Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
Rainer Maria Rilke

Frost warnings relocate my potted annuals each evening and the night sky is clear, my early perennials moonlit, earth like day. Mornings have been breezy, bright, cool and I get my dogs out early to deny black flies much sought after blood. Afternoons are spent in bug jackets, weeding, splitting, mulching, planting.

Still, like the land that surrounds us, my garden is a wild thing. The more I try to control it the more it defies me.

Finally, it is me that disappears, self-awareness mulched deep in the soil of time. The camera, a wondrous instrument, channels and captures parts of this journey. Here is the first of many spring mornings --- Lost in May.


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Hiding Within -- Fringed Polygala






Goldthread






Bunchberry







Hitching a Ride - Marsh Blue Violet







Pincushion







Red Trillium







Rain Soaked Grass





Unnamed flowering tree

[Sailor]

Jewels from the garden. Pincushion is simply outstanding. What a creative and unexpected way to present a flower.

Jer

[Bob Harris]

Beautiful images Tess.

[Cee Cee]

a wonderful series of images, goldthread & pincusion are both stand outs for me, but my particular fav of this series is rain soaked grass
cheers

[slowpez]

Wonderful collection of flowers Tess. Enjoyed your poetic description too. The goldthread and bunchberry are stunning.

[daacon]

Great series Tess with scenery like that - you should give up more often.

[bluestringer]

Very nice. I like them all.

[tessfully]

Jewels from the garden. Pincushion is simply outstanding. What a creative and unexpected way to present a flower.

Jer

thank you Jer!!!

Beautiful images Tess.

Thank you Bob!

a wonderful series of images, goldthread & pincusion are both stand outs for me, but my particular fav of this series is rain soaked grass
cheers

Thanks Cee Cee... I also really like that grass pic... something soothing about it for me.

Wonderful collection of flowers Tess. Enjoyed your poetic description too. The goldthread and bunchberry are stunning.

Thank you Susan. I am now trying to shoot all the little wild flowers as they bloom. I noticed many more out there ready in the morning light.

Great series Tess with scenery like that - you should give up more often.

Thank you Dave. I do the minimum and let nature take over for the rest of the summer. I think the wild stuff is as beautiful or even more beautiful than the cultured.

Very nice. I like them all.

Thank you bluestringer

[eaglem]

Very nice macro shots indeed in all aspects.

[tessfully]

Thanks so much eaglem. I forgot to select a category when I posted these.

[Jan178]

Can´t really say anything, pictures are worth thousands of words in this case. Well, i just simply enjoyed of "Pincushion" and the "Rain soaked grass". Thanks for sharing!

[mikemock]

Great series Tess. Love the first one. Great detail, focus, and color.

[Pentigor]

Very nice series, I like the red trillium most, it seems to float towards you.

And a poetess as well... Rilke... I like Heinrich Heine a lot...

Thanks for posting PoeTessfully,

Igor