Since it is Spring I guess I am splurging on flowers in various phases and colors. I love the shades that nature produces, even just within one flower.
Category: blossoms
Busy Bee at Work
Busy bumble bee not bothered by my intrusion.
Reaching, in color
Reaching
Madeleine reaching.
Tulips at Dusk Pt. II
Last week I sort of obsessed on tulips. I shot them during a morning walk with my granddaughter as well as in the evening while walking alone. This was taken at sunset in Portland, as was the previous post.
White Tulip
White tulip at dusk.
Hybrids
Address with letters and numbers.
Cherry tree with white and pink blossoms.
Pink
Pink is the color of the day. Vintage Clothing on Capital Hill & two-nearly blossoming tulips (revisited from a previous post).
Sky full of Cherry Blossoms
Sky full of cherry blossoms on Capital Hill, Seattle. I was on Capital Hill getting my haircut Saturday and spent an hour or so walking around afterwards. It was a pleasant morning with lots of people out walking dogs, jogging and just emerging from a long Winter. I have quite a few images of this walk to share in the near future.
Tulips to be
Tulips to be. It has just been too cold this Spring. The tulips are about two weeks behind, in terms of when they usually bloom. I think this coming week will be the blossoming moment. These were shot in the Capital Hill area of Seattle today.
Echo
Echo-like effect with a wildflower from our yard.
Friday Flowers
A lovely bouquet. Friday is Skywatch day around the blogosphere. Thought I would offer Friday Flowers instead.
Flower at Dusk
Blue flower, at dusk, growing in one of our cedar plant boxes.
Volunteer Park Conservatory, Pt.4
Two more examples of plants from the conservatory. Cactus pedal seems to be carefully cradling a large droplet of water ( not put there by me ). The blue background foliage on the other plant seems to somehow carry over to the yellow leaf of the above plant.
Heart-Shaped Buds-Revisited
Heart-shaped buds on a plant in the Conservatory. Dr. Strangelove might see them as bombs or bomblets? I’ve recently found out that this is a Bleeding Heart plant.
Two Pools
Two small pools of water collected in the two blossoms. 
First signs of Spring
One of the first flowers to bloom in our yard. This flower resides in our rainwater garden.
Conservatory Redux
- Hanging buds about to blossom.
- About to blossom
Red seems to be the theme for this posting. The variety in nature amazes me. The different structural elements of each plant seem endless.
Conservatory Plants
Some more images from the conservatory. I enjoy the colors, textures and symmetry of the palms and cactus. The brilliance of the colors looks almost unreal.
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