Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: tattered

I'm a sucker for backlit flowers, and these stopped me in my tracks! Pretty blue stars on extra hairy stems and countless buds that promise a grand show over the coming weeks. I would have loved to have seen this plant at the height of its bloom, but this sight was a very pretty one indeed. :)

A few years back, Steve and I went on a tour of gardens in the nearby town of Ashland. By day's end, I was totally fried, and since that year I was doing a 365 Project (post one picture every day for a year), only one image from the nearly 1,000 that I took would be posted. In the end, I picked a picture from my friend Elaine's garden, and though I would end up processing many pictures from her garden, these photos have sat, for the most part, completely untouched. What a tragedy...the number of flowers, the variety, the colors, the interesting shapes...there is a veritable treasure trove in this folder. Tonight I dipped a toe in. My first glance and...BAM! I found this poppy in its last hurrah, with petals giving way in the afternoon sun, and yet still so lovely. Time to show yourself, you beautiful thing!! I'm going to spend some time in this folder because there are so many lovely flowers that deserve a chance to be seen. Stay tuned...I hope to reveal lots of stunning blossoms from my photographic adventures that day. If any of them are even half as successful as this one, I'll be a very happy camper! :)

As unlikely as it may seem to find a leaf caught on the way down to the ground, it's actually not terribly uncommon. Especially when there are conditions which raise the probability of it happening, like tall, stiff grass and bushes with twigs close together. I think that on my walks, I could probably take pictures of 50 of them...but if I were to knock them all down, I bet that number would drop to about 25 or less the next day. Needless to say, it's still an amazing thing to see, and because they are usually vertical to the ground, they often catch the light perfectly and light up like beacons to point themselves out. I never tire of them and must resist the temptation to take pictures because I have so many already!