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Ranunculus flowers are richly colourful and flamboyant. These are Ranunculus asiaticus (Persian buttercup); fabulously pink and frilly and very appealing to photograph. The plants are becoming available in garden centres now (just in time for Mother’s Day in the UK), but these are photos from a few years ago.
I find it useful to have some unused photos in my files that I can go back to at times when there isn’t much to photograph here. It keeps the blog going and gives me a chance to catch up with images that didn’t get processed the first time round.
The garden here feels a little bare right now, despite the start into growth that recent sunshine has brought. The hellebores are still in flower, but got covered in brick dust as parts of a nearby wall were being cut up with an angle-grinder. Not to worry, a good wash-off with a watering can has made them look perky again. The anemones from last week have all opened and now we have a good range of purply-blues and a few that are much paler. The pale flowers would have been a good subject if I hadn’t already posted the darker ones. There are daffodils, of course, and the first of the pulsatilla flowers have opened.
There are a few other flowers elsewhere in the garden, but they’ve already been photographed for the blog several times over the years. Only the pulmonaria has yet to have it’s tiny flowers photographed. (I’ll need my kneeler for those!) So I feel that it’s time to explore the possibilities for additional early-spring flowers. A trip to a garden centre may be necessary…😁🌿
Ann Mackay: Inspired by Nature 
You’ve passionately put forth two potent pink pictures in this post.
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Ah, Steve, my predilection for pink makes presenting these a pleasing pastime… 🙂
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Pretty pink! Gorgeous flowers!!
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Thank you Indira! 🙂
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I do love your photos showing the flowers against a white background. The photos themselves are glorious — so crisp and clear. Have you ever used some of them for greeting cards? They certainly would be more appealing than much of what’s on offer these days!
As for showing flowers that you’ve offered us before — I don’t think that would be a problem at all. After all, we listen to favorite music more than once, and we sometimes re-read books or watch films a second and third time. Why not a few repeats of favorite flowers? I wouldn’t complain!
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Thank you Linda! Sometimes taking flowers indoors is the best way to make a decent picture. I wish I had time to do more this week, but I’m up to my ears in garden jobs that need to be done soon. I’m sure you’ve noticed that I do photograph the same plants in different years, so there will always be some kind of repetition (usually with different pics, though). Yesterday the pasqueflowers were just begging to be photographed… 🙂 I have made cards in the past and I’m thinking of doing it again – and I need to get more for my own use too!
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