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Pictures for Pam, Day 119: Tiny Whitlow Spring Grass


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This morning when I went out for my walk I couldn't help but look for signs of spring. They were there all around me but nothing was obvious except for the bursting green grass and sprouting plants everywhere. It's still too early--but how can that be? It's March already! I mentioned the other day that it's been cold enough this winter that spring has been delayed by as much as an entire month. On our property, we have a tiny little flower which announces to me that spring is just around the corner. I've been looking for Whitlow Grass buds for weeks now and I FINALLY found some yesterday!
After I finished my walk I grabbed my camera and came out to get some proof that spring is officially on its way. Locating these flowers is both easy and difficult. Easy because they are all over the place…but difficult because Whitlow Grass blossoms are ridiculously tiny. The buds are no larger than a lowercase letter "o"!
To see them, I must get my face right down at the ground and peer carefully at the tiny plants in front of me. Grass glistening with rows of droplets are everywhere to admire and distract. Tiny globes of water clinging to the ends of glowing green blades grab my attention. But I keep my eyes scanning for tiny white balls…and…THERE! Itty bitty buds, drizzled with dew, peek out shyly from the shadow of grass surrounding them. Then I can see more and more tiny buds…some opening, some tightly closed. I take many pictures at many apertures because I know how tough these little flowers are to photograph well. I cross my fingers for some useable pictures.
Once I was satisfied, I stood up to return to the house when I realized that I should show you how tiny these flowers are! After all, it's one thing to explain how small something is. It's another thing to actually show how small it is. So I kneeled down and took a picture of a blossom which was a mere speck at that distance. Then I stood up and positioned the flower between my feet. I had to laugh…you can't even see a flower from my towering 5'4" height! At one point Steve and I were outside and I showed him some of the blossoms. He couldn't believe I'd ever found one to begin with! :)
Along with my main image is another flower that has a friend on it! What a surprise…I had no idea it was there!
And, as I'd promised, I'm including a couple of pictures of the inside of our trailer! They're not great photos but will give you an idea of what it looks like in there. Two bunk beds in the rear and a bathroom, a large bedroom area up at the front. Dinette, sofa, kitchen with sink, oven, stove, and microwave. The bathroom has a separate door outside so you don't have to track dirt through the coach to get to the bathroom. Outside there is a very nice awning over a small outside kitchen which will be great for barbequing. Oh yeah, this trailer has one "slide", which means the side slides out to create a larger space. The dinette and sofa are the area that slides out, and that's why it's so roomy in there! :) (If you've been in an RV without slides, you'll recognize how cramped they are in comparison. We would not consider a trailer without a slide!)
Pam, since I photographed a tiny flower today, I did a search for "tiny" on your stream and came up with an itty bitty, teeny weeny bee that you photographed! So adorable and so very small!! Sending *HUGGGGGZZZZZZZ* from southern Oregon!
Explored on 3/09/19, highest placement, #1.
This morning when I went out for my walk I couldn't help but look for signs of spring. They were there all around me but nothing was obvious except for the bursting green grass and sprouting plants everywhere. It's still too early--but how can that be? It's March already! I mentioned the other day that it's been cold enough this winter that spring has been delayed by as much as an entire month. On our property, we have a tiny little flower which announces to me that spring is just around the corner. I've been looking for Whitlow Grass buds for weeks now and I FINALLY found some yesterday!
After I finished my walk I grabbed my camera and came out to get some proof that spring is officially on its way. Locating these flowers is both easy and difficult. Easy because they are all over the place…but difficult because Whitlow Grass blossoms are ridiculously tiny. The buds are no larger than a lowercase letter "o"!
To see them, I must get my face right down at the ground and peer carefully at the tiny plants in front of me. Grass glistening with rows of droplets are everywhere to admire and distract. Tiny globes of water clinging to the ends of glowing green blades grab my attention. But I keep my eyes scanning for tiny white balls…and…THERE! Itty bitty buds, drizzled with dew, peek out shyly from the shadow of grass surrounding them. Then I can see more and more tiny buds…some opening, some tightly closed. I take many pictures at many apertures because I know how tough these little flowers are to photograph well. I cross my fingers for some useable pictures.
Once I was satisfied, I stood up to return to the house when I realized that I should show you how tiny these flowers are! After all, it's one thing to explain how small something is. It's another thing to actually show how small it is. So I kneeled down and took a picture of a blossom which was a mere speck at that distance. Then I stood up and positioned the flower between my feet. I had to laugh…you can't even see a flower from my towering 5'4" height! At one point Steve and I were outside and I showed him some of the blossoms. He couldn't believe I'd ever found one to begin with! :)
Along with my main image is another flower that has a friend on it! What a surprise…I had no idea it was there!
And, as I'd promised, I'm including a couple of pictures of the inside of our trailer! They're not great photos but will give you an idea of what it looks like in there. Two bunk beds in the rear and a bathroom, a large bedroom area up at the front. Dinette, sofa, kitchen with sink, oven, stove, and microwave. The bathroom has a separate door outside so you don't have to track dirt through the coach to get to the bathroom. Outside there is a very nice awning over a small outside kitchen which will be great for barbequing. Oh yeah, this trailer has one "slide", which means the side slides out to create a larger space. The dinette and sofa are the area that slides out, and that's why it's so roomy in there! :) (If you've been in an RV without slides, you'll recognize how cramped they are in comparison. We would not consider a trailer without a slide!)
Pam, since I photographed a tiny flower today, I did a search for "tiny" on your stream and came up with an itty bitty, teeny weeny bee that you photographed! So adorable and so very small!! Sending *HUGGGGGZZZZZZZ* from southern Oregon!
Explored on 3/09/19, highest placement, #1.
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YOUR RV IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDitiON !
Thank you dear Janet for this beguining of a new day !
bon Wend Janet
Bon w-e
Bon WE à toi mon amie.
Have a nice weekend!
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Thanks for providing more red circles..............fascinating! Oh, and nice welly boots :-))
I love your RV...........I could probably get my house inside it :-))
The inside of the RV does in fact look extremely roomy. I've not seen anything like this, except on the tv, as we don't often have things like this here, probably because our roads are so narrow in comparison to the US. I can fully understand how excited you must be now. You'll be able to take friends with you on your jaunts - there are two spare bunk beds for them.
Best wishes... from David J'.. UK
and so sweet !
(Nice RV too, for sure ... we have a small pop-up, and with 2 dogs and 2 grandsons; sometimes we be rockin', even when parked, hopefully securely, in a campsite.)
.... your signs of spring are so wonderful, Janet.
So funny: PiP No.3 - big boots beside 3 microscopic parts of springtime !
chère Janet....*************************************Bonne soirée et bonne semaine. Bisous
belle soirée Janet
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