5/15/21

 The Tulips have been done for a little while here.  They were quite lovely this year while they lasted.  This is a small group of beautiful red ones that someone had growing down the street from me.  I was drawn to the light on them.

8/13/18

In the middle of summer I am thinking of Spring.  We have good chances for rain a couple of days this week and I am hoping we get it.  These are a lovely group of Tulips that I photographed in the Tulip Capitol of Kansas, Wamego a while back.

5/2/17

My image today is of one of the Tulips I had in my yard this Spring.  I had planted quite a few 3 years ago but not many come up any more.  My neighbor and I were talking and a beastie may have got the bulbs from below.  I plan on planting more bulbs this fall and will protect them this time.  This particular Tulip was from a gift my Sis-In_law had given me for Christmas and I then planted the bulbs outside.  Was nice to see one bloom.

3/22/17

So spring is springing  up like crazy with our summery weather so Tulips in the ground are quickly coming up.  This image is actually from an arrangement of spring bulbs I got as a gift from my sis-in-law this year.  Red is a very hard color to photograph and get good detail but I was happy with this image and the details I was able to capture in the petals.

1/13/17

I got myself a new camera a couple days ago because the old one was having light metering issues.  I was testing it out last night with some flowers that my sis-in-law got me for Christmas.  She got me 3 months of bulbs that are in an arrangement and bloom to brighten up the house in these dreary months when all the Christmas festivities are over and we are waiting for spring.  I got this shot of a tulip that is coming up against some LED lights and since Fridays are Bokeh days I decided to share this one as I thought it rather festive.  

5/28/16

Well, had another 1 1/2 inches approximately.  The ground is so saturated it's not even soaking in as it should.  Only a 10% chance today too so maybe we can dry out a bit.  My image for today is of a couple of my red Tulips in bloom.  They are the oldest ones I have and still do well every year.

3/19/16

Back home to what is probably more normal temperatures for this time of year but not good as things are budding and blooming.  My Daffodils looked a bit sad in the 20 degree temps.  :-(  Hopefully they will still be lovely.  This is another flower of Spring but one that is not yet in bloom.  I got to photograph these because they were part of a gift.

2/27/16

Another lovely day in store.  My car has never been this clean this long.  I thought sure I would make it rain at least if not snow.  :-)  My sister-in-law got me a lovely gift of 3 months of flower bulbs in an arrangement for Christmas.  This month is Tulips and they are now blooming.  I shot some photos of them yesterday and this is one of them that I liked quite a lot.  I shot this macro against a white background and it only has a bit of slight tweaking to it to bring out detail and true color.