Month: May 2021

Daddy’s Bluebirds

| Flower Roberts

I have been telling folks that my daddy has been sending bluebirds to check on us.

It makes my friends smile, but I doubt they believe me.

Two evenings ago, while I was sitting in one of my “Spy Chairs” here comes one of daddy’s bluebirds.

It perched in the tree about eye-level to me and my camera.

Then there was a blur and another tiny bird perched beside the bluebird.

I thought it was a humming bird that I had been taking photos of earlier.

When I downloaded my photos and zoomed in I saw it was a warbler instead.

Maybe daddy is trying to tell me I need some new glasses. Ha!

FLOWER

It’s all in the detail — Zimmerbitch

| Flower Roberts

Eco-print; feijoa leaf on silk. Image: Su Leslie 2019 This week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge ask us to focus on the details, so I’m going to take you on a wee journey through a very cool fibre art process I learned recently. This is not a lesson in technique (I’m a total novice here), but a […]

It’s all in the detail — Zimmerbitch

Elegance

| Flower Roberts

There is no finer flower than a double peony.

The singles may produce many more blooms,

Krinkled White peony

but every double bloom is a delight.

Duchess de Nemours

The blooms need to be supported, especially during rains.

They are worth all the work.

I love everything about every one.

Karl Rosenfield peony

My favorite blooms late so you will have to wait for her.

She demands her own grand entrance, just like the famous actress she is named for.

Flower