Tag: clarkia

Floral Photography, Goodnight Flower

Goodnight Flower

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Before I say goodnight I’ll add this little note:
We had our Open Studio this past weekend. While the number of visitors was small, it was absolutely delightful to meet some new people as well as friends. A lovely surprise was meeting someone who volunteers for Opera San José! (I won’t name names since I didn’t ask her if I could do that.) The other amazing surprise was that this same person had toured our house when it was on the market, probably just prior to our putting in our bid. (Thankfully we weren’t bidding against her!) Pretty amazing, right?!

So thank you to any readers who came. We are hoping to have another Open Studio sometime in, I am guessing, early December. Stay tuned!

And NOW please enjoy this goodnight flower. I still remember exactly where I shot this and, yes, it’s from my neighborhood!

Clarkia Flowers & Leaves, 5.10.19

Floral Photography, Wildflowers

First Shot

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My walk today was a shortish one, but it took a while because flowers kept causing me to stop. I try to go two miles before stopping. I didn’t even make it to one mile when I saw this.

The garden is full of wildflowers and native plants, although I’m not sure everything there was native, though it does boast a certified wildflower sign if I’m remembering correctly. (I’ll have to return and check … it was some sort of certified garden sign in any case.)

This wildflower, with the common name elegant clarkia, comes in several bright colors and is definitely eye-catching. Some of the flowers are frillier than this — sort of like a miniature peony look, really, and I wonder if the other common name, mountain garland, refers to that one. Stay tuned for at least one image of that … eventually. For now, though, a first shot post must obviously be the first shot of the day. And this is it.

First Shot: Clarkia unguiculata, 5.10.19