Posted by: Brenda Kula | March 22, 2009

Each day, a sign from nature. Budding leaves. The opening of blooms. Signs, all of them. A new season is upon us, slowly emerging.

Lamb’s Ear, soft in texture…

Butterfly bush, awaiting the soft landing of butterflies.

Is there anything prettier than yellow stretching toward the sun?

Or water lilies floating in the pond?

I get to peek inside this daisy. Where I see a whole world just beneath the delicate white petals. A few more days, and the tightly closed fist of each bloom will have relaxed, inviting us to see the yellow center inside.

What emerges here each day brings me joy.

Posted in Gardening & Nature | Tags: butterfly bush, daisies, tulips, waterlilies

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1. Brenda,
   
   

   Your photos are breathtaking! The details in these close-ups is amazing. I’m so glad you joined our stroll today. How beautiful it must be in East Texas right now!

   
   

   Thank you for joining us and sharing your corner of the world in early spring.

   
   

   Aisling

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Aisling on March 22, 2009

   
   

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2. Your pictures are so pretty!
   

   I am wishing it was warm outside instead of cold and windy here. No snow this weekend but we had rain/wind/cold. All the flowers seem fine though(-: I just want to play outside! Oh well maybe next week!

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: cindee on March 22, 2009

   
   

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3. The water lillies look like a painting! The lamb’s ear is beautiful.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Stacey on March 22, 2009

   
   

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4. WOW ~~~!!!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Diane ( Crafty Passions) on March 22, 2009

   
   

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5. Your garden is so beautiful. I love Lamb’s Ears…they are so soft and that lovely sge/grey/green….
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Penny @ Lavender Hill Studio & The Comforts of Home on March 22, 2009

   
   

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6. Your pictures make my heart sing. The detail is just wonderful. I will try in the future to get up close and personal to the flowers I photogragh. I don’t think I’m doing them justice. I have a friend who has gone home to Texas just to watch the bluebonnets come into season. Thanks again for sharing your pictures.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Anonymous on March 22, 2009

   
   

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7. I just love the lillies. How pretty, the green and the blue, my favorite colors.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: farmersdaughterct on March 22, 2009

   
   

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8. Beautiful..and very inspiring!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Linda at Meadowview Thymes on March 22, 2009

   
   

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9. Brenda,
   

   Your photos are magnificent! May I ask what kind of camera and lens you use. I can not get very close-up with my current lens. When I had a 35mm, I had a set of close-up lenses.

   
   

   Blessings,

   
   

   Lorilee

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   By: Lorilee on March 22, 2009

   
   

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10. I’m not an anonymous lurker. I’m me. I just happen to have forgotten to leave my name eariler. So, Hi. Love your site. The pictures are divine. I’ll be back to explore your pages more. I found your name on Aisling’s site and I’m glad I came by to check you out, knowing you are in Texas.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Cloudhands on March 22, 2009

    
    

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11. Brenda, If you ever decide to sell some prints, I want a copy of those water lilies
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: deb on March 22, 2009

    
    

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12. Everything looks so lovely. Isn’t it wonderful that spring is here?
    

    Jan

    
    

    Always Growing

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Jan on March 23, 2009

    
    

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13. Looks like the sun finally came out! After all that rain, everything is gorgeous and in bloom. Just a beautiful riot of color. The water lilies picture looks like a painting.
    

    ♥, Susan

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Susan at Black eyed susans kitchen on March 23, 2009

    
    

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14. Wow, what a nice post to look at first thing on a Monday morning. Absolutely gorgeous photos as usual. I can’t wait to see some color in my yard!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Paulette on March 23, 2009

    
    

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15. Gorgeous photos, Brenda. I’d love to see that top photo framed. It makes me think of Georgia O’Keefe paintings.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: Pat@Back Porch Musings on March 23, 2009

    
    

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16. Those pictures are so real I feel like I can reach inside of them all from here. Especially the lamb’s ear. Which reminds me…my garden is calling. ttyl
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: tina on March 23, 2009

    
    

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17. Seeing your tulip reminded me of the Photo Contest at Dutch Gardens ~ you should enter it this year!
    

    http://www.dutchgardens.com/2009%20Photo%20Contest%3a%20Call%20for%20Entries/8156,default,pg.html

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: sleepycathollow on March 23, 2009

    
    

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18. sigh … this is a sight for sore eyes … i cannot wait until i can get out into my garden again, once the snow melts and the freezing temperatures leave that is
    

    your garden is beautiful!!

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    By: darlene on March 25, 2009

    
    

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