Woodburn Tulip Festival

There are several large bulb farms here in the PNW and this is the perfect time of year to dig out the camera and visit them.

The tulips are in bloom and the colors are spectacular!

Randy took his folks, sister and niece to the Woodburn Tulip Festival last Friday and shot these photos. He's a great photographer with a wonderful eye for composition and style.

Even though sometimes his "subjects" might not be really happy about posing:

But you have to agree that this is the perfect Christmas card shot.

Clematis

No words are even necessary!

I love spring in the PNW!

Bluebells...or something like that

These little dainty bluebells (?) look so cute that I had to share them.

We didn't plant these so I'm not sure if they really are bluebells or not but that's what I'm calling them!I love macro photography and flowers make such wonderful macro subjects.Spring is great time to get the camera out and start practicing up for summer outings.

Enjoy!

A fern is born

When I shot these photos this weekend, I had no idea how great the detail would show. I was really blown away when viewing these on-screen.

This one just blows me away:

Iris

The yellow iris popped this weekend and they are beautiful so I'm sharing them.

I can hardly wait for the purple ones. It'll be a couple of weeks yet; they're a bit slower to emerge in the Spring...but well worth it!

Daffodils and Spring

We never planted daffodils in the yard but they appeared a couple of years ago to welcome Spring. Now, I look for them each year - and I'm never disappointed when the blossoms open.

Daffodils are such beautifully dainty flowers with such sunny dispositions.

I didn't notice the tiny bug inside this flower until I was viewing these on the computer.

I love it when surprises like that happen!

The darkness of the surrounding foliage really makes the daffodils stand out.

I love this shot looking straight into the flower.