Kousa Dogwood – Cornus kousa
One of the more unusual dogwoods that blooms in May in the DC area is the Kousa Dogwood. It took me a while to identify it as a dogwood the first few times I saw it - since it wasn't blooming at the same time as the other dogwoods and the blossoms were so different. ©...
Links – May 25, 2012
Pink Peony (c) 2009 Patty Hankins Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links The White House has Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for our Military Families at National Parks and...
Columbine – Aquilegia Canadensis
Columbine © 2011 Patty Hankins Columbine - what can I say - it's one of those wildflowers that I just have to photograph every time I see it. Which means I have lots of Columbine photos. As I was looking through some of my photos that I haven't posted - I realized...
Ever-Changing Light
What a difference the changes in light can make! The other morning in the course of only 15 minutes I saw some amazing changes in how some bearded irises looked - because as the sun got higher in the sky - it lit the flowers in many different ways. I spotted this set...
Capturing Nature’s Peaceful Beauty – Bring a Friend for Free
I still have a few spaces left in my Capturing Nature's Peaceful Beauty workshop on June 1 - 3. I would love for you to join me for the weekend. In fact - it is so important to me that you enjoy your photography experiences that I want you to be able to share the...
Links – May 18, 2012
Pink Tulip Trio (c) 2009 Patty Hankins Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Links National Parks Traveler has Keeping Things Quiet In the National Parks, Yosemite Falls...
Gaithersburg Book Festival – Saturday May 19
I just wanted to let you know that I will have a booth at the Gaithersburg Book Festival this Saturday May 19. Held on the grounds of City Hall in Gaithersburg, Maryland, the festival runs from 10 AM - 6 PM. There will be authors of all sorts reading from and sharing...
Tulips and Lilies in Black and White
I've continued to process some of the flower photographs as black and whites. While color is one of the things that often attracts me to a flower - when I look at them in black and white I see more details in the structure and texture in the flowers. I hope you enjoy...
Low Larkspur – delphinium nutallianum
© 2011 Patty Hankins One of the beautiful wildflowers I photographed at Grand Teton National Park last summer was Low Larkspur. It is related to the dwarf larkspur I've photographed along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. It was a great splash of color among the...
Links – May 11, 2012
Monet's Blue Bearded Iris (c) 2009 Patty Hankins Here are some posts and articles that I enjoyed this week; I hope you enjoy them as well Flower and Plant Links GOOD Project has Why Killing Your Lawn Is a Good Idea - And How to Do It Longwood Gardens has Proud to...
Happiness is . . .
"The mountains are calling and I must go" ~ John Muir Shades of Blue © 2012 Patty Hankins For me - happiness is spending time in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I'm not sure what it is about the Smokies - but from the first time I visited, it felt like home....
A Few More Dogwoods
In addition to the wonderful Mexican Flowering Dogwoods, I photographed several other varieties of dogwoods when I visited the U.S. National Arboretum. Their dogwood collection is amazing. The Cherokee Brave Dogwoods have beautiful soft pink flowers. © 2012 Patty...