Saturday, May 22, 2010

imagination or a headache?

"A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache." ~ Catherine the Great

Today I was inclined to go for the headache route. I've been chilled all day, even indoors, thanks to getting up to a blustery 38-degree morning and heading immediately out to change the irrigation set. Anyone care to guess how cold creek water is at that time of day?!




But the wild lupine and balsam root blooms didn't mind the wind, so I decided not to, either. I even found that the colors were even a little crisper thanks to the muted light and clear air.

 It's amazing how many different shades of purple wild lupine comes in. I found some that were sky-blue and others that were pale pink, with an entire range of purples in between!

 
A mossy wood post and stray wires from an old field fence lie across this bunch of lupine. The fence is definitely in sad disrepair, but its pairing with the purple lupine was too intriguing to ignore! 
 
Isn't balsam root such a sunny flower? It's hard to believe there was such a cold wind when you look at these pictures! The worst part of taking flower pictures in the wind is the constant movement, which sometimes reduces the sharpness, but many of these actually turned out okay.

7 comments:

  1. Great pictures Hallie Jo, all of them! I really liked the one right above where you said "A mossy wood post and stray wires from an old field fence lie across this bunch of lupine. The fence is definitely in sad disrepair, but its pairing with the purple lupine".

    Thanks for posting!

    Your Sister in Christ,
    ~Johanna

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  2. They are so beautiful!!!
    I love the last one.

    In Christ
    Charity

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  3. I don't think Catherine ever visited our neighborhood! It's been SO windy for so long and then frost this morning. Ugh.
    I love lupine. I carefully weed whacked around my lupine along the driveway so I wouldn't kill them =)
    Nice pictures as always~
    Suze

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  4. Thanks all! It means a lot to know you enjoy them. :)
    RE Suze: This morning the water from the irrigation lines had actually FROZEN on the grass!! It's absolutely ridiculous!

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  5. That fence is a photographers dream. My in-laws replaced their dilapidated fence with new, and I was very bummed. Your fence combined with the flowers is just dreamy. Beautiful pictures!

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  6. I love your pictures of the lupine! I don't have any here so it's nice to be able to see yours. :)

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  7. Wow! You take some amazing pictures! Keep up the good work. :)

    Blessings in Christ,
    Moriah

    www.uniquelyfashionedforhisglory.blogspot.com

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