There is nothing like the beautiful colors of spring flowers to get me past the dull days of winter. The brilliant yellow of the daffodil photograph above is a case in point. I took it while on an excursion to the Missouri Extension Center. On this page I will share with you the photographs I have taken this spring.
Flowers in my Neighborhood
I try to take a daily walk and as winter turns to spring, I look forward to seeing the new flowers poking out of the ground. This year I have a new dog that walks with me so rather than trying to take my camera, most of the photos I take on my walks are taken with my iPhone. I live in Missouri, and we usually see the first signs of spring in late February or early March. The first flowers in my neighborhood are the crocus. One house up the street from mine has a flower bed in the front yard that is full of all different shades of purple crocus. I love seeing the green peaking up out of the soil and I always anticipate these lovely flowers. With these tiny flowers I like to get in real close when I take the photos and take them from different angles. Here are three of my favorites.
The next flowers to bloom in my neighborhood are the daffodils. I have a few of these in my own yard and I enjoy looking at the bright yellow blossoms as I look out my window.
The last of the spring flowers that I photographed during my spring walks were the tulips. I love these colorful flowers and find them in a whole rainbow of colors in the various neighbors' yards.
As you will see in the photos below, I like to take the flowers in various ways.
- Up very close
- From above
- From the side
- Just a section of the petals
Springtime Flowers at Missouri Extension Center
One beautiful spring Sunday, my neighbor and I drove to the Missouri Extension Center gardens. Here master gardeners learn their skills and hone them with other gardeners. The grounds are open for anyone to come and visit. We had the place to ourselves for most of our visit and were able to take our time and photograph lots of spring flowers. I particularly liked the daffodils. They were so many more varieties than I realized even existed. Here is a collage photo I put together of the daffodils. I used the Print panel in Lightroom to put together the collage.
Flowering Trees and Bushes
Springtime also brings beautiful flowering trees and bushes. Here are a few I photographed on my neighborhood walks.
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| Redbud Tree and Forsythia Bush |
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| Lilac Branch after the Rain |
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| My Neighbors Beautiful Pink Tree |
Capturing Bird by Flowering Bush
I particularly like it when I am able to photograph a bird by a flowering bush. Here is a photo I took Easter Sunday of a Cardinal by my Lilac bush.
Zazzle Cards from my Photos
I love turning my photos into cards. Here are a couple cards with spring flowers.
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What a lovely photograph "bouquet" of spring flowers! I love the crocus flowers and your photos are gorgeous. Like you, I appreciate so much color and beauty after a long winter. Thank you for starting my day off with this lovely assortment of spring flowers.
ReplyDeleteMary Beth, you spring flower photos are stunning and bring a much-needed breath of spring beauty to my still-cold New England scenery! Thank you so much for sharing your view of your world through your wonderful lens.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers for all of us and I need to say thank you! Here in Toronto the green of the flowers is just starting to show. We will have a few more weeks before we see color. Just today, I saw my first forsythia bush with it's blazing yellow flowers. It so nice to be reminded that our cold grey/white winter will give birth to such a variety of colors in the months to come. Thank you again for this beautiful break from what was a very stark landscape for so long.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are beautiful, and so are your zazzle products. I love the Redbud Tree and Forsythia Bush; gorgeous. One of my boys has recently taken to photography as well. It sure takes patience and dedication. Beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteLilacs are my very favorite flowers in the spring. I grew up in Rochester, NY where they have a huge Lilac Festival every May - known all over. We (my family) used to drive through Highland Park every May to see the more than 1800 bushes and over 500 different varieties. It's amazing.
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