almost lilies

A lily bud floats in early evening above hydrangea macrophylla Jogasaki, a double-flowered Japanese lacecap. The sterile inner blooms [of macrophylla Jogasaki] are surrounded by open-faced outer blooms evocative of "miniature pink water lilies floating atop a pond" (see 2008 July).

summer canvas

Late day sun, through old glass, on an old door.

sitting pretty

Grey catbird on a grey perch

“Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.” ~Victor Hugo

pink organza

Lady Alexandra Duff reveals her heart, sweetly.

"Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion." ~Anonymous

violet whisper

Photography credits:
slb/crocus and scilla
ng/ranunculus

the turning point

I brake for Forsythia.
Signs of spring at Waldwick Gardens.

"Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour." ~ Robert Frost

Latin lesson

Galanthus, milk-white flower

nivalis, snowy

perfect