Flower pictures, NEW

Very pretty pictures, everyone! Here is one of my dahlias... woooo hoooooo!

Wow lisabees, bsavage and kyla! Your closeups are wonderful. I enjoy your pictures every day. lisabees is that a photo of a bindweed flower? If so, I admire your ability to see beauty even in weeds. The radish flowers make a nice picture as well.

Very colorful Lisabees, Kyla and Brenda!

I love the crinkle effect on this zinnia.

Oooh, nice color, too!

She thanks you. ;-)

actually tho I never really feel satisfied with the color, well, rarely, of the pictures I take. I mean, they're okay, but they do not truly match.

maybe that's just the way it is, until I get my next much fancier camera, in some other fortunate year. ;-)

I am coming to love zennias. I have some in large flower pots with dahlias and salvia and I am really enjoying them. I always liked them, but the affection is growing as I spend more time with them.

Yes, zinnias are quite friendly flowers. I have some orange ones in pots with other stuff. I couldn't find Sanvitalia, creeping zinnias, this year in the nurseries. That might be a plant worth growing from seed.

Ooh, creeping zinnias I did not know of, that does sound worth checking into!

I like them partly because they last and last and last, and also apparently are not on the deer's list of foods to eat unless it is an emergency and maybe not even then.

Here's an opening flower on a chocolate plant...... hard to get very good focus on it..... and this one is not making the spirals in its petals like I saw before, I may have to just catch that moment, and may not.... but this is kinda cool anyway.

and here is a late poppy.

Very nice picture of the poppy!

thanks, I like that one too. ;-)

WooHoo!
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My! Quite beauteous! Congratulations, DJ!

If Dahlianut were here I suspect she would suggest that this calls for refreshing beverages to be served to one and all.

Really nice!

that bee almost looks translucent.

Great photo DJ!

We shall have to celebrate with a refreshing beverage when we all get together next month!

Congrats, Denver Jude! Great pic!

:-)

SO impressive!

I am totally impressed, Jude. It did take me a while to figure out what everyone was so excited about -- duh! The photo is glorious. Are your chives really that pink? Mine are more lavender. Do you share pieces of those lovely chives?

Very pretty!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I'm celebrating with a refreshing beverage with me and myself and I after the fact cuz HOW TOTALLY FABBY IS THIS!!!! CLINK! (clinking glasses with me and myself and I ) AWESOME Denverjude!!!! BEAUTIOUS PIC that was well chosen for the pic of the day! Luvly pics lisabess. Luv the dahlia Brenda. Our nights are to cold to do zinnias sigh.

They were fairly pink this year. Sometimes they look more purple-y, but pinkish is what I got this season. They bloomed like crazy this year too. Probably all the early season rain.

Hmmm. Wonder if I could make mine become pink. Love that color.