Flowers and such..

A little spring bouquet for you (more in the PIPs!) ...and for Sight and Sound A lovely instrumental by John Frusciante (RHCP) from his 2001 album "To Record Only Water for Ten Days" ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫

(Looks best large) For Sight and Sound Kacey Musgraves from her album "Golden Hour" (2018) Golden Hour Golden Hour

Verbena "Lanai." It has little sparkles and a beautiful fragrance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena

For Sight and Sound: Stone Temple Pilots from their album "Tiny Music..." (1996) Daisy Daisy

Fuchsias are here! (looks best on black) For Sight and Sound: Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr. (1980) Just the Two of Us Just the Two of Us

For Sight and Sound: The Zombies from their album "Odessey and Oracle" (1968) Time of the Season Time of the Season

Some flowers for our friends in France after yesterdays shocking events.

This week in SSC: "Signs of Spring" What better sign of spring is there than flowers and ducks? :)) I found these flowers at the nursery and for a bonus, I saw my first "Ring Neck" duck on the pond this week. I love his purple head! Sure signs that spring is on its way! (PIPs) For Sight and Sound: The Cowsills from 1967 "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" otherwise know as "The Flower Girl." The Flower Girl The Flower Girl

This week in SSC: Focus Eye test: Can you tell which bunch of daffodills I was focusing on? If not, you might need to get your eyes checked. ;-) The great thing about daffodils is that you only have to plant them once. Then every year they will be coming up! For Sight and Sound: Paul McCartney from his album "McCartney II" (1980) Live: Coming Up Coming Up cute: Making of Coming Up

For Sight and Sound ♥ ♥ ♥ The Troggs from 1967 Love is all Around Love is all Around Love is all Around

This is an Amaryllis bulb that I got for Christmas. It came in a box with a ceramic pot to plant it in. Unfortunately, the bulb had already started growing in the box and it had a flower almost blooming. The stalk was curved and it didn't look real happy. My husband said I should just throw it away get another one but I wanted to give it a chance since it was trying so hard. I planted it and propped it up so it could straighten itself out by growing toward the light. It did enthusiastically and produced four beautiful flowers. Then this amazing plant continued with a second stalk of 4 flowers. It's been a non-stop show for over a month and I'm enjoying it each day. You can see another pic in the PIP where it looks more like its deep red color. For Sight and Sound: Joe Cocker from his album "I Can Stand a Little Rain" (1974) You are so Beautiful or You are so Beautiful or another version worth a listen: Kenny Rankin from "The Kenny Rankin Album" (1977) You are so Beautiful or You are so Beautiful

For Sight and Sound The Civil Wars from their "Barton Hollow" album (2011) The Violet Hour The Violet Hour

This week in SSC: "Water Droplets" I was in luck the other morning. We had a good rain and then the sun came out so there were lots of water droplets on everything! This is one of my favorite geraniums that I got this summer. It is just loaded with flowers and covered with rain drops. I used my new Sigma 60mm f2.8 lens with a couple of Meike extension tubes for this shot. Dee Clark from 1961 Raindrops Raindrops

Summer come back. It's too cold already! And for Sight and Sound: Ambrosia from 1975 Holding on to Yesterday Holding on to Yesterday

This week in SSC: Use Post Processing on your photo of choice. Since last week was "no processing" whatsoever, this week "The sky's the limit!" I took a photo of some petunias and gave it an "oil painting" effect. I'll include the original in below. ...and for Sight and Sound: Bread from 1971: If If

This week in SSC: Flowers SOOC (Straight Out of Camera) I had fun with my flowers this week. :) This week we really had to pay attention to what we were doing before pressing the shutter button. This was a good thing and made me aware of what I could do to improve my images without having to resort to post-processing like I now realize I usually do. I also found some settings in my camera that I didn't know were there. All in all, a good learning experience. Here is my pink hydrangea SOOC! (and some PIPs) ....and for Sight and Sound Billy Joel from his "The Stranger" album (1977) Just the Way You Are Just the Way You Are

For Sight and Sound (as always. ;-) The Doors from their album "Waiting for the Sun" (1968) Summer's Almost Gone Summer's Almost Gone