June 4, 2011

Another photo jaunt

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so. God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. 
– Genesis 1:29-31




I'm sharing the picture at my right for Photo Challenge 13: Simple,

I wouldn't have thought the shot below would "work" as well as it does with so many "unrelated" blossoms. So I learned to step out from my comfort zone a bit.


The lavender beauties above are being shared at Textures, a weekly photo challenge.




These prickly pear blossoms are "Straight Out Of The Camera". I'm beginning to tinker a bit with photo editing software, but these are so pretty I didn't think they needed a thing!



















These photographs were taken yesterday at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. I'm sharing them at Exploring with a Camera, Texture Twist, Flowers on Saturday and Pink Saturday as well.


I took this last one looking up at a tree alongside of the road. I don't know what kind of tree it was. Can someone please clue me in? This pic is being shared at Skywatch Friday, Mellow Yellow Monday, and Monday Rewind.

These images remind me of some... SOME... of the reasons to thank God this weekend! Stop by God's Perfect Promises and share some of your reasons to praise Him!

I'm sharing these photos at 52 Weeks of Happiness, Macro Monday, Today's Flowers, & Sweet Shot Tuesday.

And I also ran across an interesting old building on my travels this week. I wish I'd have been able to visit this place before it got boarded up: it looks like it would have been interesting. I wonder what the story is behind its name?

At any rate, with tongue in cheek, I'm sharing this shot at Scenic Sundays, Sundays In My City and Straight Out Of The Camera Sundays.


Please visit Theme Thursday as well, where I'm sharing this shot for this week's theme, "Reflections":





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45 comments:

  2. Gorgeous! Happy Pink Saturday!

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  3. So beautiful. Great shots! We recently visited the local botanical gardens here in VA. I could spend all day there!

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  4. They are beautiful. I'm starting to learn how to use my photo editing software, but I mostly enjoy things straight out of the camera.

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  5. That is awesome texture your NC bee is hovering on. Thanks for linking up with Texture Twist!

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  6. These are all beautiful! The mixed flowers definitely worked!

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  9. I love dropping by and looking at your pics. Have a great Sunday!

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  10. Beautiful flowers but my favorite is the one with the bee!

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  11. sooo beautiful shots! the one with the bee is really stunning!

    very well done!

    have a great rest of your weekend!
    betty

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  12. Ohh ! I see two shots I like - the bee (of course : D) and the one of the Catsburg Store - have to show that one to my DH - he loves cats!

    Thanks for stopping by Buzz By Sunday today - have a wonderful weekend !

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  13. "I have given every green plant for food"

    Notice that in Eden animals are not food.

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  15. Love your photos. I am becoming an addictive photographer. I love sunrises. Hope you can stop by and visit.
    God Bless,
    Shelley

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  16. Great photo! beautiful light!

    via Buzz of Sunday Hop

    Light Trigger

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  18. Lovely shots and so many gorgeous details in each flower and leaf.

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  19. As a fellow photographer, I really liked these shots. Botanical gardens are great places to visit!

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  20. Where was the old boarded-up store? Here in NC?

    Wonderful photos! A delight for the eyes. :-)

    Evan

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  22. Catsburg Country Store was my FAVORITE picture in this post.

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  23. Lovely series of photos, Sue! What a great find of the country store. I love old buildings.

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  24. such a lovely variety of flowers!

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  25. Lots of lovely flowers! I love the bumblebee!! They are such busy things!
    I also wonder about the building. I wonder what it could have been...

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  27. I love the little purple poof flower.

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  28. I had trouble deciding which was my fav...but I think the one where you stepped out of your comfort zone. Way to go on that!

    And thanks for linking up...

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  29. What a great series of shots! The flowers are magnificent.

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  30. Incredible! Thank you for sharing!

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  31. I love all the flowers and the bee photo is incredible!

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  33. Great flower shots, love the bee!

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  34. Love the coneflower and the verse you included with these!

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  35. Beautiful blooms! The bee is happy to have nectar from these flowers. Happy Monday!

    Rummage Sale

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  36. Wonderful details in those images. Happy Macro Monday!

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  37. such beautiful flowers!!

    sorry, I don't know what kind of tree that is...

    thank you so much for listing my L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge on your hop/photo challenge page! :)

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  38. Beautiful flowers and beautifully captured.

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  40. These flowers really are lovely - I especially love the third one. I don't know if I've ever thanked you for listing all the hops (I also have them listed on my blog - the photo related ones). Now following.

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  41. These pictures are just beautiful. I LOVE the leaves in the very first shot. Green is one of my most favorites : ) Hope you have many more fun photo jaunts this summer : )

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  42. These are extremely well done!

    =)

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  43. Beautiful photos all around here. Dropping by from Thursday Theme.

    www.everydayiwalkwithyou.blogspot.com

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  44. Love your images, and your scriptures here! So beautiful! I'm dropping by from The Daily Wyatt's Texture Thursday. Have a blessed weekend! :)

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  45. Beautiful photos!
    Thanks for linking up!

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