Cherry Blossom Time

 

I am really enjoying looking through my photos from the garden at Dunham Massey and I am only on day two... I have looked ahead and I can promise some stunning images so make sure you keep coming back.

For today I have three pictures of some beautiful cherry blossom. I love this time of year as gardens come to life and trees like apple and cherry bust into colour before the leaves come through. The delicate blossoms with a very oh so subtle pink shade are absolutely beautiful and in my view they make for some wonderful images. 

Forget Me Not

Canon 100mm f 1:2.8

ISO 100    f/4.5   1/100 sec

ISO 100   f/3.5    1/100 sec

I had gone to photograph the bluebells at Burton Mere and as it was a beautifully sunny morning the prospect of capturing some great images filled me with hope as I set off.

Before I got to the main show of bluebells however I spotted a magnificent spread of Forget Me Not's and so I stopped to get a few shots. They really are such beautifully delicate flowers and they make a nice display in the dappled  early morning sunlight.

Rainbow Buds

Yesterday I shared a macro shot of the stamen from a Freesia. Today I have picked another macro shot but this is of the unopened bud. 

I love the rainbow of colours from the green of the stem rising up towards the yellow, orange, cerise, pink and purple. I did have to ask my helpers to describe the different colours because I don't really know what I can see, all I do know is it is really beautiful.

A Winter Tradition

Around this time of year it has become something of  tradition to go to Chirk Castle to see the carpet of snowdrops. In the past I have also been to Attingham Park and other gardens but I think the display at Chirk is my favourite.

I have chosen one shot for today but in the coming days I will be posting more pictures of the snowdrops and some of the other winter flowers which are coming into bloom, bringing a little more colour and heralding the spring. I may also post some images of the castle itself later in the week, so please come back each day to see the new pictures.

A Floral Fanfare

I picked these three pictures because I think each one of the flowers makes a statement. They are so incredibly beautiful and that is all I am going to say.

Enjoy!

Buttercups and Daisies

There is something reassuring about these simple flowers, they are a sure sign that summer is on it's way and although they're often considered weeds I think they are quite beautiful.

Together they have inspired poems,nursery rhymes, songs and instrumental music  and given their names to numerous florists so clearly I am not the only one taken with them and hopefully you will enjoy them too.

It's Bluebell Time

I really really love Bluebells. I have some very happy memories of walking in Bluebell woods in Kent with my parents many years ago and I love to see a massive spread when the flowers are in their prime. 

When I was at Ness Gardens recently there were only odd patches of them so I couldn't get a nice shot of a big spread so if that's what you like as well then have a look at this link which is a great picture of bluebells near Preston (and if you like that picture have a look at some of the other pictures of flowers by the same photographer, they're really very good).

For these shots I got right down to ground level and risked getting stung by the emerging nettles but it was worth the risk because I think they're great shots.