The Ribbons Emerge
The Ribbons Emerge, photo by Harold Davis. View this capture larger. This is a leucospermum "scarlet ribbons" that I planted in my garden in January. I've photographed it many times…
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March 8, 2006
Inside the Day Lily
Inside the Day Lily, photo by Harold Davis. View this capture larger. Poking my nose (and macro lens) into a newly opening day lily reveals a world bisexuality (botanically speaking):…
March 8, 2006
Giving Tongue
Giving Tongue, photo by Harold Davis. View this capture larger. Just now in my garden this red "tongue" sticking out of the tiny purple flower caught my attention. I photographed…
March 8, 2006
Moving Mountains and Breaking Stones
Tiarella, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is a tiarella, a variety of saxifrage, a small plant known for growing between rocks and breaking up stones. Saxifrage…
March 8, 2006
What’s Old Is New Again
Flower after Rain, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I have a new "gizmo," purchased on eBay. Except that this small piece of photographic hardware isn't really new.…
March 7, 2006
My Cherries
Burning Cherry, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I like the way this cherry blossom is backlit by the sun. Meanwhile, the background has gone dark so that…
March 6, 2006
Dawn in the Flower Forest
Dawn in the Flower Forest, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The last week or so I've been observing carefully how the sunrise lights up our garden. My…
February 16, 2006
Poppy Cheeks
Poppy Cheeks, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. My wife suggested "Poppy Mooning" as an alternative title to "Poppy Cheeks." You decide. This poppy bud belongs to an…
February 16, 2006
Harbinger of Spring
Daffodil, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Daffodils are harbingers of spring, so it's a pleasure to photograph these beautiful flowers. However, I think these are hard flowers…
February 16, 2006
Vertigo
Vertigo, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The sun was just coming up. I photographed this day lily in our garden in the freshness of the morning. You…
February 15, 2006
By Any Other Name…
Raspberry Breadseed Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This poppy re-seeded itself from the specimen I planted last year. The grower, Annie's Annuals, sold it as a…
February 13, 2006
World without End
Resurrection, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. The poppy has a short life span. It starts by emerging from a small pod... ...opening like lucious velvet: View this…
February 12, 2006
Polyganum
Polyganum, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is an extreme macro photograph of a polyganum flower in my garden. Polyganum is commonly known as "smart weed." It's…
February 12, 2006
Do Opposites Attract?
Strange Ranunculus, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. Do opposites attract? How different can two people be? Do these two flowers really belong to the same family? Leaving…
February 12, 2006
My Camera, My Flowers, and a Dedication
Gazania Petals, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. A French reader of Photoblog 2.0 asks some good questions that you, too, might want answered if you are new…
February 11, 2006
Poppy Triptych
White Poppy, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I'm pleased to present this triptych of poppy photos: white, red, and yellow. These flowers are all on one poppy…
February 10, 2006
Young Leucospermum
Young Leucospermum Profile, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. This is the leucospermum "scarlet ribbons" plant in my garden that I photographed earlier from above. This photo shows…
February 10, 2006
Garden in a Water Drop
Garden in a Water Drop, photo by Harold Davis. To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm…
February 10, 2006