Blooming~

On By cindy knokeIn Conservation, Flowers, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, TRAVEL REVIEWS

Squirrely is waiting for the blooms to turn to berries.

The cherry blossoms,

and shallon blooms will soon make him fat & happy.

The rhododendrons,

are a blooming,

glory.

While the iris,

are dramatic divas.

Piers Japonica looks like sci-fi critters ready to up-root and walk away!

Cheers to you from blooming Washington & Oregon~

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214 thoughts on “Blooming~”

  9. Oh, I love all the blossoms, especially my favourite irises . . . but, but, but I just adore the squirrel photo – reminds me of my childhood in northern Europe where the gorgeous little devils and I were forever doing ‘it’s mine!!!’ battle in the park as far as all the acorns were concerned . . . they were MY toys!

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    1. What an incredible memory. I can well imagine them doing this and enjoying it. They are such comical creatures and are so much fun to watch. I especially enjoy watching them gorge themselves on the ‘squirrel proof bird feeders!” 😉

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  11. May is the bloomiest month in this part of the world, with rhodos and irises. And peonies too, come to think of it. Those pierises do have an alien look to them, and Squirrely is cute!

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  13. Beautiful photographs as always! Today here in wintery New Zealand I cut back the dahlias and what is popping up out of the ground but snowdrops!!!! Spring is almost on the way!

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    1. Oh my! How wonderful. I love snowdrops. We don’t have them at The Holler but I photographed some in Washington. Magical, little, fairy flowers. Enjoy! ꨄ

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  15. Oh Cindy, these are a delight. Your spring is going off. And yes, the first thing I thought of with those Piers Japonica was that they were up and bounding away. Probably trying to keep away from the squirrel 🤣

    And the rhododendrons, I love them. They are a world of their own. Great share kind lady, thank you 🤗❤️🙏

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    1. The Japonica caught me at first glance. There were two sets of these twin trees. I should have figured they were running away from the squirrel. If I were a tree, I would run away too! Thank you Mark for always making me smile & take good care my friend ꨄ

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    2. Thank you Cindy. In fact I think the tree on the right of the ‘twins’ is a spanish horses rearing up and the one behind it is one of those flamenco dancers 🤣❤️🙏

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      1. I love bloggers. Creativity is like breathing. You are the second person who identified a flamenco dancer. Now of course, I see this too. Cheers to you & thank you Mark ꨄ

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  28. Everything is looking so gorgeous and bloom-ing marvellous Cindy, … even the Squirrel looks transfixed by natures amazing colours, … and wow!, you’re so right, that spooky Pieris looks ready to go ‘walkies’, …💫🌻💫

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  32. Your grey squirrel may be cute, but we’re not overfond of this fellah, imported from the States in the 19th century. It’s out-competed our much cuter red squirrels, which are now confined to small areas of the north, and to Scotland. Grrr. Not your fault though … Great flower portraits!

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          1. Oh my goodness. That’s dreadful. Beavers are being re-introduced here, precisely because they work well with our river systems. But that’s the key. ‘Re-introduction’. They used to be native here but were hunted to extinction. We mess with Nature at our peril. Thanks for sending me that link.

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  46. Anonymous

    Simply, beautiful Cindy! Our flowers are out too, but we aren’t as far along as you. We are having a cold spell at the moment. As long as we don’t get a frost we’ll be okay, because I’ve already planted tomatoes and they are rather tender.
    Leslie

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