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Surprise!

Posted by Ellie
A fully open tiger lily flower is shown, with the raised dark brown or black dots on the curled back orange petals. The stamens hang arched downward. The stem of the plant is to the left of the frame, with what seem to be black seeds or fruits here and there along the stem and branchlets. In front of and pointing down to the right of the flower is an unopened flower bud with a single spider web thread leading down to the right and out of the frame.There is a bokeh in the background.
Surprise! Tiger Lily

Some surprises are really exciting, and this was definitely one for me. I had seen this plant growing at the corner of the house under the crab apple tree the last year or two and I had almost pulled it out as a weed as it just looked strange. I guess I never got around to tidying that section of the garden, with so much to do everywhere else. So this year, when it started to grow, I thought I would keep an eye on it and get rid of it, if it seemed to be taking over, especially as it had these odd black balls growing along the stem at the leaf junctions. Long after our Asiatic lilies had finished flowering, I noticed that it seemed to have lily-like long buds appearing. I still wasn’t convinced it could be anything noteworthy as we hadn’t planted anything there and so why would there be? Then I saw the buds developed a tinge of colour and began to get excited. A couple of days after, there was this gorgeous Tiger Lily flower, in all its glory. What a wonderful surprise it was and I could hardly wait to share it with you all.

Wishing you all a day with some good surprises just like this one.

This flower can be seen full size along with the others in my gallery by going to the Flower Almost Every Day Gallery here: https://www.elliekennard.ca/ekgallery/flower-a-day-2024/

Good Day Sunshine

Posted by Ellie
Flat golden yellow flowers with two layers of petals and a honeycomb orange centre are against a cool mauve blue green blackground. The centre one is in focus, and there is an opening bud drooping down to left of centre at the bottom of the frame.
Sunshine on a stem

Here is a ray of sunshine to brighten your day, friends. I believe this Heliopsis Helianthoides is known as a false sunflower, but it looks really like a sunny flower to me, nothing false about it. I hope you find some sunshiny moments today, everyone.

I’ve renamed the gallery and the theme to be “A Flower Almost Every Day”, which more accurately represents what I can comfortably manage.

You can view the gallery of these latest flower photographs in full size here: Gallery

Magnolia Pillow

Posted by Ellie
A very pale pink and white petalled softly focused image, with the darker centre of a magnolia flower in detail, almost like an anemone with tentacles pillowed in the soft petals.
Magnolia Pillow

As I was preparing this post and writing out the description of the image for the visually impaired (Alt text), I found that I loved the picture my words painted in my mind. The text gave a warm and comforting feeling, which is how I saw the image. The Alt text is what I will leave you with today, hoping all readers will come away feeling softly cradled. “A very pale pink and white petalled softly focused image, with the darker centre of a magnolia flower in detail, almost like an anemone with tentacles pillowed in the soft petals.” Have a lovely day, friends.

You can see more of my flowers on my Flower Gallery

Happiness on a Stem

Posted by Ellie
A grouping of pink daisy-like flowers with orange yellow centres are on a dark green background. They are bright and cheerful.
Pink Sunshine

I’m pretty sure that everyone reading this post needs to see something cheerful and happy at this point. I know that I do. These bright-faced things were facing the setting sun, lighting up the edge of a garden across the road, so I crossed over to look more closely and almost at once I felt better, just looking at them. So here they are as a gift for you all, as is better than Doom Scrolling, every time. Have a lovely weekend, friends.