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New Tulips in the House
Four days ago, when I entered the flower shop, one goal was to find white tulips to photograph. I finally selected a bouquet that looked mostly white with just a few petals here and there laced with...
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Okay, back to the flowers …
Despite my pronouncement that I might be done with tulips, a dear friend surprised me with some. I took that as a sign that this photographic journey is to continue for a while longer.
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Homage to O’Keeffe
The Tulip Shell Rose Bones To view some of O’Keeffe’s natural and still life forms, the inspiration behind these photographs, you might begin with The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
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White Tulips
I splurged on a bouquet of white tulips this weekend. An indulgence in simple beauty. I gently placed them in a vase and you know what? They immediately drooped. But you know what else? It didn’t...
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the purple files
In sorting through photos for various projects, I came across a cache of purple. Now I have the urge to buy some purple marbles at the toy store, an eggplant and some grapes from the farmer’s market,...
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interior beauty
The interior of several white tulips. As I’ve written before, tulips were not always my favorite flowers. But now it is with pleasure I buy a bouquet, their heads tightly closed, and wait just a few...
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transformation
Remember the orange tulip? Well, as the petals have dried, all these other colors have been revealed.
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it began with the tulip petals …
… pink and glowing with sunlight, of course. A long-stemmed bouquet sitting in a vase not far from my desk. I yearned to photograph them but hesitated. The camera enables and empowers me to...
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peering into a vase of tulips
A splurge at the grocery store. I probably needed butter more but somehow I could not walk away from that bouquet of white tulips.
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like a candle burning bright
During the photo shoot for the white series, a petal became dislodged. And what an unexpected treat.
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there are some pinkish petals in the house
Picked up a small bouquet of pink tulips on sale at the grocery store. They are slowly opening up.
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more petals have fallen …
and so I hold them up to the light … and let them spill upon the table. Quite beautiful but I am glad that some petals remain upon the stem.
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unexpected gifts
Lizzie’s Tulips A bouquet of tulips from a friend. We’ll see how the winter light falls upon these petals over time. Petals
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gray shades
It’s a little gray outside today so I thought I’d play around with that shade as I photographed the tulips.
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but yesterday …
the sun was shining and so there was a wonderful reflection of the tulips in a nearby framed print of blueberries in a field. A wonderful layering took place.
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