A Storm Is Coming
Friday night, April 19, 2013, 75 degrees. As I look toward the west, dark gray clouds are rapidly moving eastward. The flowers that have graced the spring gardens at Valley View have started to wilt and many may be decimated by tonight’s expected torrential downpour.
Take a moment to walk the gardens and see what has bloomed thus far.
Iris reticulata
Daffodil flowers and Darwin Tulips
Dutchman’s Breeches and Helleborus
Hyacinths in front of the house
Hellebores in the lower garden
Come back again to take a closer look at the flowers of Valley View, thank you
Garden Companion – Eastern Garter Snake
Mulching was completed, the sun what high and radiating warmth
Looking down onto the slope I saw an anomaly
Something straight, but not quite
A garden companion sharing a moment in time
Yes my tongue is red
I’m So Excited!
I’m so excited
Striped Squill Puschkinia Scilloides
And I just can’t hide it
Glory of the Snow Chionodoxa
I”m about to loose control
Double Daffodil
And I think I like it!!!
I like it I like it!!!
Daffodil Cup
Glory of the Snow
Pennsylvania Landsape
Slipping below the horizon the intensity of the sun’s rays is
exaggerated by a gray sky in the east
Electrical towers stand as sculptures in fields yet to be planted
with soy and corn
Erotic, Sensual or Just Plain Strange: Skunk Cabbage Redux
Skunk Cabbage AKA Symplocarpus foetidus still draws me across the stream.
This is the third year I’ve photographed this Pennsylvania wildflower and I do believe these are the best photos to date.
Taken with my new Nikon Coolpix P510 at approximately 6:00 PM the shapes and color are crisp and clear.
Still erotic and sensual as they break through the forest floor their colors and shapes draw not only human eyes but pollinating insects.
if your are interested, the 2011 The Garden beyond the Stream and the 2012 Erotic, Sensual or Just Plain Strange? can be viewed here!
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