My Flower Pictures

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August 13, 2009

Before I was married, I had very large pictures of flowers adorning the walls in my living room. I had cut them out of a calendar and framed them.

I thought they were exquisite.

The only other photos in the living room were 8x10s of my cats, which I also found exquisite.

When I got married, the flower pictures gave up their wall space for wedding pictures. Not too long ago, many of the wedding pictures acquiesced to studio portraits of a gorgeous 2-year-old.

I don’t mind the change. I love my baby and my husband, and I enjoy looking at their beautiful faces on the wall.

But I sometimes miss my flowers.

Not long ago, my passion for photography was reignited after a long hibernation, and some flower pictures may end up back on the wall.

I am enrapt by these photos.

I’m not bragging. I’m in awe that they came out of my camera.

In a lot of ways, they don’t even look like what I saw at the garden. They’re so much more special, more artistic.

This photo is a flower on a purple glory bush. The flower was gorgeous in person, but I missed the buds. In the photo, you can see that the buds were soft and furry.That’s my mom in the background, resting on a bench. This is one of my favorite shots from the Gardens.

These are water lilies. They only open during the day time, and I haven’t seen many of them this summer.

Oddly enough, they were in the Butterfly House. I was supposed to be looking for butterflies, but I was struck by the simple beauty of these flowers.

Water lilies

Do you know what these are?

Many people guessed (correctly) on my Wordless Wednesday post that they were frog eggs. They are, as far as I know.

I was under the impression that frogs only laid eggs in the spring, so I was shocked to see frog eggs in Pennsylvania in August. Nonetheless, there they are.

Next to the frog who is probably about to eat them protecting them from harm.

This little pond was off of the path, way up the hill near some pine trees. It was beautiful, and the edges were littered with frogs. They reminded me of a little frog prince I got for Joe when we were first married.

Frog eggs

I’m not sure I have any words for this photo. I just love it.

I love roses, and I especially love the orangey-red ones like this. Like the first photo above, I think this photo is much more beautiful than the real flower was. The real flower was pretty, but this one glows.

I’m not sure what I did with the flower photos that used to be on the wall, but I do know that these are going up where they used to be.

Happily submitted to Tell Me Thursday, Things I Love Thursday, A Thousand Words Thursday, Show and Tell Friday,Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek, Beautiful Life Friday, Friday’s Foto Finish Fiesta, Finer Things Friday, and Hooked on Fridays

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Lisa@blessedwithgrace said:

They are beautiful!
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# 14 August 2009 at 12:32 am

The Diaper Diaries said:

Absolutely beautiful pics!!
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# 14 August 2009 at 1:10 pm

Terry said:

I love the top one, the purple with the reds/pinks againt the blurry orange shirt. Nice work.

# 14 August 2009 at 2:32 pm

Wayne said:

those flowers are beautiful, great photo friday
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# 14 August 2009 at 2:48 pm

vodkamom said:

I LOVE your blog!! It is gorgeous…..in every way…….

# 14 August 2009 at 3:43 pm

Atticmag said:

What a perfect way to end a hectic week–drinking in your lovely photos. Thank you! Jane T.
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# 14 August 2009 at 5:04 pm

Cecily R said:

Even better now that YOU took the photos!! Beautiful work!
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# 14 August 2009 at 8:27 pm

Julia @ Hooked on Houses said:

Wow! These photos are really beautiful. I think you have every right to love them, even if you’re the one who took them! Gorgeous.
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# 14 August 2009 at 8:37 pm

Kayla said:

Oh goodness, I didn’t see the froggy in the corner of the picture before!! Lol
All of these are lovely-Keep up the awesome work
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# 14 August 2009 at 9:48 pm

Tell Me Thursday said:

GORGEOUS!!!
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# 15 August 2009 at 8:18 am

Dawn (Painter Mommy) said:

Gorgeous! I also love taking flower photos. These pictures are definitely an inspiration.
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# 15 August 2009 at 5:22 pm

TriciaFM said:

Gorgeous photographs. Fantastic eye.
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# 16 August 2009 at 12:23 am

Tina said:

Fabulous photos! I love the frog.eggs ect one the best. Very cool!
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# 16 August 2009 at 2:55 pm

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# 16 August 2009 at 10:51 pm