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Sunday, June 7, 2009

After The Rain

This early evening we got a quick littl rain shower. then the sun came out and the wind stopped blowing for the first time in days. i ran out into the garden to see what i could find to shoot. it was delightful out there and i feel much better after having walked around barefoot in the rain soaked grass, finding signs of early summer and listening to the birds sing their evening songs.
a flowering wild onion that was accidentally transplanted with some native cactus plants years ago. the onion grows strategically enough within the cactus plant that it has earned a permanent place in the garden. it's actually quite pretty. the blossoms aren't completely opened up yet but their getting there . . .

i have some wooly thyme growing in a rock garden area and it is also blossoming. this is a very close macro and these flowers are uber tiny . . . roughly the size of a ball headed pin.
i discovered a tiny green grasshopper sitting on top of one of the snow on the mountain blossoms. it seemed to be enjoying the sudden change in the weather also. i love the color green that it is~!~
the iris are just beginning to unfurl their buds . . . another day or two and i will have a few flowers~!!~
the peonies are also just starting to open up. i seem to only have a few of these flowers this year which is too bad because they are beautiful, quite fragrant and make very nice cutting flowers for the house.
i hope that you enjoyed my evening post rain trip through the garden as much as i did~!~
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7 comments:

  1. domosharJune 8, 2009 at 11:25 PM

    These pictures are gorgeous - great light and capture. Inspiring!

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  2. libbyquilterJune 9, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    thank you domoshar~!~so glad that you have visited my blog and enjoyed yourself.

    :)
    libbyQ

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  3. Pink SkyJune 9, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    Wow, I can't believe those are little simple wild onions! I used to have some but they never looked that pretty. :)

    Now you are definitely a great photographer when you can make even a grasshopper look that good. :)

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  4. sea-blue-sky & abstractsJune 9, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    Lovely rain drenched flowers, thanks for posting these pics.
    Lesley

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  5. libbyquilterJune 9, 2009 at 3:17 PM

    thank you Pink Sky and sea-blue-skyamp;abstracts for your visits and nice comments.

    that little grasshopper WAS really cute~!!~

    :)
    libbyQ

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  6. susanJune 9, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    oh i did so much enjoy it. the good side of rain...drops on plants. too bad about the peonies, but this is such a beautiful color. i am used to seeing pale pink. the irises look like they will be stunning too
    thanks for the garden tour

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  7. libbyquilterJune 10, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    thank you susan~!~you are right, that is the good side of all of this rainy weather . . . that, and the beautiful light from the cloudy skies. the problem is that we are also getting a great amount of high winds and that isn't always such a good photographic element . . . :(

    i was very pleased with the opportunity that i had on this day though and will continue to look for other similar ones, as the weather doesn't seem to be changing pattern very quickly . . . may be an unusually rainy summer if it keeps up like this~!~

    :)
    libbyQ

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