I don’t know the name of this flower. But I remember the name had something to do with the mailbag of a postman. Anyone have the name? Of course, what nature calls it is “Beautiful”.
Tag Archives: Fairies
Clovers
It’s an interesting read at Wikipedia about the different species of clovers and shamrocks. I’ve no idea which ones these are but they are in our garden.
Posted in Canon SD800IS
Also tagged 2009, Flowers, Nature
Blue Hydrangea
Posted in Canon SD800IS
Also tagged 2009, Flowers, Los Angeles, Nature, Pixies, Universe
A Study in Flower
These two photographs were taken within a minute of each other. I am certain that I didn’t change the shutter speed on the Diana camera*. There are only a few settings anyways. And since it’s film, there is no metadata to be sure.
A few words.
Vintage. X-ray. Photogram. Photographing Fairies.
* I may have changed the lens setting as it appears the focus is quite different in both exposures.
Posted in Diana+
Also tagged 2009, Black & White, Flowers
Summertime at the County Fair
Summertime just isn’t complete without the county fair. I grew up going to the Santa Clara County Fair. The sights, sounds, and smells are all very vivid memories to me. We went to the LA County Fair last weekend. As we drove up, the Pomona Fairgrounds seemed like a tiny oasis lost in this mass land of Los Angeles. As we stepped closer, it was as if we had drank from the same magic bottle as Alice. Everything grew bigger as we shrunk to tiny bite size people. There were at least three or four ferris wheels, game alley spanned most of the fairgrounds, fried food every where you turned, drinks galore, and farm animals in a giant barn bigger than what you’d ever seen on the side of the Pacheco Pass. While I did take color photos, these few black and white photos taken with my Diana + bring back those happy memories of summertime at the county fair.
Posted in Diana+
Also tagged 2009, Amusement Parks, Black & White, Diana F
Cotton Candy
This is the color version of Garden Gnomes & Faerie Flowers. The setting sun casts a warm glow on cotton candy petals which also serve as fair rides for the faerie folk.
Posted in Photography
Also tagged 2009, Amusement Parks, Flowers, Magic, Nature, Portals
Pink Bouquet & Purple Bouquet
I was walking around the Vintage Car Show in Burbank on August 22, 2009 photographing tiny wisps of another kind of purple flowers, when these caught my eye. I became entranced with what wonders these could possess. I really don’t know what the names of these flowers are. I wish there was a Google Search where you can enter photos instead of words to find out more information about things you see but have no idea what their names are. I suppose that is what people did do when there weren’t any names to things; they gave them names.
Hello Holga, Meet Diana
My Diana had her second outing last month. The first time was in April to Venice Beach and she saw the drum circle and the green ivy man and a bunch of billowy dancing women and men. The second time was on August 14 when she traisped around with Holga in the garden. Here is their interpretation of the same plant & flowers.
Living in the Spirit by Diana +, with FP4 Plus
White Flowers by Holga, with Delta 100
Garden Gnomes & Faerie Flowers by Holga, with Delta 100
We need to keep the people away from our garden.
Posted in Photography
Also tagged 2009, Black & White, Diana F, Film, Flowers, Holga
Mechelina
This flower is smaller than my thumb nail, maybe even smaller than my pinkie nail! I was watering Herman* one day and the beautiful succulent green plant next to him was flowering. I had no idea it springs flowers. I don’t know what plant it is, but it’s Micki’s. And so I captured the beauty of it for Micki, because she was out that day, and named it after her.
*Herman is my Peace Lily
Star Bright Faerie Flower
An overhanging green curtain of leaves adorned with these purple flowers live abundantly across from the Purple Jacaranda tree. After a couple weeks of drive bys, I stopped my car, walked over, and had a mini photo shoot with these gorgeous magical flowers. This one is my favorite.
Posted in Photography
Also tagged 2009, Flowers, Nature