Gerbera

"Gerbera" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2010

And the first word that comes to your mind when you see this picture is...?  I wanted to say something for this one, but.... I'm drawing a blank.

 

Rustic Flower

"Rustic Flower" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2012

 

Garnet

"Garnet" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2010

Flower Tree

"Flower Tree" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2012 

Windsor, Ontario Canada

Garden Pink

"Garden Pink" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2012

Crocus

"Crocus" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2012

My first thought when I look at this picture is, "Beautiful!"  And then I remember how I must've looked taking this picture, chin in the mud, right down on the ground... So my second thought is "*smirk*." 

Grape Hyacinth

"Grape Hyacinth" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2012

Meet the favorite flower of my toddlerhood.  Yes, I used to pick these out of my mothers garden and smell them till then bent over backwards, breathing their last breath.  They still make me smile.  :)

Pink Hydrangeas

"Pink Hydrangeas" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2011

Forget Me Not

"Forget Me Not" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2012

Forget Me Nots will always remind me of my Oma, who loved flowers, and who gave me a package these seeds while visiting my family a long time ago...  My flowers never grew, likely because I was an 8-year-old with no experience, and I planted them in a pot of pure, clean sand.  Hehe, but I loved that package of seeds, and sand or no sand, I planted them with great care.

I found a Forget Me Not in our garden last summer... I didn't even know we had them.  This picture makes me smile; and it reminds me that I've not forgotten that special gift.

Signs of Spring

I love finding crocuses in the back yard.  It seems like it always happens on a particularly muddy, kind of hum-drum day, too.  You're cold, the day seems kind of gloomy, and then you find these bright little faces peering out of the ground...  :)

 

"Signs of Spring" - Photos by Naomi Thomson, 2012

Peony Bud

"Peony Buds" - Captured by Naomi Thomson, 2012

Did you know that the peonies need the ants to bloom?  I didn't.  Until I showed this picture to my garden-savvy aunt.  Cool.  :)