Sunday, October 23, 2011

Autumn's Last Hoorah

Today is I Heart Macro on Studio Waterstone's site.

Mom and I headed over to the hort park to the last of the flower pictures for this year.  I was surprised to see how many flowers were still in flower and I also loved seeing all the dead heads of the flowers that are gone for the year.  Today's I Heart Macro is the contrast between the flowers still blooming and the ones that have died.  I really love how these turned out.  So sit back, drink some coffee and enjoy.

Disclaimer - I didn't get photos of the plaques for some of these flowers so I am not sure what they are called.

I think both of these are Annual Blanket Flowers


I didn't get the names of these flowers, so calling them dead flowers:



Mom loves the shape of this flower - reminds her of a sculpture outside the
Visual Performing Arts building on campus



These are Pot Marigold

Mom thought this one looked like a tarantula



 These flowers are called Scabiosa






Mom and I have more flowers but you are just going to have to stay tuned for next weeks I Heart Macro.  I am off to clean the last set of beads I made yesterday and mom is out sawing out some pieces.  I think I have two more sets of beads I will list on the Etsy site tonight and possibly Viking Knit chain for sale (that is if mom gets it cleaned up so I can take pictures of it).  Keep a look out on the Etsy site.

13 comments:

  1. beautiful flowers even at the end of their life, and the colours are still pretty

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  2. Cool pictures, even dead flowers have their beauty.
    Therese

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  3. Love those shots! The tarantula one really does resemble a tarantula and the scabiosa shell looks like something from little shop of horrors!

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  4. Nature is so magical! There is beauty in everything, even dead or dying flowers. Very nice series.

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  5. Good gosh, Beth. Those shots are gorgeous and I agree with your mom. That flower does look like a tarantula!

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  6. ...how interesting the photos, as is the changing of the seasons

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  7. Such incredible shots! I love seeing how the gardens turns with the seasons...

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  8. I love the first flower specially...don't ask why:) The second flower is red hat I think, I don't the names in english, only that one. Natures dead can be so beautiful:)

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  9. wow, lots of interesting textures here! neat!

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  10. They are beautiful in all stages of their life. Fantastic shots..

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  11. Pretty, even as they fade away for the winter.

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