Seeing the world through my viewfinder.
[Taken 9 May 2013]
In keeping with the theme of remembering what Spring looks like (and awaiting its arrival someday), this is a photo of an arrangement of cut flowers from my flower beds — mostly from the front of the house, by the sidewalk to the front door.
I have no idea what these flowers are, or how to describe their shape to search for them online. The reddish one facing away from the camera is a peony, but the others are a mystery.
[Taken 9 May 2013]
This currently unidentified red flower peony Alexander Woolcott bloomed before I could get my landscaper in to help identify all the plants and flowers on my property. The long leaves in the foreground belong to this plant; the wider ones in the back are the hollyhocks’ leaves (long before they bloomed).
It got cut to the ground with the rest of the perennials during the fall cleanup, so hopefully it comes back next Spring so I can try to figure out what it is. I really liked it.
Update, 12/30: I Googled double red flower yellow center to find images that looked like the above, and I’m 95% sure this is peony Alexander Woolcott. Given the number of other peonies on the property, I’m not surprised.
[Taken 30 November 2013]
Merry Christmas 2013 from Diana, Aaron, Connor, and Mei!
[Taken 1 June 2013]
Another in a series of Photo Friday remembrances of springtime. The blooms are short-lived, but for those few weeks, my fences are abloom with peonies of pink and white.
Perhaps next year I’ll try saving some of the buds in the fridge and see if they really will “hibernate” and bloom a few weeks out-of-season when put in a vase.
In my head, when the flash actually fired: “Admiral, the braking thrusters have fired!” instagram.com/p/hKXl9itU6q/