the wisteria seeds (they grow in pods) are poisonous? Not a great plant to have around pets and children, unfortunately.
Cluster of wisteria blooms
I think wisteria displays some of the most beautiful shades of purple in nature. Don’t you agree?
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Today I’m taking part in Macro Monday at Lisa’s Chaos. Remember you can click on each image to see it in a larger format. And if you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.
I recently visited the San Diego Botanic Garden and photographed the flowers below. I love that garden for the variety of plants I can see there, but it really bugs me to realize only half of them seem to have a label. So I have no idea what the flowers below are. All I can say is, they’re puffy pinkish purple (mostly purple) flowers and their shrub leaves are so light green, they look almost white. This gives a very interesting background to the flowers. If you know what this plant with puffy purple flowers is, please share in the comments section below. Enjoy!
Macro Monday: purple flowers and white leavesMacro Monday: purple flowers with thin, long petalsMacro Monday: Close-up of purple flowers with skinny petals
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This week’s Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge theme is the season of spring. Spring is my favorite season, especially in San Diego. I love witnessing the rebirth of nature and noticing all the beautiful colors popping up around town.
I’m using the gallery format to feature my photos of spring. You can click on any photo below to open the slideshow. To view any photo in a larger format, just scroll down while in slideshow mode and click on “view full size” on the bottom right on the page. Enjoy!
Yellow rose about to open
Wordpress weekly photo challenge: an unusual POV – Orange rose at Balboa Park in San Diego
Purple and whote Ramona lilac in bloom
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Walking down the trail
Trail bordered by Ramona lilacs
Macro Monday: Small purple wildflowers
Travel theme: delicate rain drop on grass
Close-up of pink manuka flowers
A word a week – violet wildflowers with dew drops
Close-up of the pear blossoms in Balboa Park
Wordpress weekly photo challenge: the hue of you – lampranthus productus iceplant
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I’m going to use this photo challenge as an opportunity to feature a few more of the rose photos I took this past weekend at the rose garden in San Diego’s Balboa Park. You can see the other rose photos here and here.
Here’s another multicolored rose that featured a pleasant rose fragrance. It helps that it’s also very pretty to look at.
Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of a multicolored rose
I loved the fragrance of the next rose. It had a very delicate and pure scent. Mmmmmm…
Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of a fragrant rose
Other flowers can smell very look, including lavender, which comes in many varieties and sizes.
Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of lavender
One scent I really enjoy is the one of wet dirt and grass after the rain. This after the rain scent is not too common in San Diego so I love it when it happens.
Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of wet dirt after the rain
My favorite flower fragrance is lilac blossoms. Unfortunately common lilacs don’t like the San Diego hot and dry weather too much, so we find a different type here in nature called the Ramona lilac. Its scent is very, very light but it still looks pretty.
Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Scent of Ramona lilac blossoms
For my last photo, I’ll share one of my favorite scents: the smell of the ocean, here at Coronado Beach. I love the mix of iodine, salt and seaweed. Can you smell it?
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