These star magnolias are on our usual daily dog walk. I’ve been watching them testing the air. Now they look like a go.
They look a bit like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon.
Maybe spring will come this year!
Emergence
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A sign of spring
We’ve been away a few days and this little charmer sprung up in a neighbor’s yard while we were gone.
I don’t know what the exact variety is. It is not a large bloom, very close to the ground. I just love the vibrant blue color.
Getting ready
You have to look very closely to find the signs of spring right now…but they are there.
Color of my day: yellow
Perhaps it is the gray skies and a few raindrops, but the most eye catching blooms today were yellow.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day.
I used Topaz Studio 2 to get a painterly effect on these photos.
Hashtag Floral!!
Perfect description for today. Here is a gallery of florals from walking the dogs this morning.
Inspired by Terri of Second Wind Leisure’s Sunday Stills: Fabulous Seasonal #florals. Our rather chilly spring has kept many things blooming that would usually be about done by now, such as the daffodils and tulips. Yet the usual suspects, like the wood hyacinth, crabapple and peony are valiantly going ahead as planned. It seems like everything is blooming right now.
Also for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Species Tulips
My yard is in full bloom right now. Through the years various types of bulbs have naturalized. The pickier, more needy ones have died out. A landscape by Darwin sort of effect. I have two types of tulips that have thrived on my neglect: red Apeldoorn (I had some yellow ones but, for some reason, they all died out), and these species tulips.
This time of year it doesn’t seem fair: the bright, red Apeldoorns grab your attention. Less flamboyant than their more outgoing cousins these species tulips have a delicate beauty that deserves a second glance.
Spring Greens
Lots of colors in the flowers at this time of year, but the dominant color of spring is green. The green of new leaves emerging, but also of moss, catkins and some flowers. Here are a few spring greens from this morning’s walk for Cee’s Mid-week madness challenge: Spring Season.
Purple blooms #2
I don’t get around much so all of y purples tend to be what’s blooming in the neighborhood these days.
Oh, fiddleheads!
I love the emerging and unfurling of the ferns in spring time.
For Cee’s Midweek Madness: close-up and the Lens Artists Challenge # 146: Focusing on the details.
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