This Mimosa Tree blossom is not only an attraction to Butterflies and Hummingbirds, but it is so delicate and so colorful and it’s like a Mini – fireworks display – nothing short of an explosion of color! this tree came as a volunteer and was not even noticed for a few years…......my friend Bonnie Barry wrote a story once about a volunteer Mimosa Tree and has graciously consented to my using it along with this image….Bonnie, Thank you!!! You can check her works by just typing in Miracles in the search field. / / ____ Joyce, I thought you might like this little story I wrote years ago about a mimosa I loved. All the best, Bonnie Mimosa While I was watering the wilted caladiums near my angel statue, I looked up and noticed the mimosa in all its glory. Here I was working diligently to make the caladiums grow, yet there it stood, radiant without human effort. How many other plants had I set in this same spot through the years? The angel’s trumpet . . . impatiens . . . . those unusual little two-tone flowers whose names I can’t remember. All of them curled up and died. The soil was awful here; roots were knotted through the area; the trees sapped all the moisture. I’d wasted many a dollar on this spot, yet there was the mimosa looking down on me in gentle amusement. I had not planted the mimosa. I had never tilled the soil for it. I had not even watered it through the three-year drought. Yet three years ago it had been little more than a naked stick poking from the ground. The only reason it stayed put was that it was too close to the hurricane fence for Tommy to lop it as he mowed. The mimosa was a gift, a pure gift from God. I couldn’t claim any part in its flourishing. Either God’s wind had blown its seed to this corner or God’s birds had unwittingly deposited it. Only the miracle of nature could have made it grow like this without human care or cultivation. Yet now it produced all the color and vibrancy, all the grace and beauty that I had tried to achieve through the years with no success at all. / How like my life, I thought. Sometimes all my strained efforts are fruitless, yet in the midst of the sterility, God drops a single word, a single thought, and everything is suddenly alive and beautiful. Apart from Him, I can do nothing, yet I work like a Trojan to do it anyway. Maybe the gifts are rewards for my efforts, and maybe they are just freely given out of pure love. Who knows? Whatever the reason, the Source is undeniable. ___ “Every good gift and every perfect endowment comes from the Father of Lights,” (James 1:17) the mimosa whispers to me in gentle and amused remembrance. / __ / All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. © 2006 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action!
The inner depths of a Moon Flower with a blue tint. If you need a bit of relaxing, just enlarge this image and submerge yourself into the depths of it; it really works! There is something about the calming effect of the color blue, and being enveloped in this luscious flower blossom does the trick for me! I actually took this in a bowl of water, on my kitchen table….the light was just coming through the window a bit and it added a little “glow” to the blossom…....this is taken with a Canon A640, 10 megapixel….....hope you enjoy it as much as I. The Inner Depths of Blue There is nothing like it, / Not the sweet smell of the elegant Rose, / Nor the luminescence of the morning dew. / Nothing shares the calming effects of / The Inner Depths of Blue.
Tried something a little bit different this time. What do you think? / / This one is for Paul Tupman / / / / / / / / / / / /
This began with my photo of a cherry tree in blossom in the Potomac Park Basin in Washington, DC, at cherry blossom time. I altered it digitally to give it an expressionistic appearance and put the reflection of a full moon into the water. / /
Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Golden Calm A late afternoon walk along the beach, Nelson Bay, New South Wales. ============================================= / Featured in Nautical_Group – July 2008. Featured and chosen as one of the Top 10 in the Yellow_Yellow_Yellow_Challenge for Yellow Fever / Group – October 2008. ============================================= /
Well, what more is there to say about John’s work? Hes just totally amazing. http://www.redbubble.com/people/johne
Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Water Lillies at Cape River Far North Queensland. 100% of proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of “Water Lillies at Cape River” will be donated to “thegreataustraliancancerbushwalk” for the Cancer Council. Please check out Michael Mitchell’s website thegreataustraliancancerbushwalk Canon PowerShot A650 IS / 12.1MP – 6x Optical Zoom – 4x Digital Zoom Art_4_Charity_Calendars 100% of the proceeds received from Redbubble in respect to sales of my “Cape York Calendars” will be donated to “thegreataustraliancancerbushwalk” for the Cancer Council. ============================================= / To View My Zazzle Store Click HERE Water Lillies Carry Bag / Water Lillies Mouse Pad / Water Lillies Mug / Water Lillies Magnet /
Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Rock Metamorphosis ============================================= / Sold a Framed Print – (406mm x 305mm) ============================================= / Featured in Textures_and_Materials and Abstracts_from_Nature – August 2008. ============================================= / The colour of this rock has been changed over time due to the mineral deposits in the water flowing through this canyon. Wards Canyon, Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland.
Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Water Lillies Great Sandy National Park, Queensland.
Made second place in the challenge The color purple In the Group Backyard Macro and Closeups. / /
Luxury is the first of a series of roses that I called the Magical Roses. I have altered the colors to make the flower stand out even more. Software: Photoshop. This joint the Red! challenge at the Nature’s Wonders group. See the complete series: Magical Roses Original source: Luxury See more Nature Photography in my Deviantart photo gallery
Illustrator and Photoshop
First Runner Up – 6/25/09 – Warm Red challenge – Backyard Closeups group! Thank you everyone! FIRST PLACE – 11/30/08 – Spring Blooms – The Christmas Touch challenge – thank you members!!!! After a very rainy night, the fog and dew was very heavy on this spring morning in May 2008. The geranium buds looked liked they were decorated for Christmas! CHRISTMAS IN MAY /
Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Ocean View – Seaforth Seaforth, Near Cape Hillsborough, Queensland, Australia. Canon PowerShot A650 IS / 12.1MP – 6x Optical Zoom – 4x Digital Zoom*
White snowdrop with raindrop on petal / Nikon D60 / 55mm / f/22.0 0.6(+1.33) ISO100 THE WINNER OF A HIGH KEY CHALLENGE IN THE GROUP Mood & Ambience – Strictly Photos / #5 in Mood & Ambience – Strictly Photos group in Purity challenge #3 in Embodyment of white Challenge in the group The Woman Photographer Your BEST Work Only* group
My First Visit to Leeds Castle / Looking through the blossom. Easter Flowing Beauty at Leeds Castle Kent UK. On this photography trip, I thought “I’ll go out and only take my 50mm prime (no Zoom capability) with me, this meant that for every single shot, to get the framing right I had to move rather than the lense. It was really interesting. Peoeple were watching me much more than normal, I had to duck down, stan tall, kneel in mud and walk back or walk forward, just to get the framing right. It was a good exercise because what you do get with a prime lense is pure light and quality of glass. It’s obvious in the sharp details in the 170 pictures I took on this shoot. I’ll definitely try it again. However, only taking the 50mm prime did hhave it’s limitations as well. I couldn’t get close enough to some subjects to capture the detail that I’d like to have. However, next time I can alway take along my zoom with me. One good things about Leeds Castle, it cost £16.50 to get in, but that enables you to go back as my times as you like within one year. So I’ll definitely be back to capture some more wonderful scenes from here. The place is a choc-box full of delights for any photographer or artist. It’s magical and amazing. / Camera. Nikon D700 50mm at ISO 200 /
A perfect morning, perfect light and the perfect bloom…. / What more could anyone ask for? Nikon D70 / 18-70mm lens / ISO 200 / Auto “Close-up Mode” setting / Manual focus / Hand held. / FEATURED IN SETS OF TWO / /
TOP TEN IN “FROM THE GROUND UP” CHALLENGE in THE WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER / FEATURED IN SETS OF TWO
Watercolour and Ink on Silk FEATURED in ‘Painted Nature’ August, 2009 / FEATURED in ‘60’s Glory’ October 2009
Shot at Wyntour Gardens In S. Redding, Ca in July, 2009…edited for this final effect – Please view in large format for optimum viewing pleasure. / /
Cherry Blossom Alley She lay staring straight up, / Cherry blossoms / she smiled and remembered / Spring of 1950 he had come home / very late. / They lived in Greenland / she had told him one day as they / were flipping through a Life magazine expose’ / on cherry blossoms / that she wanted a big beautiful kiss / under the branch of a cherry blossom tree As he closed their door he sauntered over / in her direction and seemed half drunk / but he wasn’t / He pulled her close like / Ohh she loved when he did that right straight / in from the outside world. / They kissed deep and long and she / felt his right arm move / it was not around his usual nesting spot / her waist, that by this is time / would be making it’s way down to / her buttocks lifting up her dress she looked up and there it was / the most beautiful bloosoms she / had ever seen. / (well ok, she had never seen one / in Greenland) / He Held it straight up over their heads / She never asked how / She never asked where / She just went crazy with passionate / glee / she felt loved / and remembered / she felt him care for her sweet wishes / she pictured her wishes in his head.. floating / around and landing on his frontal brain lobe, / (they say, she remembered reading; that the frontal / lobe was involved in planning,and organizing) she / was tickled he had put part of her desire smack dab / in his frontal lobe! She lived in Los Angeles now with her daughter’s family. / he was gone some 10 years. Shoot! she had / tripped over a damn kids skateboard / with a bag of Apple pie fixins for dinner / (her kids let her do that at least.) and above her now / as if nothing else mattered / she saw the branch / and she saw his smile she saw her life / transform into life again and she kissed deeply / the burning moment of / release. Linaji 2009
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