Reconnecting with nature through hiking, camping, and paddling
Photographs of plants and plant life
A variety of pollinators were active on the Purple Passionflowers in a meadow I hiked in early August. The bumble bees seemed to be running things, perfectly sized to gather the pollen from the down turned stamen of the passionflowers. In fact, most of the yellow above this bee’s wings is a thick coating of pollen.
Late last spring I planted a dogwood in the backyard. By that time the tree had already boomed so I wasn’t really sure what the flowers would look like. All summer I faithfully watered our new tree hoping it would produce flowers this spring. Finally, a week or two ago my care for the tree paid off. It’s in full bloom and the flowers look great. This is a close up of one of the many blooms.
New photographers sometimes don’t realize cloudy days are great for getting photos with soft, even light.
Realizing the ferns in my garden were full of spores, I decided to dry a leaf on paper, collect the spores and see if I could propagate ferns from them.
Over the summer we visited Butchart Gardens, in Victoria, British Columbia. Â This pond can is in the Italian Garden section of the park. Â I had to wait a little while to get the shot without any bystanders in it but I think it was worth the effort.
These fiddleheads remind me of an animal embryo. Â I suppose in a way they aren’t that different; newly forming leaves that aren’t fully developed yet.
This seemed like an appropriate post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Transmogrify.
The camelia flowers have had their run.
Their work is nearly done and their time is running out.
In a few more days this flower will be gone.
Hopefully in a few months these peony shoots will grow into flowering bushes.
Goldfish and water lilies at the Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, VA.
This post was inspired by Brenda of A Meditative Journey with Saldage. Â When I saw these ferns they reminded me of the type of image she frequently posts. Â That being said, I’m sure she would have done a far better job with them than I did.