Hello everyone,
I wanted to share some of the blooms in our garden today.We have been getting a lot of rain lately and for awhile i was pleased because the garden was so dry but now it is enough already! We are promised some sunshine for tomorrow before it rains again in the late afternoon. I was reading a nice book on photography(Digital Flower Photography) and I spent a few minutes this morning practicing as the rain had stopped. While I was out I saw lots of busy bees and even some cedar waxwings. I was able to get a good shot of the bees but not the cedar waxwings.Someday next week I am going to sit out in the garden with my camera on a tripod and practice on bird shots.
The bleeding hearts are still hanging in there.
As are a few late blooming tulips.
The apple blossoms are still pretty but already there are showers of petals falling to the ground.
The lilacs are coming to the fore front for their time of glory.
The viburnums are starting to bloom-I love the green color of the snowballs.
This is the first clematis to bloom in our garden.
The magnolia (one of the little girls maybe Anne)
The lilacs are starting to bloom
Johnson's blue geranium
This is yellow bird magnolia -a birthday gift from my husband a few years ago. It is borderline hardy in our garden so I had to cover it a few nights that we had frost but it is starting to bloom now. It is still small so it doesn't have more then twenty blooms but they grow fast when they establish.
I love this primrose lilac as it has yellow buds starting out before becoming creamy white.
You can see the raindrops on the lilacs.
This is an annual snapdragon that I picked up a few flats of to fill in a few bare spots on the hillside garden.
I love this Phlox divaricata 'Clouds of Perfume'.It seems to bloom a good few weeks. I would like to get the white one too but I haven't found it locally.
The pink tree peony will soon bloom. It is so pretty.
The clematis again
My favorite crabapple tree-unfortunately I forget the variety.
Beauty of Moscow lilac
the alliums are blooming now and I love them even the seed heads are pretty later on.
Your photos are exquisite! Otherworldly--certainly other than my world here in the desert southwest. What a beautiful place you live in. I'm so glad you have a blog.Jacqueline
ReplyDeleteCarolyn....I love the close ups of the apple blossoms! Nice photography!~Hugs, Patti
ReplyDeleteGorgeous images!
ReplyDeleteI think you've done MORE than an adequate job of photographing! And what gorgeous subjects to have! Simply magical ♥
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful! Even your snapdragons you just picked up are the most amazing color! Very nice.
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Sherry
Carolyn such a beautiful series of blossoms that grow in your garden!
ReplyDeleteThe viburnums resemble the annabelle hydrangeas!At first that's what I thought it was!
The pink tree peony really grabs my attention..seeing that I adore peonies!
I enjoyed my vist today as I alwasy do!Enjoy your weekend!
Carolyn, this is so exquisite. Your garden sounds so lovely. I just want to take a stroll through it and absorb.
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! Your gardens and your photos are gorgeous eye candy.
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Hi Carolyn! Oh, your photography is beautiful as well as your gorgeous flowers! You have so many varieties! Would love to see them in person.
ReplyDeleteBe a sweetie and have a beautiful weekend,
Shelia ;)
Alas, most of those blooms have come and gone on the prairie. Even the pansies are about to give up --
ReplyDeleteYour photos are beautiful!
I love how the rain drops are are on the petals...just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMagnificent, Carolyn! Your photographs are really wonderful, well done. :) Amazing what a variety you have in your garden, all at once! Have a lovely weekend. – g
ReplyDeleteHi Carolyn
ReplyDeleteI am back blogging, I missed you all!!
Your photographs are wonderful,your flowers much more forward than here in England, but we did have a very cold Spring.
Hopefully the weather has changed now, we had a good forecast for the weekend.
Enjoy, Jackie in Surrey, UK.
Hello Carolyn.. Your wet flowers are beautiful! I am like you we have had nothing but rain, I whole heartedly agree... enough already:-)
ReplyDeleteWishing you blue skies:-)
Bella
Beautiful beautiful flowers and pictures Carolyn.I love them all. Isn't this a wonderful time of year with all those colpours in your garden.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekkend.
Such wonderful photos, I love the close up of the bee, your lilacs are so lovely.
ReplyDeletePics are wonderful! That's the best part of a flower, they are beautiful standing alone or in groups large or small!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Reading the book seems to have brought you to a new level of exquisite photography! Hope the tour goes well this weekend.
ReplyDeleteLovely fotos flowers , nice blog,
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Greeting from Belgium, Have a nice weekend .
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I love Phlox 'Clouds of Perfume' too, it has such an exquisite fragrance. You have so many beautiful flowers in your garden now!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely photographs Carolyn lots going on then in your garden at present plenty of colour and variety.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden and your photos are great!
ReplyDeleteDonna
Simply Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photography of the flowers, the book is working. The shots are perfect. Take care.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. Thanks for the tour. xx
ReplyDeleteEvery picture is so stunning..I love the closeup details of the petals. Such a great variety of flowers...ahhh summer is here!
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Dear Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteLovely close ups of your flowers! I don't think it is necessary for you to read a book about photograpy, because your photo's are already beautiful. I see that we have a lot of the same flowers in our garden :-)!
Hope the sun will come out soon! Enjoy your sunday!
Lieve groet, Madelief
beautiful images, I see that your garden is doing well... hope you are having a great summer.
ReplyDeleteOh Carolyn your garden is heavenly. I love the snapdragon color you picked. I must get hold of that book as I could use a little camera help these days. Thanks for sharing your beautiful world with us.
ReplyDeleteDag Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteExcuses dat ik niet altijd een berichtje achter laat, maar ik bezoek je zeker 2 keer in de week. Maar door mijn drukke werk voor het Magazine heb ik niet veel tijd om altijd een berichtje achter te laten. Verder is mijn Engels ook niet zo goed om uitgebreid te schrijven. Maar ik zag dat je een Google vertaler er op hebt zitten, dus ik waag het maar in het Nederlands. Ik geniet van je prachtige tuin en mooie bloesem foto's en ben verrukt van je prachtige serviezen, en je schoonheden van kleinkinderen. Soms is het Magazine wel een beetje vermoeiend om van deadline naar deadline te hollen. Maar nogmaals, neem van mij aan dat ik geniet van je prachtige blog!! Fijne avond nog.
Lieve groet, Marja
Carolyn:
ReplyDeleteYour photgraphy is exquisite. Clearly the book you were reading gave you some wonderful inspriation.
I love the close up of the bee. Your many varities of lilacs are amazing and that crabapple is devine.
Perhaps next Sunday you'll come join my meme "Summer Sundays". It's all about what summer means to YOU - like gorgeous flowers!
- The Tablescaper
Your photos are exquisite!
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Wonderful photos Carolyn! You are quite a bit a head of us on your side of the Island. The blooms in your garden are lovely. Lets hope the rain stops soon. Cheers, Susan :)
ReplyDeleteYour photos are stunning, Carolyn! Have a lovely day.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Sandi
So beautiful!
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