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After doing some research, we have come to the determination that the little flower from my last post is probably a kind of Azalea. The ones we had in Texas were quite a bit different than these little ones here, so we didn’t make the connection. At any rate, our little bush of Azaleas weathered the storm, but took a beating and some of them look a little rough, while others only suffered minor damage.
A few other growing things fought off the storm and elements and came back winners.
Some budding fruit from the tree at the corner of our house managed to also make it through the late frost last month…
…as well as some on the Bradford Pear tree.
From big clematis blooms….
…to the tiniest of tiny little ground cover flowers, Spring has been wondrous!
Hope you are having fun and enjoying the rest of Spring — Summer is fast approaching!
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- I Love the White Azaleas (theblacknarcissus.com)
What gorgeous photography! I love all of the spring blooms..
Thank you, Mary, and I take that as an extra-high compliment coming from you — you are surrounded with stunning beauty from the flowers I’ve seen in your blog!
Gorgeous photos & flowers!
Thank you, Cindy — the flowers are so wonderful to sit there and let me take pictures of them, except when the wind blows, lol!
Great photos Becky and a great depth of field. The last one, the tiniest one is my favorite. It is a very small flower and I have taken shots of one that looks very similar.
You featured a flower that was smaller than the circumference of the top of a pencil eraser awhile back, and I got my second wind for photographing tiny things after seeing it in your post. It may very well be the same flower, since the one here was also just a weed that grew very close to the ground and spread out like ground cover. Thank you for the compliments, Jerry — hope springs eternal for me that practice will make perfect, lol!
I’m so happy I was an inspiration for you to get all fired up again over photography. Thank you for the compliment. The flower you are referring to is this one – http://frommyelectronicfilm.wordpress.com/macro/?preview=true&preview_id=166&preview_nonce=da387cb901 Practice will make perfect. 😉
Yes, I believe that is the same flower — if I am not mistaken, in the same post you also included a shot of them from standing height so people could see just how tiny they were…and they sure ARE tiny! Lol, a person has to almost eat dirt to get a macro shot of them!
I sometimes get to where I don’t feel well enough to try and do macro a lot, but after looking at your flowers it reminds me that nothing really good in life comes without a little effort and sacrifice.
Thanks for including my blog post in yours! I love your photos. Wish you had pics of your Texas azaleas to compare! I believe your big hot pink bloom, second to end is a clematis, is it on a climbing vine, or a spreading one along the ground? Looking forward to more. Helen
Oh, me too! I was not doing much in the way of photography when I lived in Texas, and a picture of those azaleas would have been great! They grow seemingly without any encouragement there and I guess we began to take them for granted (said as I kick myself in the behind).
Yes, as a matter of fact the pink bloom does grow on a climbing vine, and I took some pictures of a blue one that looks just like it. Thank you so much for identifying it for me — I have written it down so I don’t forget it, and will add it to the body of this post (for those like me who know little about flowers except that they’re pretty).
Thank you for stopping by, Helen!
Beautiful pictures and I like the you post reference’s underneath for further information
Lol, my information is usually pretty limited, X, but I try to include what little I know! Thanks so much!
Beautiful pics Becky, thanks for the link!
Thanks so much, Steve! You’re very welcome!