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Umbrella Plant

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https://bettierose.co.uk/307_baker_fotor/ This unusual plant is formally called the Allium Bulgaricum, but really, it is a member of the well-known onion family, even though it doesn’t LOOK like an onion nor does it SMELL like an onion and it defitely did not make my eyes water when I got near enough to photograph it.

go It is quite the unusual flower as it has a cascade of small bell-shaped flowers arching from the center of the plant.These flowers are a wondrous mix of  unexpected colors – pale yellow, dusty pink, a light shade of magenta, a bit of bluish-green.

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Orange Zinnia

Orange Zinnia

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Buy Zanaflex Online Without Prescription “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”  ~ Denis Waitley

Bee on Constellation Plant

Bee on Constellation Plant

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Ambien Buy Without Prescription Even though I have called this plant the “constellation plant” for as long I can remember – it has different sized globes shooting off in all directions, just like a constellation in space – its common name is Rattlesnake Master, a name given to it by Native Americans who used its root as an antidote for a rattlesnake bite.

go site This perennial is a marker of the tallgrass prairies of the Midwest, and often found with companion plants Bush Clover, Purple Coneflower, Sweet Black-eyed Susan, Big Bluestem Grass and Indian Grass. Rattlesnake Master is not easily missed, as it grows to heights of 5 feet. The honey bee pollinates the plant, and it usually has a small swarm of bees buzzing about the flowers (and the photographer!)

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Getting to Know a Coneflower

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https://drbatayneh.com/post-operation/ Real intimacy is a sacred experience. It never . . . belong[s] to the voyeuristic eye of a neon culture. Real intimacy is of the soul, and the soul is reserved. ~ John O’Donohue

go to site When was the last time you sprawled in the thick grass, got eye to eye with a patch of flowers, introduced yourself and gave the flowers time enough to introduce themselves. They don’t do their introductions with words, of course. They will introduce themselves to you through your senses.

What do you see? Petals. Stems. Leaves. What else?

What do you smell? Does the petals’ scent differ from that of the stems or the leaves?

Compare the touch of the petals to the fibers on the stems. What did you feel? Touch the cones in the flowers’ centers. Did you feel smooth, soft, sticky, hairy, pointy, prickly?

If you don’t live near a Midwestern prairie — and I know most of you do not — virtually explore the coneflowers. Use the photograph. Use your imagination. Then go out and find a flower in your back yard or park or a planter. What can you discover about one of your neighborhood flowers?

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is studying and intimately meeting many a soul-flower this summer!

Wabi Sabi Coneflowers

Wabi Sabi Coneflowers

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“Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of their character though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.” ~Lydia M. Child

One of the things I am reminded of as I photograph flowers throughout the seasons is the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Often I work to get a flower in great condition, going to such lengths as brushing the specks of dust from the petals, blowing off tiny insects, or pushing dead leaves and blossoms out of the frame of the composition.  I’d rather do that preliminary fussing rather than spending extra time creating an unblemished flower using post processing. But I also intentionally take lots of photos of flowers in all stages of their growth – bud, opening bloom, fully in flower, drooping, dropping petals, and finally the seed head.

Coneflowers are one of my favorite flowers to shoot in all stages of their life cycle. There is something about a coneflower that has drooping petals or even completely shriveled, browning petals that is infinitely interesting to me.

Coneflowers are such a great example of floral wabi-sabi.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is often inspired by wabi-sabi in her photographs.