Monthly Archives: August 2013

Thanks for the Sunshine Award!

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A huge Thank You to Mona from 22 Flowers for nominating my blog for this award. Much appreciated.

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The rules are simple and provided below:-

(1) Thank the person who gave you the award in your blog post.

(2) Do the Q&A below.

(3) Pass on the award to 10 – 12 deserving and inspiring bloggers, inform them and link to their blogs.

Questions you need to answer .

  • Favourite colour? – Purple
  • Favourite animal? – Snow leopard
  • Favourite number?  – 13
  • Favourite nonalcoholic drink?  – Honey and Ginger Tea
  • Favourite alcoholic drink? – N.A.
  • Facebook or Twitter? – Both
  • Giving or Receiving Gifts? Both

My nominations for this award are :

  1. Forest So Green
  2. Driemalkunst
  3. John Hric
  4. Strictly Vivid Photography
  5. Thoughts From The Road
  6. Photography Art Plus
  7. Let the great wheels spin
  8. Images by T.Dashfield
  9. Cake Stories by Lauren
  10. Leaf and Twig
  11. OW FotoGrafik
  12. Tom Simard
  13. Smell the flowers
  14. Getting the Picture

Congratulations to you all and thanks for your inspiring blogs!!

Playing with petals

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Since there are so many photographs with flowers as their main subjects I have been thinking about ways to create unique images – so I started playing with petal arrangements. Then I started experimenting with colours on the petal arrangements – here are some of the results. Tell me what you think please.

Photo 1: White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals

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Photo 2: Blue Tone White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals

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Photo 3:  Green Tone White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals

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Photo 4: Outline White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals

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Photo 5: Cluster Outline White Clover with rose and Chrysanthemum petals

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Blue Chrysanthemums

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Although I enjoy flowers in their natural states it’s sometimes fun to see them in quirky or unusual ways such as these blue Chrysanthemums that I recently purchased as a table decoration. If you like you can even dye your flowers.

Photo 1: Blue Chrysanthemum

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Photo 2: Blue Chrysanthemum and White Gypsophila

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Photo 3: Blue Chrysanthemum bud

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Photo 4: Rooi en Blou

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Photo 5: Blue Chrysanthemum bud on Red rose petal

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Whimsical White Butterflies

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When trying to capture images of these white butterflies I have noticed that they behave rather differently to the Peacock butterflies that I photographed before. They tend to be a lot more sensitive to movement and take flight the moment they sense a disturbance. They are therefore a lot harder to capture.

Photo: White Butterfly on Loosestrife

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Photo: White Butterfly on Buddleia

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Photo: Butterfly in flight

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Photo: White Butterfly on Leaf

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“Ne’er cast a cloot til Mey’s oot”

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According to folklore the saying “Ne’er cast a cloot til Mey’s oot” conveys a warning not to shed any cloots (clothes) before the summer has fully arrived and the may flowers (hawthorn blossoms) are in full bloom. The Hawthorn is a rather common tree in the English countryside and usually in May it gives a beautiful display of clusters of small flowers. It is therefore also sometimes called the May Tree and the blossom itself has also been called May. The Hawthorn belongs to a large genus of shrubs and trees called Crataegus. There are many species and hybrids and the flower colours include, white, pink and red.

Photo: Red Hawthorn

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Photo: White Hawthorn

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Photo: Red Hawthorn

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Photo: White Hawthorn over water

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Photo: White Hawthorn blossoms

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Lovely Lisianthus

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The delicate blooms of Lisianthus are really lovely to behold and look a bit like roses but without the thorns. They have a romantic, dreamy look about them hence their popularity in wedding bouquets.

Photo: Pink Lisianthus bloom

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Photo: Lisianthus bunch

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Photo: Rose and Lisianthus

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Photo: Lisianthus with bug

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Photo: Lisianthus bud

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Waiting for a Peacock Butterfly on Buddleia

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The Buddleia in front of our house is not producing the best blooms this year but fortunately it is still attracting lovely butterflies. It’s aptly named the butterfly bush. I discovered that in the case of butterflies it is better not to chase but rather to wait quietly until they settle.

Photo: Peacock Butterfly on Buddleia Shot of the Day

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Photo: Peacock Butterfly landing on Buddleia

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Photo: Peacock Butterfly on Buddleia ready for take off

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Photo: Peacock Butterfly on Buddleia sideways

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Photo: Peacock Butterfly on Buddleia underside of wing

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