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Shooting Star ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Intricate

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Just as the adjective intricate has many synonyms, Dodecatheon meadia has several common names. When I first discovered this lovely wildflower as a child one early spring, my mother called it Shooting Star. It is also known as American Cowslip, … Continue reading →

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Trillium ~ Sunday Stills ~ Wildflowers

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Three weeks ago I posted photos of trillium I had taken on the first day of spring — Wake Robin — showing one trillium as it breaks the ground, and another already starting to bloom. These are native plants from … Continue reading →

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Wake Robin ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Fresh

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

In the first hour of spring 2015, I made a photo-shoot tour of my gardens and found new life emerging. So much fresh growth greeted me — like old friends I am happy to see again. fragile tri-lily wild woodland … Continue reading →

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Spring Roses ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Fresh

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

tender red-green leaves emerge trembling in springbreeze branches reach stretch taut issuing thorny barbs suckled by warm sun buds anticipate pure joy

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Luscious ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Orange

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Oh! This lush hue that spans the wheel from just about yellow, to almost red — such vibrant tones — all of them orange. Previously posted to Sunday Stills, September, 2014.

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

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Blue Hydrangea ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Rule of Thirds

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

This photo is one of a series in which my focus was to study the blue of the flowers when silhouetted against a bright blue, sunny day sky. The “rule of thirds” is what pulls your eye into this particular … Continue reading →