Yellow Flower

Hello,

It's time for me to be completely honest about this picture, I have no idea where I took it.  I also have no idea what kind of flower it is.  I am pretty sure though that I took it in California because of the date. Since it was taken in California it might be from my mother's garden/jungle.

I find it interesting that in one picture you can see this lovely yellow flower's whole evolution.  You can see the light green new leafs in the side with the deep green mature leafs.  The red-yellow new bud next to a bud that's about to open.  Then you have two views of opened blooming blossoms with the magnificent yellow filaments.  Lastly, the brown ended blossom in the top.

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Bee on Rosemary Blossoms

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This picture was taken at my parent's house, I still remember when the rosemary was planted.  We had never had a rosemary plant before and I didn't think much of it in the beginning because it was so small.  The first year it grew a little bit but the blossoms impressed me greatly, mainly because I didn't know rosemary blossomed.  The second year it blew up and exploded out to become a large plant and it gets larger every year to now it is a hedge almost.

I am not the only one who loves those wonderful purple blossoms so do the bees.  They come all the time because it is California and warm year round, they almost swarm around them at times and the bushes look alive.  Once again the yellow bee and the green leaves act so well together. I found this article about someone else with this "problem" I found it enjoyable.

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• Morning Hunger

Sakura Blossoms

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Now that winter is upon us I thought a little bit of spring would be nice.  In my mind that means flowers, rain, and green everywhere.  I was walking around this park in a very windy day this last spring with the blooming tree and plants all around me.  Even though it was windy these Sakura tree blossoms did not want to fall at all.  The spirit that they had to survive for at least one whole day in that cold, rainy, bleak day made me want to take as least a few photos.

Even though the sky in dark and not very colored you can still make out the colors in the blossoms.  The red centers with the white, soft pink petals and then the bark running though the whole thing brings many things to the scene.  I also enjoy the almost soft light effect that the overcast sky has on the whole picture as a whole. 

Thank you very much.