Secret Life of Flowers

Flowers along the Greenwood Road

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Dandelion and tiny bee.

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Early apple blossoms wear fuzzy coats to keep warm.

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Good Morning.

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Dandelion faces; Centurians off to war,dancers, a spy, riding hood, a mad scientist, and arctic explorers. Can you find the characters in the dandes?

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I was hoping to photograph dandelion parachutes floating in the air one day. The breeze was intermittent, so while it was still, I began looking for characters in the half-shattered seed heads. 

Eash of these shots was deliberate, a face, a personality. It’s a good way to shoot -- look for the faces. Can you see them?

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Hemaris thysbe, the glass-wing hummingbird moth

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Great Black Wasps in oregano blossoms

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No monarchs on my milkweed this summer. At least none that I saw. But the sweet milkweed didn't lack for pollinators. This is a Great Black Ground-digger wasp. I reported sighting these on iNaturalist, and it's the farthest-north they've been seen. They're very, very beautiful.

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Wild rose hips; they birds have been eating them this cold, cold part of the winter. Thank you, birds, for spreading the seeds all about my yard. Come june, it will smell heavenly.

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a Great Golden Ground-digger Wasp in thyme blossoms. 

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