The Season Is Almost Over

taken:
day eighty six
09.14.2014

The season is almost over and lots of flowers are past their prime. I'm not sure what kind of flowers these once were, they are in my mother-in-law's garden, but I thought these tiny seed pods were interesting.

Uneven Beauty

taken:
day fifty one
08.10.2014

A feathery frilly poppy growing at my in-laws cabin. I don't know what variety of poppy it is but I find it very interesting with it's irregular shaped petals in various sizes. It's erratic, sporadic, uneven beauty.

Gas Plant

taken:
day two
06.22.2014

Here's some pretty pink 'gas plant' blooms in my mother in laws garden. I always love strolling through other people's gardens and spotting plants that I don't have in my own garden. I didn't know anything about 'gas plants', I wondered how it got it's name and after further investigation, I read that the foliage of these plants is covered with a volatile oil that has a lemony scent and gives off a flammable gas rumored to burn a faint glow if lit with a match. Wow! I had no idea.

Draped With Texture

taken:
day sixty seven
08.25.12

This interesting moss grows along the shoreline at my in-law's cabin in Willow River, MN. Draping the lawn with texture, it looks prickly, spiky, a place to be avoided, but it's actually soft and kind of spongy. I find mosses so intriguing and mysterious, reminding me of a lush fairytale land from another place in time.

Week 13: Details

{ Project 52 Week 13: Details }

With this weeks theme: {details} I had many photos to choose from but found it difficult to take the time to pick one and decide how I wanted to interpret it. I'm feeling a creative slump or block lately. I sure hope I can shake it off! Finally it occurred to me, though, that I'm really enjoying the vast details that spring is displaying lately. For the first time I've noticed how brief certain phases of spring truly are. Baby tree buds change daily and if you don't take the time to look close everyday, you just might miss something special.

The branches above belong to what I think is a maple tree. It's growing at my mother and father in-laws home. Soon the frilly buds will fade and turn into lovely leaves that will fill up the branches and provide shade until fall. Enjoy the buds while they last, they won't be around long!

One Day Only

taken:
day fifty seven
08.16.2011

It blooms for one day. One day only. The daylily. Cherish the ripple, the ruffle, the frill, the curve, of a fleeting daylily petal. For one single solitary day it graces, brightens and plumes. Just when it's saying {hello} it's saying {goodbye}.

Joyful Beacons of Brightness

taken:
day fifty
08.09.2011

Here's another beauty in my mother-in-law's garden. She has some of the most unique flowers. I believe this one is called a 'helenium'. 

I love the ruffly yellow and orange speckled petals. Each and every flower is different from the next. Some glow more orange, some glow more yellow. They are joyful beacons of brightness even when the sun isn't shining.