Beneath the Garden

I love these style of shots...especially this one by Rosie of leavesnbloom!

 

White Coneflowers

You know me. I'm a sucker for soft focus and flowers.

Beautiful Me

My sister is visiting from out of town this weekend, we're currently getting some much needed rain, and sis and I are heading out soon to bargain shop. {without kids!!}
It's going to be a fabulous day.
I hope you have a fabulous weekend as well!

PS. Between Ashley Sisk and myself we have some pretty wonderful download offers right now:
Debonair Action {for PS & PSE}
Weekly Photo Challenge Planner Pages

Sunflower

This was the one lone sunflower we saw at the farmstead on Thursday.
Being that the sunflower is Kansas' state flower, you'd think there would be more of them.
{thankfully, I've just been told my BIL - who is a farmer - has planted sunflowers again this year as crops. ...enter excited giggles!}

 

And I threw this one in, too.
I absolutely love it, but can not figure out why I love it as much as I do...
Perhaps it's the contrast of the organic shapes from the sunflower against the geometric shapes of the barn??

Poppy Field

The more I see poppies, the more I fall in love with them! They are so pretty and even when their petals are spent, what remains is just as intriguing.

Clover Field

Hidden in the Backyard

One of the pretty surprises we had when we moved into our house nearly two years ago was two beautiful clematis plants in the back corner of our yard.









They are two different varieties and these photos are of the one with larger, somewhat lighter purple blooms.

Roses are Red...

These are actually from our neighbors' yard.
...and are planted right next to their tomatoes...



 

White & Purple Daisies

I meant to get a couple more posts up this week, but Thursday came...and brought strep with it.
I'm feeling much better now that I have antibiotics...still not 100%, but getting there!
Those other posts will make their appearance sometime this week.

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Whenever I'm out shooting flowers, I always find myself drawn to perennials.
They have history and if they could talk, oh the stories I'm sure they would tell!

But sometimes I find myself taken by an annual.
When I saw these white and purple daisies, I was in heaven!

This last one is my official choice for Flowers on Saturday.
It's been a while since I've linked up with a photo challenge and even longer since I've linked up at Ewa's!

Rose in the Raw

This is actually a rose - it's just had its petals plucked off.

But I think the rarely seen details have a unique and beautiful quality.

This bare flower reminds me of the amazing love of God; that He would give such beauty to hidden things! And it makes me wonder what is hidden in the rest of us that is even more beautiful!

Daisy

This is obviously more of an artistic take on a daisy!

Lily

All of these shots are the same single lily and from the bouquet my husband got for me last week.




This is when the bloom first started to open.
I've never really paid much attention to the stamen or how the pollen develops, but it is quite beautiful.




This is my shot for Macro Friday.

And this is my Flowers on Saturday shot.

And this is my shot for Macro Flowers Saturday.

...just a reminder that my giveaway ends in two short days!