Yipes! Stripes!

Hi Lucinda!!! Thank you!!

Thanks, Lj!!! It was a gorgeous, sunny afternoon!!

Hi Luca … I love that color combination too … Mother Nature knew what she was doing!!

Hi Nancy!!!! Thank you very much!!

Thanks, sweetie!!! Spring has sprung here!!! YAY!!

Thank you so much … so kind of you!!!!

Hiiii Ann!!!! Thank you!!! Glad you liked this one!!!

Hi Kim!!! Thank you!!!!

Ahhh Von … that’s really such a disappointment!! Well, I guess I’ll just have to get used to having my flowers last a couple extra days this year, then!!!!

Hiii Carolyn … I’ll have to HOP (get it? get it? nudge-nudge!) on over to your place and see if you’ve got those bunnies uploaded yet!!! OO … I have a funny tulip story!! Years ago I planted gorgeous red tulips on either side of my front porch. They were glorious!! I went out to get the paper one morning and .. to the left of me … tulips. To the right of me … the blooms had been nipped right off … all that was left were the leaves and the poor, headless stalks!!! ARUGH!!! Sooo … I feeeeeel your pain!!!!!

Hiiii Lynda, hon!!! Get out your macro … I want to see your crocus!!!

Hiii Maggie, dear!! Thank you!!! Yes, the season has begun here … how about your end of the pond … flowers up yet????

Thank you, Linda!!!!!!!

Hello sweetie!!!! How lovely to see you!! Oh, I sooo agree … such fun to get up close and personal with these pretty things!!!

Thank you, thank you Mick!!!!!

Hi Gary!!!! Thank you, dear!!

thanks, sweetie!!!!

thank you very much!!!!

Hello dear!!!! yes, we’re snow-free for the moment … but I’ve seen it snow here as late as early April … but I think the heavy storms are behind us for this season!!! And yes, enjoying the sunlight so much!!!! Hope all is well with you and your loved ones!!!!!! Hugzz!!!

Hello dear Sylvia!!!! Thank you, hon!!!!

Awww!! Thank you Megan!!!!! Hugzz!!

Thank you, thank you!!! Aren’t they just the best??? Always the first up in our yard come Spring … and this year, no one’s eaten them yet!!! YAY!!!

LOL!!! Noooo problem!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!

Thank you so much, Clark!!!

Thanks, sweetie!!!!! Oh, Lori … nothing at all yet???? Bummer!!!!!

Hi Gwenda!!!!! Thank you very much!!!

Hi Jesika!!!! Thank you, sweetie!!!

LOL!!! Heavens, I was such a mess!!!! Of course, I was so absorbed in what i was doing, I went straight into the house and tracked mulch and dirt and grass in with me!!!

Thank you, Bettina, they sure are!!!!!

Hi sweetie!!!!! Thank you!!! Yes, so far so good!!!!!!

Hello Marie!!!! Thank you, hon!!

Thank you, Evita!!! Yes, they really are such a sweet little flower!!!

Hi Jayne!!!! Thank you!!

thank you, Bela!!!!

Thank you, BigD!!!! I think if I’d gone a bit farther back then cropped in I could have gotten the outer edges a smidge sharper, but I so prefer composing in the camera … I really hate cropping anymore!!! Oh well … learning, learning, lol!!!

thank you, Kathy!!!!! Mother Nature really knew what she was doing!!! lol!!!

Thank you so much, my dear friend!!!

... laughing … yeah … this is from this year … from Saturday, in fact!!!! And … guess what else … I was OUT WITHOUT A COAT!!!!!! Bwahahahaha!!!!!

he he … no problem. And … um … sorry ‘bout rubbing your nose in our lovely warm, almost balmy, sunny … weather. : ))

... laughing … Not ALL the time, sweetie!!!!!!!!!! But thanks!!!! Hugzzzz!!!

Thank you, thank you!!!!! I’m sooo honored!!!!! Here’s the trick for floral close-ups … easy peasy!!! Get a macro lens … I use the 60mm, but there are much fancier ones out there. I used aperture priority and kicked the aperture pretty narrow (I used f/22) and let the camera choose the shutter speed. I think I did that .. sometimes I use manual, but I think I was on aperture for this one. Then, if your hand-holding and not using a tripod, take several shots because with the narrow aperture, the shutter speed will be pretty slow and very sensitive to camera shake. Also, sometimes I find I have to use manual focus on these close shots. There!! Now … go on out and create a masterpiece for us!!! And thank you again!!!!! Hugzzz!!!

Thank you, sweetie!!!!!

slide me a bmail if you have any other questions … I don’t know much, lol, but what I do know I’m more than happy to share!!!!

Thank you, sweetie!!!!!!! How lovely!!!!!!

Thanks so much, Antonio!!!!!

Hi Rick!! Thanks!!

Thanks, Meeli dear!!!!

Hiii Angie!!! Thanks, hon!!

Thank you, Alan!!!

Hiiii Wynnie!!!! Thank you, sweetie … no reflective, fancy rain drops, though, lol!!!

Awww … well, you won’t have long to wait!!!! ... high key ??? Good heavens … check your EMAIL, ROFL!!!!!

thank you, thank you!!!

Thank you, Vadim!!!! Nothing beats sunlight for bringing out the details!!!

Hello Rose, dear!!! Thank you!!!

Thank you, Ellen!!!!!

Thank you so much, dear Antanas!!!

Thank you!!!! I love these little guys … they’re sooo cheerful!!

Hiiii sweetie!!!!! Thank you!!!!