Color Explosion... Tulip Beauty... Spring, 2011!

I've recently discovered that the size I'm using to post my images doesn't work well on smaller screens... and it also doesn't work on the iPad. So I'm experimenting with posting a smaller size and will be testing viewing on my laptop and elsewhere to see if this helps. Larger

I'll be posting this to Macro Monday over at Lisa's Chaos shortly... come on over and join the fun. Also, please be aware that I'll be slower than usual returning visits due to a floor refinishing and painting project that starts tomorrow... while my house is torn apart... my computer will be in the shop. I'll still have my laptop but it slows me down a lot to use that!

Fading glory... gorgeous tulip in a showcase garden... Spring 2010

Seems that spring has overwhelmed me with gorgeous color and I've been so busy looking at images that I've not found time to post... this is from a few days ago when I visited a showcase garden in our area. The owner opens her gloriously landscaped garden to the public once a year in spring. Spotted this beautiful tulip as the blooms were on their way to being done for this year... hope you enjoy seeing this as much as I enjoyed capturing the image.

Tulip splendor... Spring 2010

This is the second of the three new tulip varieties planted in my garden this past fall. Today, it is blowing SO HARD outdoors that I won't be able to photograph the third one which is now blooming as well. I just love the gorgeous dark red-orange petals kissed by bright yellow on the edges. Have a lovely weekend wherever you are!

What a difference a week makes... Spring tulips 2010!

It's hard to believe... but these are the same tulips as the previous post... just one week later! I had no idea that these tulips would start out a pale, creamy yellow with delicate tracery of green veins and then explode into glorious pale orange a week later. The bulbs were purchased last spring at a tulip farm in Oregon... I have a record of the variety of tulip this is somewhere in the mess of paperwork (not filed yet) in this house!

Creamy tulip... delicate details... Spring, 2010...

Check back tomorrow or the next day to see a later image of this same tulip. I had no idea when this blossom appeared that it would darken as it aged... this is the first day the blossom began opening. I love the delicate tracery of green markers on the petals and the soft orange parts.