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Floral Portrait #8
Dahlias were a favourite of my mother, she grew them—along with my grandmother’s roses—in every possible corner of the garden, when I was young. She especially loved the pom-pom varieties, and chose every colour possible. The one thing I didn’t love, when she cut some to bring in to put in vases, were the earwigs. The two always seemed to go hand in hand...
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Floral Portrait #7
Back to daffodils or, in this case, delicate narcissus. There were a cluster of these beauts in amongst a variety of daffodils. I think there were at least seven different varieties each vying for my lens.
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Floral Portrait #4
We are enjoying the third consecutive day of sunshine and mild weather. Well, mild for us. It’s minus 4 outside, but there’s little or no wind so that means, with the sunshine, it feels like a perfect spring day. And what better way to celebrate than with another floral portrait. Again, this photo is from last year from a visit to the botanic gardens...
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Floral Portrait #3
While it is that time of year for early spring flowers, I took this photo back in the spring of 2019, before covid entered our lives. And what better way to brighten up our lives than to share it now.
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Floral Portrait #2
Another of my favourite flowers is the ever hardy cone flower—echinacea—which comes in a variety of colours. I found this pinky fellow blooming at the botanic gardens last year. You can see in this shot why they’re called ‘cone’ flowers.
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Floral Portrait #1
Welcome to the first of my floral portraits. Today’s flowers are roses. This shot was taken in my favourite spot, the botanical gardens at the university Laval.