Mt. Holyoke’s Spring Flower Show! March 13, 2012
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: amaryllis, crocuses, Mount Holyoke College, Spring Flower Show, tulips
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Most of March (through next weekend, as I’m posting this) sees Mount Holyoke College’s annual Spring Flower Show at their Botanic Gardens, a sprawling series of greenhouses just east of the campus’ center.
It’s a refreshing departure from Smith College’s staid cattle-call, which is happening concurrently. Smith’s greenhouses are beautiful, but the elbow-to-elbow death-march through their tightly choreographed presentation makes me want to bleat out loud.
By contrast, Mt. Holyoke is a refreshing walk in the garden, whether it’s white or brown outside the glass. And the atmosphere is mellow; sure, bring that tripod right in (I didn’t this time,) there’s plenty of time, lots of room.
It was casually inviting enough to coax me in both on Saturday, with my daughter Ursula, and on Sunday with my sweetie Susan. Both visits kept me rapt and focused on my work, with frequent excited interactions with both of these enthusiastic co-conspirators.
The entry takes one past impressive Amaryllises like this Rilona:
…to a series of greenhouses filled with fragrant beauty:
The weather was unusually mild for March in Massachusetts, and their windows were fully open, allowing lots of honey bees to love their floral hosts:
INCOMING!
TOUCHDOWN!
We in the Northeast are struggling through an epidemic of Colony Collapse Disorder, but there were still quite a few honey bees about to spread the wealth of this beautiful collection of specimens.
The air was filled with the fragrance of thousands of blossoms, and I inhaled deeply of the bounty. Freesia were abundantly represented:
I have too many shots of these to share, lest I drive you away screaming.
But really, it was the blossoms which I was there for:
I lost that one’s name, and may add it later.
Being Spring, corcuses were well represented:
…and tulips, the mainstay of Spring floweriness:
All this and more characterize this flower show. More shots will follow, as I’m presently going blind sifting through this stuff.
When You Say “Bud…” February 13, 2011
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature, macro photos.Tags: amaryllis, buds, deep throat, flowers, God as Lesbian, lips, macro photos
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…I think of flowers.
Yeah, I know, I just got my ass kicked out of the Real Man’s Club, but ask me if I care!
Anyway, flowers float my boat. Blame it on the testosterone, but I find them sensual, even sexual, in a way which I would never admit to a stranger.
Good thing we’re so close, eh?
Ahem.
Lest you doubt my view of the Flower World, I present as evidence these shots of the Amaryllis blooming in our kitchen.
Exhibit A, the red folds of a petal worthy of a kiss:
…Lips beckoning you to come inside:
…deep inside, surrounded by beauty:
This might just be proof that God is a man. Or maybe a lesbian.
Hey, we report, you decide!
There’s more than one bud swelling here tonight…
…and one flower fully open:
These warranted a trip to the textile store for a few yards of black backdrop, which you’ll surely be seeing more of now that I have it.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to take a nice cold shower.
Amaryllis Interlude. February 10, 2011
Posted by littlebangtheory in Art and Nature.Tags: amaryllis, self portrait
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Amidst the seemingly endless snows of winter, a bit of color threatens to erupt in our kitchen – an Amaryllis I planted in December.
Here it is, partially blooming against my reflection in our kitchen sink window, with a glass ornament rounding out the image:
It took a bit of finagling to get the lighting right on all three elements, but hey, what else is one to do on a winter’s night?
More shots will follow as this bloom develops into its full glory.
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