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Friday, May 24, 2013

The Last of Spring's Blossoms


Our weather has been crazier than average over the last week especially.  Temperatures in the 80's even coming close to 90 degrees finalized all the blooming trees and some flowers before they were forced to succumb to the heat.  However, I happened to grab my camera before taking a quick walk around the neighborhood before this heat wave occurred.  So I was able to bring the blooming part of spring - minus the allergies - back again.   Not as beautiful as the real thing, but the pictures still speak 1000 words. :)

The whole tree is beautiful, but a single bloom is a work of art.

I really love the color blue in nature and these flowers were brilliant!

These blooms remind me of those tissue flowers we used to make as kids.

Wild violets are one of those things that make you look twice...gorgeous little creatures.

I had to take a picture of the amazing pink buds of this white rhododendron.

The opened flower buds fade into white.
Happy Spring to you all!  Blessings!

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23 comments:

  1. Such beautiful blossoms! It's too bad that they don't stick around longer. I think my favorite is the little blue flowers. They are so pretty!

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    1. I totally agree! I like the blue flowers too...I'm guessing they may be "forget-me-nots" as there aren't too many blue flowers for the garden. :)

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  2. Lovely flower photos! You captured the beautiful colors well.

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    1. Thank you Linda...I had beautiful subjects to photograph!

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  3. Lovely blooms! Ours are just starting here!

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    1. That's great...I know you'll enjoy them!!

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  4. Yes, I like the richness of color in the flowers, some wonderful photos!

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    1. Thanks...the colors are exceptional this time of year. I love the pastels. :)

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  5. oh how beautiful...these would be wonderful to share with I Heart Macro too:-)

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    1. Thanks Laura, I would love to link up! :)

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  6. Those little Forget-me-nots are some of my favorite flowers of all.
    Very pretty shots, all of them!

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  7. thank you so much for sharing the love up-close!

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  8. Blooms don't last very long....good thing we have cameras! Nicely done. My Top Shot: http://lauriekazmierczak.com/abstract/

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  9. Gorgeous flowers! I love the rhododendrons.

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  10. Gorgeous spring blooms, the peonies are such nice soft colours.

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  11. The flowers truly are miracles in their perfection. Words are inadequate in expressing their beauty. You're right about the flowers that look like the tissue paper flowers we used to make !

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    1. I so agree...each one is amazingly unique. Thanks so much for visiting! :)

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