Friday, May 27, 2011

Seeing red.....


I had a For Sale sign that was covered up with buds from the peony bush.  I trimmed them back and brought them home.  Once they hit the water in the vase they started opening.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I look at the intricacy of how these blooms open and am thankful to the Lord for such beauty.

Russell said...

Whoa...!! I'm impressed! What a beautiful peony!

Mine are getting close to blooming but it will be next week yet. I live near Ames and we are in a completely different growing zone that the Des Moines area.

And, of course, southern Iowa is even more ahead than Des Moines.

Great images. I like the iris with the water on it.

This first week of my photography class we talked quite a bit about depth of field. The iris image certainly illustrates that nicely.

Take care.

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