There’s so much delight,
in this summer-y
garden-y
time of year.
The photos were taken at Seattle’s Center for Urban Horticulture.
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There’s so much delight,
in this summer-y
garden-y
time of year.
The photos were taken at Seattle’s Center for Urban Horticulture.
bluebrightly 
These shots are simply gorgeous! 🙂
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I’m glad you liked them!
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Beautiful shots. Gorgeous detail and colour.
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Lots of color this time of year – time to revel in it – the Seattle winter will return…
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I agree with Cee….:)
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Thank you!
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Such prettiness. 🙂
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Mmm, prettiness is easy to come by this time of year, isn’t it? Well, where you are, maybe it’s a different kind of prettiness!
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Starkly different!!
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Love, love, love❤️
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🙂 🙂
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Outstanding. I like very much how you balance your compositions.
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Balance? Me?! It’s a struggle ! 🙂 Thanks very much!
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I’m not generally a fan of B&W, but that last shot is definitely intriguing. 🙂
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It’s very busy, I know, but I like it when different leaves and seeds and such intertwine and layer amongst one another.
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I liked the impact of it, until you went and called it busy! 😮
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Right Gunta, it’s not busy, it’s impactful! 😉
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Blue, these are amazing shots! I love it when you visit these places! Thanks for this delight. 😀
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That’s funny – it makes me think of a very long time ago, when I tried being a docent at the NY Botanical Garden Conservatory. It’s a huge, amazing place. I love it. But oh how I hated doing that. I was so irritated at people’s superficial reactions, and there was no way or time to respond if anyone had a deeper reaction. Leading tours through the conservatory brought together two loves – plants and conveying information and wonder, but it didn’t satisfy. This seems to work better for me. It’s really not so different, is it? (Much later I was a grunt there, weeding beds, watering and getting stuck in the rear with cactus spines. I liked that better. And taking Botanical Illustration classes there – heaven!).
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Great macros, Lynn. I could certainly see spending the day at the Denver Botanic Gardens with nothing but my macro lens! Love the idea.
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And this was just a few Hoya filters (2x and 4x) stacked together. It’s tricky, getting usable shots, but if you keep trying, some of them work. Do that! I think it would be great. Especially now, when there are so many busy insects around.
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Fantastic photos! It’s like you break a tabou with the photo of the pink rose (?) that has turned brown. Funny, I have now an old brownish flower bouquet in a basket in the garden, waiting to be thrown away. Yesterday I was tempted to make a photo but didn’t, perhaps I should reconsider. Oh, and the blue ones with the hungry insects, they are amazing!
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Yes, go do it. There are photographers out there who make stunning photos of flowers past their prime. Sometimes it does just look like a mess, though! Thanks for your thoughts.
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Outstanding pictures Lynn ! With so many flower photographs it would be easy to become blase about seeing more … yours truly are delightful . The blue *sigh … the baby pinks … and the heat in the top flower I’ve quite forgotten the name of .. the seedhead of the Allium ? looking like some giant biological virus … so much to enjoy . Thank you 🙂
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The B&W? That’s an Allium seed head, one of the very ornamental ones. and I can’t think of which one. Sometimes I wonder about posting “more flower pictures” but the fact is, I love spending time with flowers or plants of any kind, and I love photographing them. If you work a little, you can find something different, or worth looking at. thanks!
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So true Lynn and you show us that fact well . I think then perhaps it’s an Allium Christophii .. if I’m wrong am sure someone will say 😉
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OK, my favorites are the yin and yang bees and, the last shot, in black and white which made me think of a space event, maybe the birth of a galaxy (if there is such a thing).
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If there is such a thing.. wow, let’s not get too deep! 😉 Thank you Maya! Glad you like that one!
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Funny – the yin and yang bees thought occurred to me as well! Great minds…
Those Allium seed heads are very photogenic – thanks, good to hear from you!
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I feel so tiny! And it feels so good to wander and get lost in your other-worldly detail, not to mention the light and brilliant colours!
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Other-worldly detail is a big draw for me, since childhood. Hope you’re getting out of the city a bit…
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Great shots, Lynn! I do really like the two bees one.
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They are Mr. yin and Ms. yang… 🙂
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Magnificent!
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Gorgeous, Lynn! The blue of those Eryngiums – wow!
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Yes, that blue is something! Thank you.
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I like the intricate little world in the last picture.
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Good to hear from you Steve, thank you – it’s a complex weaving of life, isn’t it?
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Stunning work Lynn, The last picture the icing on the cake. Wonderful stuff!
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Terrific that you like that one best!
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Glorious!!
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Great captures!
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wow, full-on summer gorgeousness. I hope you are having a great summer, Lynn! Looks like it…
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Always happy to hear from you, and recently to see your beautiful, cheerful summer shots. Though work may eat up way too much time, I manage to find time to drink it in.
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flower super power, divine power : )
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🙂 🙂
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Incredible shots…makes me feel that summer is in full swing (just got back to Seattle a couple days ago…). Cheers!
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Back here for a while? I’m thinking you live maybe in Hong Kong and travel here regularly? In any case, yes, obviously it’s in full swing here! Lots of extra hot weather lately, but I’m not complaining.
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Yes, live in HK but get back to the Northwest quite often…and the PNW is always a great place to be in the summer! Enjoy your weekend!
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You too! Hope to see more photos on your blog one of these days….
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Simply stunning shots! I love them all beautiful photography.
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These are perfect poems . . . pluperfect.
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