Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: EIFP Hall of Fame

Happy Spring, everyone! As so often happens, this Tulip was already starting to wilt by this morning. My camera lens touched a petal when I was trying to take a macro and off it came. Then a second one fell. Managed to get a few shots with the remaining petals intact. Just loved the flaming streaks on the textured, white petals.

OK, so I searched high and low in my house for something "English" that I could use to make a photo to celebrate the Royal Wedding of William and Kate today. Nothing, absolutely nothing, despite the fact that I spent the first 22 years of my life in England! With an enormous stretch of the imagination, I think this gorgeous and unusual Protea flower looks a little bit like a crown : ))) Aren't they spectacular flowers? The Proteaceae family to which proteas belong is an ancient one. Its ancestors grew in Gondwanaland, 300 million years ago. This particular species of Protea is called the Nodding Pincushion Protea. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protea I changed my mind late last night and decided to stay up and watch the Royal Wedding on TV after all. Somehow, it just isn't the same to watch a repeat later. Got an hour's sleep before getting up at 4:00 a.m.. I thought it was a beautiful occasion (they were blessed with sunshine, too!) and Kate's wedding dress was fairly simple and elegant, and perfect for her. A delightful occasion - the endless crowds of excited and happy onlookers showed how much they love their Royal family .... but now, let the media coverage stop, please!

These brilliant yellow flowers are always a delight to photograph - taken in a friend's garden a few days ago. I'm posting really early (for me) today, as I am planning on driving west into the mountains a little way (once I get off my computer and start getting ready). I haven't yet had a chance to get to the place I want to reach this year, even though it doesn't take all that long to drive there. I know I will be fighting to keep my eyes open by the time I get back home, so thought I'd better post my "daily three" before I go. I'm also hoping to give my shoulders a break from the keyboard, too - one is very painful from struggling to get into my backpack for many months, and the other is, I suspect, from too much mouse-clicking : (