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Lenten rose C

A different variety of Lenten rose today. Here is some info about the genus, Helleborus.

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Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

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Lenten rose B

The same flower, held at a different angle to the sun than in yesterday's photo.

Here is some info about the genus, Helleborus.

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Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012

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Lenten rose A

The Lenten roses started blooming this year three weeks early. Photos B, C and D will follow.

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Uploaded on Feb 18, 2012

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Zoe Bear at 13

Zoe Bear is 13 years old today. I had to doctor this photo a bit to remove the red around especially her left eye because my little budget buster now has conjunctivitis and an inflamed tear duct (being treated with an antihistamine and with eye ointment) and possibly cataracts (but hopefully only lenticular sclerosis), and we've got an appointment March 1st at the veterinary ophthalmologist. Meanwhile, her arthritis and tummy gas are well under control, and she's so far reacting very well to the medications and supplements she's getting. She has slowed down some and, except for momentary spurts, can't really be called Little Miss Energy any more, but she's still happy, spunky and sweet, and she loves that you all care about her.

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Zoe Bear's set on Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/mimbrava/sets/425614/

Zoe Bear milestones set:
www.flickr.com/photos/mimbrava/sets/72157629335428235/det...

Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012

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iris study

Instead of following Kim Klassen's Day 8 idea (to play with a home mini-studio and experiment with adjustment layers, layer opacities and blend modes), I simply took her Day 7 idea, Choosing Happy, and happily played with an iris.

The back story: In my garden from 2005 to 2008 I had a lovely iris 'van gogh'. Here's my set from those years: www.flickr.com/photos/mimbrava/sets/72157604657295803/det... (Flickr is not accepting the hotlink code). Since then, I have looked without success to find new bulbs. Two days ago on Google+, someone posted a photo that looked very similar to my old flower, so I asked her where she got it, and she kindly told me that she found them at her local Whole Foods market. So yesterday morning I ran over to my Whole Foods store (actually, Harry's) and bought a bunch of 10 iris buds. These are on very tall stalks, whereas my variety were not, and these are more purple than mine. However, they opened exactly like my old 'van gogh' irises.

In fact, it was like a time exposure in front of my eyes. Literally as soon as I got the buds into the house, they started opening, and this mosaic presents all the stages that took place within just a few hours. I wish I could keep my house as chilly as the store, but I can't, so I don't know how long these beautiful blooms will last, but it was sure fun to watch and shoot and create the mosaic.

I want to give a shout-out to Lissa Forbes (www.flickr.com/photos/9970754@N02/) for modifying one of Kim's templates to make the boxes square. Lissa is an old friend--make that a friend of long standing--who has recently become active here on Flickr, sharing her beautiful creations. She is a great inspiration, and I have been delighted to watch her blossom as a proficient post-processor.

At any rate, it made me very happy to watch the iris buds open and bloom in front of my eyes and through my lens yesterday. The only piece of the Day 9 challenge was that my "mini-studio" was a big black poster board that I used as background.

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Uploaded on Feb 12, 2012

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