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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Beauty All Around

Welcome to August!

After a recent rainfall, I took a short walk and found these colorful (and very wet) blooms. My camera was a point & shoot Canon digital Elph which was hand held.

Please Note: these collages are not clickable to enlarge; the post was composed using the MarsEdit blog program on a MacBook. This program does not provide the same features as the Microsoft Live Writer blog program does for PC blogging. There is no LW software for Mac users (sadly).

flower in rain

pink flowers in rain

It was a brief shower and later that afternoon, the sun broke through as I continued my walk.

more pink flowers

yellow flowers

Hosta is a popular perennial named in honor of the Austrian botanist, Nicolaus Thomas Host. Its blooms are purple, my favorite color.

hosta blooms

Beauty is also found closer to the ground, quite literally by getting down to be (very) up close.

shrooms

THANKS to Everyone who reads our blog posts, whether or not a comment is left . We appreciate your visits —  Grenville & Beatrice

16 comments:

grammie g said...

Hi B...Oooooh these are just gorgeous!!
I couldn't pick a favorite if I had to!! Love your collages!!
You did have to mention August didn't you eeeks!!
Grace

MadSnapper said...

love the first one and the last one, your photos don't enlarge and i want to see both of those BIG love the rain drops

Eggs In My Pocket said...

Beautiful photos of blossoms! You should make a calendar!

barbara l. hale said...

Beautiful pics! I especially love those yellow ones. Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I am looking forward to following yours. Good luck on your relocation to New Hampshire!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photographs of beautiful flowers, mushrooms and spiderwebs.

Have a great day!
Christer.

jp@A Green Ridge said...

I just love how you put them all together! I am so sorry I missed your call last week!!...:)JP

john bain said...

Very nice pics. The last one in the middle. Intriguing. Is it a plant under running water? How on earth do you capture water droplets?

Connie said...

Gorgeous collages, Beatrice. I hope you are having a good week.

Grammy Goodwill said...

Those flowers are just gorgeous. I wish you could give me some photography lessons. You're very good.

barbara l. hale said...

Hi Beatrice, I wanted to let you know that I think that the people at Buttonwood Farm do plant the sunflowers every year. According to their website, they have been doing it since 2004 or so. It's quite a sight. I hope you get to see it next year.
Barb

barbara l. hale said...

Hi Beatrice, I wanted to let you know that I think that the people at Buttonwood Farm do plant the sunflowers every year. According to their website, they have been doing it since 2004 or so. It's quite a sight. I hope you get to see it next year.
Barb

Elaine said...

Lovely collages!!

Montanagirl said...

Just simply gorgeous! My flowerbed is already looking a little ragged. It's been soooo hot here.

Anvilcloud said...

Looking good. I've got to re-think my garden as it seems that it will soon be done. Sue has pots and things, but my perennials are fairly done and probably will be for sure in two weeks when we get back. Of course, it's been a tough summer here: hot hot hot and dry dry dry.

Anonymous said...

Such pretty collages. I especially love the hosta. Hope you both have a nice weekend.

Anonymous said...

Very nice flowers. Sadly around here the drought has pretty much wiped out everything.