52 of 2013 - Week 9

52 of 2013 - Week 9. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Green'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Architecture and the Golden Spiral'. When I was around 5, my father made a doll house for me. He painted it green, which was my favorite color, as a child. We had this bright green paint that he used for a lot of things he made for us. I love that bright green color, mostly because it reminds me of an amazing childhood. My mother kept the doll house for over 35 years, just in case she had a granddaughter. My daughter is 7 now and has been playing with it for several years. It is a beautiful doll house that I will very likely keep, as my mother did, just in case.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 176

366 of 2012 - Day 176. I love Snapdragons. I have some that have popped up in a planter this year. I planted them a year or two ago and they just popped up voluntarily. I have fond memories of being a little girl and my dad making the snapdragons in our garden 'talk' to me and my siblings. I have loved them, ever since.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-100, no flash, camera hand held, shot outdoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: The Formula for the Perfect Picture.

OSTEOSPERMUM

I blogged a photo of this flower (or one from the same bed anyways) earlier this month. I think they are Osteospermum, which, from what I understand, is a type of African Purple Daisy. One of my parents' front flower gardens is full of these. They are absolutely beautiful.

FUCHSIA FLOWERS

My mom always has a beautiful fuchsia hanging basket in the front of the house.

I'll have to read up on photographing dark pinks / reds, because the color seems... not right somehow. Still beautiful though.

A REAL TULIP, ETC.

As a change from the origami tulips, I thought I'd post some pictures from one of my folks' gardens, including a real tulip.

I love multicolored tulips.

I have no idea what these are. They're pretty though. They remind me a bit of Stephanotis, but I know that they aren't.

These are similar to the ones above, though the petals are skinnier and they're obviously not the same color. They mix together in part of the garden and look so pretty together.

I love my folks' place. They put so much work into the gardens, especially my dad. It's like heaven there. I wish I had inherited their green thumbs (rather than an allergy to the entire outdoors - though that did get me out of a lot of weekend weeding chores and mowing the lawns).

Okay, my flower warriors, what are the flowers, above?