I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.
~Edna St. Vincent Millay
Blooming Tuesday
Posted by Tammy on July 26, 2011
https://agrigirl.com/2011/07/26/flower-photography-blooms/
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Tammy
A wife, a mom, an executive, a certified leadership coach and a breast cancer survivor. I love learning and I love to write and I'm often fascinated with the life lessons that come from my kitchen. Focusing on community-based Placemaking is the way that I work towards creating a healthier planet.
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Tandy
/ July 26, 2011thanks for adding some summer to my wintery day 🙂
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Glad to do it.
theonlycin
/ July 26, 2011Stunning, are those Proteas in the last pic of the second row?
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011That is what I refer to as a barrel cactus.
E. Baron
/ July 26, 2011Beautiful, Tammy. It’s a somewhat dark, gloomy day here in New Hampshire. It’s lovely to begin my day with a poem that motivates me to appreciate my world a little more deeply. Your photos are beautiful and included several flowers we just don’t see around here. Lovely!
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011The poem took some selecting as my favorite was just highlighted on another blog and there are many spoken about flowers.
Rukmini Roy
/ July 26, 2011Great pics Tammy! I have a thing for Hydrangeas and I’m loving how it has come out in the picture. Also, the 2nd picture in the 3rd row, is it a Dahlia?
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Yes, it is. Good eye Rukmini!
Rukmini Roy
/ July 26, 2011Oh, it is!!! It makes me so happy. I love Dahlias. And tammy, I have indeed settled for something wiry for my chandy! Not really beady but wiry. 🙂
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Looking forward to seeing it! Saw the barbed wire… now, that is different.
Diane D'Angelo
/ July 26, 2011Pic in the upper right-hand corner opened my heart. Thank you.
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Ah, the blue hydrangea. It does that for me also.
Lisa H
/ July 26, 2011Wow, just amazing. The photos of flowers from my childhood brought back many wonderful memories. Mom’s favorite is the hydrangea which we planted in front of the living room one Mother’s Day. My favorite are the cactus flowers.
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Thanks Lisa. I really like the red flower on the vine too but I haven’t identified it yet.
Lisa H
/ July 26, 2011Looks like a passion flower. I haven’t had luck with them and the caterpillars like them. Is the photo from your yard?
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011No, they aren’t in my yard except the barrel cactus. Most taken on vacation.
Cris
/ July 26, 2011Beautiful photos, Tammy. They remind of my resolve to draw some flowers a la Josef Frank. Where did the time go?! Perhaps I will draw some of yours, if you don’t mind.
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Please do! I would love to see some of these in your art.
Tes
/ July 26, 2011Beautiful! They make me feel so calm and relax 🙂
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Mission accomplished.
Sally Mom
/ July 26, 2011SWEET!
Love the poem, Love the flowers.
Love my hydrangeas. When I was small, I thought of them as “old lady ” flowers. Now I am an old lady and I still love them!
Thanks Dear tammy!
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011And those are YOUR hydrangeas.
Ravi
/ July 26, 2011Great to start the morning with this visual treat
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Yes, it’s amazing how cheery it makes everything.
dianescholten
/ July 26, 2011Beautiful!!
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Thank you.
Brum Darling
/ July 26, 2011Lisa H is right. The red one is a passion flower. We have them in our yard and they attract monarch butterflies. Great shots, Tam… thanks!
Brum
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Thanks Brum. I don’t think I would’ve guessed that. Do you make tea from them?
Rob
/ July 26, 2011Beautiful shots! You’ve inspired me to wander about my own place and take a few shots. We had blooms on some veggies and spices from our CSA here in the Phoenix area a couple of months ago, but now that we’re in in July it’s primarily root veggies, melons, and tomatoes.
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Take us on a walk Rob. I love those types of photo blogs.
nrhatch
/ July 26, 2011Gorgeous! Just what I needed. Thanks, Tammy! 😀
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011You’re welcome Nancy. Bird of Paradise taken in your neck of the woods.
truels
/ July 26, 2011Lovely flower show, thanks 😉
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011You’re so welcome.
Jane
/ July 26, 2011Gorgeous!
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Thanks Jane.
Paula Tohline Calhoun
/ July 26, 2011The best thing about photography is being able to capture some of the beauty of nature without harming it – and being able to return to it again and again and again. Love your pics, Tammy, and thanks!
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011Yes, I agree and was so pleased to find a quote that said just that.
Montucky
/ July 26, 2011Gorgeous selection, Tammy!
Tammy
/ July 26, 2011They are beautiful but wish I had your skill at presenting them.
Hannah
/ July 26, 2011Oh, what a lovely poem! And these photos make me think of my mum, an indefatigable flower-photo-taker-but-not-picker. 🙂
Tammy
/ July 27, 2011The poem is just perfect.
kateshrewsday
/ July 27, 2011Divine, Tammy. It takes strength to touch, and not try to possess. Beauty like this is so transient but utterly breathtaking.
Tammy
/ July 27, 2011Lovely words Kate.
Kathy
/ July 27, 2011Sunny beautiful photos! I like what kateshrewsday just said. That strength to be with the presence of the flowers and not possess. To simply be with the beauty and perhaps lean down and smell the sweet perfume.
Tammy
/ July 27, 2011It is a good lesson I believe.
nancy at good food matters
/ July 27, 2011glorious! I love the beauty and simplicity of this–the poet distills these feelings into 4 lines, and you treat us to a visual feast. thank you.
curious: what favorite poem was already highlighted in another blog?
Tammy
/ July 27, 2011Earth laughs in flowers
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
souldipper
/ July 27, 2011Ah…at last! I can sit and oogle beautiful flowers that my deer friends cannot reach! 😀 Gorgeous, Tammy, and I am assuming these are all in your yard.
Tammy
/ July 27, 2011I so wish they were all in my yard! They are from my travels.
bonnie from Sweet Life
/ July 28, 2011We are in thunder storm watch here, thank you for a giving us a pop of beauty!!
Tammy
/ July 28, 2011I think you’re in TX? You do need the rain.
Kath (My Funny Little Life)
/ July 29, 2011Wonderful, Tammy! And I loved to see an ARTICHOKE among the flowers! 😀
Tammy
/ July 29, 2011😉
Naomi
/ July 30, 2011Oh, this is simply GORGEOUS…and what a perfect quote, which I’ve not read before – thank you for the upliftment, Tammy!!
Tammy
/ July 30, 2011you are so welcome. I love the word upliftment!