A-Z Blogging Challenge – F is for Flowers

When I started this challenge, I promised myself that I would come up with topics that were not based on photographs but my written words.  I participate in several different theme based memes on my photography blog, and I wanted this to be different.  However, the only thing that keeps coming to my head for the letter “F” is FLOWERS.  Maybe that is because spring has been here for two weeks now, and I think we have had only about 3 days of anything resembling spring like weather.

Take time to smell the roses.
Proverb

I love flowers, any kind of flower.  I have patiently waited for the temperatures to warm long enough to help the daffodils bloom along our walk…. yellow daffodils, red roses, purple iris, I love them all.

I love taking pictures of flowers. Living in Florida for several years there was always something in bloom.

EPCOT

EPCOT

EPCOT – World Showcase -Germany

EPCOT – World Showcase – United Kingdom

Plumeria in my FL backyard

Hibiscus from around Orlando

Memorial Day 2010 – My mother’s hands holding a yellow rose in remembrance of my brother killed in Vietnam

Green Lane Park, PA

I can’t blog about the letter “F” without also sharing a picture of my favorite footwear… FLIP FLOPS!


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Give Me Your Best Shot – Hibiscus

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I’m going with a flower picture this week. I wish I photographed faces more often. My constant companion is my 12 yr old, and she is in a phase where she does not want to be photographed. I can’t force her, as I prefer not to be in front the camera either. Soon we will be back “home” with family, many that we have not seen in 5 years, so I should have plenty of faces!

I like this hibiscus shot, as there are two flowers. I have many hibiscus shots of the many different colors I see, but I always shoot just one

Best Shot Friday – Animal Kingdom Flower Collage

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Flowers again this week! A collage of flowers I found at Animal Kingdom last week on Earth Day
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I have to admit, this was a week that we stayed close to home and life was pretty quiet. When the temps rise into the mid to upper 80s, we don’t do too much “theme parking” or beaching going, Tara and I are just over the FL heat. Although we threw around a few other things this week, in the end, we just stayed home! Actually I was good with that!

Hopefully this weekend we will get out somewhere that I can do some “shooting”! Not thinking I used the one shot I really liked this week on my photo blog yesterday, you can see it here.

A Thousand Words Thursday – Epcot Flower & Garden

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Spring has arrived in FL, it has been in the 80s the past couple of days, and with spring brings the Flower and Garden Expo at EPCOT. One of my favorite Disney events. I have spent hours wandering around, just me and my camera. The beauty of nature abounds….

The festivities start on 3/18 this year, and I can’t wait. It was the reason I broke down and bought my new DSLR camera (Canon XSi) early!

I hope you enjoy!