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Marilyn Monroe’s Dress
Once again, the stunning white peony! FACTOID: Marilyn Monroe wore a white dress in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder. The dress was created by costume designer William Travilla and was worn in one of the … Continue reading
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Plummage
Do these peony petals not look like feathers?!?! Ever so thin and soft and gentle and silky.
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Feel the Warmth!
Sun worshipping…
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Tagged bloom, blossom, bright, close-up, color, dark pink, mauve, opening up, pointed, purple, rhododendron, sunlit, warmth
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Hiding Place
A “den” in this 5-inch peony bloom is a luxury to the ant! Maybe it’s also the peony’s extremely powerful, perfumy fragrance?!
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Azalea Parts
Up close with an azalea bloom: petal, stamen, anther, stigma, pistil.
Spotlight on Pink
Oh, what an effect the late afternoon sun has on this Rhododendron!
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Tagged bloom, blossom, color, full bloom, pink, purple, rhododendron, shades of pink, sunlit
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Pinwheel
Azure Bluet (aka Quaker Lady). Look for these tiny delicate and colorful blossoms in lawns, clearings, and forest margins throughout spring. The species name means “sky blue” and the flowers are often that color; but they may be a clear white, or … Continue reading
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Daffies
Such beautiful flowers with their weird and colorful trumpets!
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Tagged afternoon sunlight, bloom, blossom, daffodil, flower, multi-colored, orange and white, orange and yellow, trumpets, white, yellow and white
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Pale Orange
A late afternoon sun skims across a daffodil.
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Tagged afternoon sunlight, bloom, blossom, daffodil, flower, light colored, orange and white, pale orange, white
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Surviving Winter
All of the camellia blooms died off during the frequent ice/winter storms this winter – except this one!
