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THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
March 17, 2015
Do you associate the clover with St. Patrick's Day as much as I do? The luck of the Irish, the four leaf clover. Did you know that the clover produces a delicate flower, Pink Flowering Oxalis, like the one at the top of this post? I never associated flowers with clovers until I stumbled upon this sweet pink one at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona. I have since learned that this flowe...
Read MoreGROWING AND MAINTAINING ORCHIDS
March 10, 2015
For many years I was under the impression that growing orchids was difficult and even harder to get them to re-bloom the next year. I’m even guilty of throwing out a couple of orchid plants after flowering just for that reason. What I have experienced more recently is that they are really easy to care for and bring back year after year. In fact, I have two plants that I have had for at least ...
Read MoreFACING MY FEAR OF BEES
February 24, 2015
Yes, I'm a photographer who spends hours upon hours photographing flowers, is passionate about flowers, has a website all about flowers, and is afraid of bees. I will easily admit that I do think I'm ridiculous in how I react to bees. At times you can see me squealing like a small child and running in the other direction. Though what might be more embarrassing is when a humming bird comes zoomi...
Read MoreCONCENTRATE ON WHAT YOU HAVE
February 17, 2015
Monday’s Flower Quote started this week from Marcus Tullius Cicero, “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” This quote reminded me of a Post-it note that I keep in my handbag that says ‘Concentrate on what you have.’ I find it to be a pretty simple statement but one that packs a powerful punch to knock me to my senses and be grateful for all that I have. That...
Read MoreONE OF THOSE DAYS
February 10, 2015
Have you ever had one of those days that just doesn’t go exactly right? I would guess that you are nodding yes, if not fervently. Well, I sure had one of those days recently: a shoot at Conejo Valley Botanic Garden for Wednesday's Flower. I arrived in the Los Angeles area back in January, very happy to be leaving the cold and snow behind, and I stopped to survey the botanic garden near our hote...
Read MoreCLOTHESPINS & THE CELLIST
February 03, 2015
Often when I'm shooting, I find an extra flower, stem or branch peeking their way into my lens’ view, and I see it as a distraction, an inconvenience to the flower that I'm focusing on. In that situation, I have found there were only two ways to get it out of my frame: to maneuver my tripod or gently move the distraction out of the way. Sometimes it works and sometimes not so much. So, one Sund...
Read MorePLANTING BULBS IN THE SNOW
January 27, 2015
In the Northeast, there is a blanket of white covering the ground and snow falling all around, and I am planting bulbs not outside, but on my kitchen counter. The forced Paperwhite’s bulbs that I am planting I purchased towards the end of December and have kept in a white paper bag for over a month now. It was not my intention to do so, but I just didn’t make the time to plant them until now. ...
Read MoreLIVING PLANT SCULPTURES
January 20, 2015
Many botanical gardens have special exhibits throughout the year, and the Montréal Botanical Garden has one spectacular exhibit called the "Living Plant Sculpture" that I had the opportunity to visit in 2013. Each sculpture is made completely out of plants. Mother Nature in all of her splendor and glory and towering over three stories high. The shepherd watching over the sheep, and ...
Read MoreWHAT I SEE IN FLOWERS
January 13, 2015
Flowers inspire me not with only their beauty, but with all that they have to teach me with their strength, wisdom, joy, and grace; how incredibly intricate they are and yet what simplicity and joy they bring to a moment, to life. Each flower has a certain vulnerability that I admire too. A willingness to share something almost personal. It bears all in blooming from being so delicate and yet so ...
Read MoreTHE PERFECT WHITE BLANKET
January 06, 2015
As I look out my window from my desk, I am invigorated by the soft, fluffy white snowflakes falling all around, and though the winter days here in the Northeast can often be very grey and dreary, I find that snow changes a nondescript day into something magical. It creates excitement and wonder with each snowflake being singular and distinct, many snowflakes making a snowball, and many more creati...
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