Tag Archives: blooms

Isn’t It Lovely?

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants | March 26, 2020 at 11:58 am , by Laurie Merritt

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I have no idea, but it’s a tropical flowering plant growing from a tree trunk!...

Seeing Red

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants | March 26, 2020 at 11:29 am , by Laurie Merritt

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The red, heart-shaped flower of the red anthurium plant is really a modified leaf flaring out from the base of a fleshy spike (spadix) where the tiny...

North Carolina Zoo Captures #6

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants | March 25, 2020 at 3:33 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.” Lady Bird Johnson ...

Wildflowers Throughout the Galician Countryside

Posted in: Botany, Colors, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Spain, Travel | May 12, 2019 at 5:32 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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A long hike from Sarria to Portomarin, Spain – 22.5 kms, or 14 miles. It started out with a foggy morning, then remained overcast and cloudy for...

Floral Oils on El Camino

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, El Camino de Santiago, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | June 26, 2018 at 6:14 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Wildflowers and a very sizable aloe plant. ...

Painted Daisies

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Flowers, Infrared Photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 30, 2017 at 10:25 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC...

Golden Achillea Flowers

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Flowers, Infrared Photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 25, 2017 at 10:02 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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… aka Yarrow plant. (It IS truly golden, however this is an infrared image)....

Reds

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 11:03 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia ...

Yellows

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 10:49 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia ...

Purples and Pinks

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 10:32 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia ...

Orange

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 10:15 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia...

Greens

Posted in: Botany, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 9:46 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia...

Butchart Gardens’ Version of a Fireworks Display

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, Colors, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 4, 2017 at 7:29 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Factoids re: Butchart Gardens: ** Robert Pim Butchart was a pioneer in the cement industry. In 1904, he developed a quarry and built a cement plant. His wife,...

Butchart Gardens – a Sample

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, Color Photography, Colors, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 3, 2017 at 10:39 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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A delightful day trip from Vancouver to Victoria, British Columbia. Butchart Gardens was a thrilling surprise and a most extraordinary highlight of our vacation. The vibrant foliage...

Sleigh Bells

Posted in: Botany, Commercial, Creative, Flowers, Macro Photography, Macro Stacking, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants | April 14, 2015 at 9:25 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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The Pieris is commonly grown as an ornamental plant, valued year-round due to bright red leafy new growth in early spring, chains of small, white flowers in mid-spring, and...