Happy Mother’s Day!
I am so blessed to have a precious mother and mother-in-law. These two women are fantastic role models; wives of 55 and 56 years, respectively. I’m so glad they are in my life and in the lives of my children and grandchildren!
And I am also SO thankful for my very special daughters and daughter-in-law that are loving mothers (and aunt) to my beautiful grandchildren. To Krista and Caralyn and Jo, I send my love.
Daffodils in my garden backlit by the setting sun.
Category: flower
cheery, cherry blossoms
More blossom shots from BC
April 2012 desktop
Spring has come early this year!
Wish this was my garden….
I was fortunate to visit Bellingham WA with my daughter a spring or two ago.
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Fireweed – week 5
Getting messy! The capsules continue to burst open with seed until every stalk is thick with white. Note to self: next time don’t wear dark clothing!
Speaking of dark clothing…of course, Lindor was along. He is a chocolate lab, dark brown coat. It was warm. He’d wandered off. It was getting dark. I called him back and opened the vehicle door for him. He jumped in inadvertantly splattering mud all over! Both he and my vehicle had a refreshing bath when we got home!
Fireweed – week 4
This is when the magic happens!
Apparently, each capsule contains about 300 to 400 tiny brown seeds; 80,000 per plant! The seeds have long, silky hairs to catch the wind. I was so fortunate to find these plants at this stage on a calm, warm day. The heat of the earth combined with the disturbance Lindor caused moving through the brush ahead of me, created an updraft of air that propelled thousands of the seeds up from the plants. It was like watching snow fall in reverse! It was an incredible sight.
Fireweed – week 3
Even when every last blossom is gone, these plants tint the fields with pink.
The light pink in the foreground (above) is thistle.
Karen Greaves Photography & Fibre Art 