Category: Art

Here’s my entry in the August Picture This Photo Contest. This month’s theme: “Down on Your Knees.”

Iris reticulata

I get down on my knees — and my belly — in the mud in the early spring, because that’s where all the action is here. But here are others that were under consideration:

Droplets on crocus

Bee buzzing Iris reticulata. This was actually my top choice at first. I’m partial to pollinators, and this floating bee provided a focus. If the light had been the same as my entry, this one would be at the top of the page.

Eranthis

Another bee shot, this time on eranthis

Lots more close-ups of spring ephemerals in these posts:

Droplets on crocus
Double snowdrop
A special eranthis, more snowdrops
More buzzing (I. reticulata)
Yellow crocus, scilla
First crocuses
Iris reticulata in a different light
More Iris reticulata
Iris reticulata
Spring a-buzzin’
First flowers

Another painted allium. Should have a video on this ready soon.

Some more bulb stuff worth checking out (cross posted from The Bulb Project):

Watch a landscape evolve before your eyes – online – The Christian Science Monitor reports on the new Seasonal Walk Chronicles website that tracks the new installation at the New York Botanical Garden designed by landscape surperstars Piet Oudolf and Jacqueline van der Kloet that combines flower bulbs and naturalistic styling. You can read more about van der Kloet’s style in the Aug. 5 New York Times: Dutch Designer Liberates Bulbs From Mass Plantings (free registration required).