Look what happened in my garden today. It was only two degrees last night, and it has been terrible rain for weeks (and some snow), but today: sunshine, and I got flowers who are really showing that they appreciate the sun. So do I.
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Some snow and tulips… This should be magic…Wonderful photographs… In here all tulips have gone… The season finished for them… I loved it dear Bente, Thank you, the sun be with you, Love, nia
What a pure flower..Very nice.
Lovely tulips! Tulips look elegant in my eyes.
Looks like the weather agrees with the flowers.
Just beautiful ! It does amaze me how you are just now getting tulips. In the middle of June..wow!
Such beautiful photos, Bente.
I’m amazed they look so good with such icy cold temperatures last night.
I love the delicacy you’ve captured with the second photo – very nice indeed
All plants around here have to tolerate changes in temperature, and some low temperatures, Victoria. But from now and 2-2.5 months it will probably not be any freezing nights..
Love the top image….white on blue
I think it seems normal to your country
When I saw summer-solstice sun in Narvic, the day before had sleet.
Yet locals were walking in half sleeved T-shirts, while I was wearing
thick woolly and Vietnam jacket.
Beautiful photos. I like it.
You know Yoshizen, when sun and warmth is so rare, it might last for 3 hours, or 30 minutes, thats why many norwegians throwh off most of their clothes even with only a glimpse of sun.
Yah yah, I remember, under the bright sun, everybody
)
in a park was sun bathing naked. (—– though, when
they noticed me, they covered up in panic
I was rather annoyed to be seen like a peeping tom.
Mind you, I was just passing without camera
Thats how it is, Yoshizen.
Very beautiful and delicate photography!
Beautiful. I am much taken with tulips having been up close to many varieties in Holland recently.
Holland, lucky you, I would love to see all those tulips.
Very pretty. I haven’t seen this kind – white with petals that go outwards.
I don’t remember the names, Some of the few that returned, Anneli. Maybe they were just very happy about the sun?
I love the contrast with the blue behind the flower petal. Simply lovely!
MASSIVE CATCHES! their tones are very good, fantastic compositions, as always a great final work. regards
Muchas gracias, Angel. Thanks a lot.
Yay for the sun!!
I like these pristine white tulips. The climate in your country must be quite different from what we’ve got here. In my garden all tulips have gone over by now. But so many is happening that I don’t mind. There’s enough to be seen. Every day brings something new.
I love the light and composition in the first shot, the texture in the second. How inspiring to know the cold night they survived to be there for you today!
Many plants are more hardy than you would expect, Carol. Have to around here.
So pretty!
So simple, pristine like the snow from which they emerged with the sun. They’re beautiful, Bente. I’m so glad to have seen them flowering, especially after last week’s snow:)
Spring came late and did not last long. Now it is summer at last!
So soon? What, about a week of Spring? How long will the summer last – I mean feeling the heat of the sun?
So soon? What, about a week of Spring? How long will the summer last – I mean feeling the heat of the sun?
Though, having asked that question, it occurred to me that it’s not so much the heat of the sun that’s important for growth, is it? as long as it doesn’t freeze, those long, long days of sunshine will promote growth irrespective, won’t they?
Yes, the plants around here, at least many of them, don’t require heat to grow, but they enjoy 20 hours of daylight now. The sun rises at 3 in the morning and sets at 23:30 at night. So it is never completly dark. This long day is good for plants who don’t have a long season…They have to hurry before winter.
serene images
I love the first photo! Great composition and the blue sky sets off the tulips beautifully!
So soft! Love them! And we had a first rain of the season after scorching heat of last 2.5 months!!!
That is really different from here Sonali. Never scorching heat, but a light “rainy season” all summer.
These are beautiful Bente. Let us hope that summer will arrive soon. We have 70 mile and hour winds and driving rain in the UK today.
We got summer, Chillbrook. It happened very suddenly and now everything is very green. I hope your weather has improved.
The blue and white in the first photograph are lovely – like a piece of Royal Copenhagen porcelain!
I know Royal Copenhagen, Finn, but don’t have any of them.
They have many beautiful things.
No pueden ser más bonitas!!!!!!!
Muchas gracias, Mercedes.
so do i, so do i…!
great photos, bente!
And so do I. I think you get quite a bit of sun energy, doing all those great series from Roma, Alessandro.
Hi,
Beautiful photos, I especially like the first one just gorgeous, I didn’t realize that tulips could handle such low temp. that is just amazing.
Just barely freezing, Mags. Didn’t do any harm it seems.
And your camera loves the tulip! Gorgeous!
And I love the tulips, Joylene. Thanks.
Two degrees and snow? In June?
I’d feel the same way when the sun came out!
We hope for no more two degrees and snow for a while, Aristotelis. It is seven tonight..
Hope it keeps going up until it gets in the 20s…
Oh, it is going up and down, Aristotelis, we have to be prepared for all weather conditions all the time. But it would have been lovely with 20!
Two degrees? Snow? Flowers? Go figure!
How beautiful!
You really capture, with that flower, the joy of feeling the sun. Astounding.
Love both pictures!
The first photo is magical. The light is shining so soft and warmth trough the petals. And white tulips and snow must be a beautiful combination. God helg!
The snow didn’t last, but see what you mean. God helg til deg også!
It’s beautiful with the backlight .
Backlight is good for flower-photography.
I´m living in apartment on the roof with so little light that tulips never get to blossom.
I have cactuses instead.
Even cactus likes sun, they love it, but guess they can cope better than tulips. Best of luck with your cactus, Eldin.
Preciosas tomas, me encanta la primera, bella, bella, saludos
Muchas gracias, Manoli, thanks.
That first shot is simply gorgeous
Tulips are my favorite. Unfortunately they don’t do well here in Colorado at an elevation of 6500+. Lovely photos.
Beautiful photographs expressed with gentleness and sensitivity.
They are beautiful!
These pictures remind me that I need to take out my camera and get some photos of the wonderful day lilies that have been popping up around Maryland the past few days. It’s just a beautiful reminder that even the coldest nights and harshest conditions can bring true wonders the very next morning!
Tulips and sunshine. For you, at last!
Helt underbara bilder! Särskilt den översta! Imorgon hoppas jag få fota ett vallmofält. Håll tumamrna!
Allt gott till dej!
a postcard?!
A miracle
Very nice! I like the first one with the out of focus flower on the left.
Do you eat your tulips? They are delicious!