Flowers

This dandelion flower was part of a batch I picked with which to make some dandelion wine. I ended up making two slightly different recipes and both batches are fermenting nicely.

Flowers at a friend's house out in the countryside around Opdyke, Illinois. Camera: Minolta Maxxum 300si Lens: Minolta AF Zoom 35-70mm Film: Fuji Film Fujicolor 200 ASA Date: June 9th, 2013, 3.08 p.m. Location: Opdyke, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta 300si Fuji 24df

One of my late father's rose plants, taken in late 2012. Camera: Pentax K-1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-M 50mm Teleconverter: Sears 2x Tele-Converter Film: Kodak Gold 200 Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Date: September 16th, 2012, 4.44 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Pentax K1000 Kodak Gold 200 18eff

This tiny beetle was sitting on a daffodil that was about ready to bloom. Believe me, I almost overlooked it because it was so small. It was less than 1/64 of an inch long, less than two millimeters! Camera: Sony Alpha SLT-A77 (from 2013) Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.2 Lens (from 1978) Converter: Minolta 2X M-A Converter-S ISO: 800 Aperture: F/4 Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec. Date: April 1st, 2014, 12.29 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Some of the wildflowers that grow in Southern Illinois. These daisies were growing just outside my hometown. To light this shot, the sun peeked through a tiny area at the top of a tree across the lane from these flowers and mainly shined on the flowers themselves, while leaving the background in shadow. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.7 Filter: Hoya HMC 55mm Skylight (1B) Film: Kodak Gold 100 ISO color 35mm film Shooting program: Aperture priority Aperture: F/3.3 Shutter speed: 1/250 sec. Date: July 7th, 2010, 3:47 p.m. Location: Norris City, White County, Illinois, U.S.A. Rokkor Daisys 1gf

Little flowers after a small shower. I don't know what kind they are, but maybe someone does?

My Bradford Pear tree is starting to bloom again. I just love these tiny little delicate blossoms.

A contact of mine on Ipernity commented on how some weeds look as beautiful and that if you tried to cultivate them, then they'd die. But, when you don't necessarily want them, they flourish. I don't know what these little flowers that grow down among the grass are called, but I think they're pretty. Update: My cousin has identified these as Wild Grape Hyacinths.

I have two different kinds of apple trees in my yard, this is from the Granny Smith tree. The other tree produces red apples of some kind.

I've got two slightly different batches of dandelion wine fermenting right now, so I worked up a label to use when it comes time for bottling it. The name I chose for the winery refers to an underground stream or river that runs under my town.

A field near my hometown that was just bursting with yellow flowers. Probably a weed, though. Taken on April 29th, 2011.

I noticed this afternoon that some of my roses were starting to bloom.

These are the roses that climb up the side of my house, but what they looked like 14 years ago to this day. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Gold 100UC Date: May 20th, 2005 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Kodak 100UC Graduation-2 2005 35ef

Like I said, a few of my roses where blooming today. Taken on May 20th, 2014.

I have some lattice-work on the side of my house and these climbing roses grow up to the edge of the roof on my second story. When they're in bloom, there can be hundreds of roses like this showing at the same time. They've just started blooming in the last few days. Taken on May 20th, 2019. It seems like I'm always noticing them for the first time each year on May 20th.

I guess this is why roses are so popular - they sure look pretty.

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This is the first sunflower to bloom that I planted earlier this year. It's still not very big, but it's getting there!