hangin' in

When most of the tulips in the garden
were fading fast, some cultivars
were still going strong—including these
ruffly red and cream beauties.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

'Burning Heart'

That's the well-chosen name of this two-tone
Darwin hybrid tulip—just one of
dozens of tulips in bloom right now at
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (aka my 'backyard'.)

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

nothing lasts forever

Recently, two of my favorite cousins came
to visit and they brought me
these beautiful tulips to welcome spring.

Oh well, they were lovely 
while they lasted.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday
and Our World Tuesday.]

Thursday Challenge—"multicolored (2)"

And this is less than half of one tulip border
in bloom right now in my fave garden.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

Today's Flowers

There are dozens of different tulip
cultivars blooming right now in
the botanic garden.  I think my faves are
these ruffly, romantic parrot tulips.
Stunning!

[To see more flowers from around the
world, visit An English Girl Rambles.]

Coming soon . . .

to a garden near me—and I can hardly wait!

[Linking back to Pink Saturday and to 
Mosaic Monday at Lavender Cottage.]

Today's Flowers

There are more than 6,000 tulips in bloom 
in the loooong annual border at 
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden right now. 
With mostly yellow and orange and white cultivars
this year, these (called 'Pittsburgh') stood out.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas out there!
[To see more flowers from around the world, go here.]

Thursday Challenge—"beautiful"

Hard to choose a photo for this one, because
with so much blooming right now the 
whole city looks beautiful—including the traffic 
median that runs down the middle of Park Avenue.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

Thursday Challenge—"bright"

How about a bright-pink tulip
to brighten up a dreary winter day?

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

Thursday Challenge—"flowers"

So hard to choose an image from among the many
beautiful flowers I've photographed at the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  Finally, I just went
eeny-meeny-miny-mo—and came up with these.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

'Black Hero'

That's the name of this tulip cultivar.
The color of the flower is true, but I did have a
bit of fun with the background in photoshop.
(It may be just as well that I don't know
how to do much with it—if I did, I'd be playing
with it all night and never get anything done!)

[Linking back to Macro Monday and Today's Flowers.]

The first thing you see . . .

when you walk in the main gate of the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a huge circular
planter filled with dozens and dozens of
pink and red tulips. (What's just out of view
are the dozens of people posing in front of it.)

[Am linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.] 

Pink Saturday

Brooklyn Botanic Garden staff and volunteers
spent three days planting 12,000 bulbs
so that we could enjoy a colorful display of
tulips and grape hyacinths.  I didn't catch the name
of this ruffly pink cultivar, but I definitely
appreciate the hard work that made it possible.

[To see more shots that feature the
color pink, visit Beverly's meme.]

Light Show

Snapped these on my way home one evening—
I just liked the way the petals caught the light.

[For more Mandarin Orange, go here; for more
Macro Monday, visit Lisa's Chaos; to see more
photos that catch the light, visit this meme.]

I lied

. . . when I said I was done
posting tulips. But seriously—aren't
these just like sunshine on a stem?

[To see more Monday Mellow Yellows, go here.
To see more macros, visit Lisa's Chaos.
And go here for Catching the Light.]

Just One More

I know, I know. I'm going to change the name
of this blog to The Tulip is Mine. I think I'm done 
now, but they're so beautiful—and so photogenic!

[To see more Ruby Tuesday posts, go here.
And to see more flower macros, go here.]

The Bold and the Beautiful

A few days ago, I showed you an orange tulip that
stood out in its simplicity.  And it stood out
because it was surrounded by these big, blowsy
blooms.  They do make a statement though, don't they?

[To see more Mandarin Orange, visit lorikart.
To see more macros, visit Lisa's Chaos.  And today,
the featured letter at Tina's Picstory is O, for you-know-what.]

Orange You Glad It's Friday?

There are dozens of tulip cultivars
blooming in the botanic garden right now,
some of an orange so vibrant it almost hurts.
This one stood out in its subtlety.

[To see more that's orange, visit Maria's meme.
To see more "weekend flowers," visit Tina's Picstory.]

Tulip Time

In the space of a week or two, the tulip beds at the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden have gone from pretty
much empty to lots and lots of . . . this!
'Rembrandt' is just one of many, many cultivars
that seem to have sprouted up overnight.

To see more Mellow Yellows, go here.
To see more macros, visit Lisa's Chaos.]

The Weekend in Black and White

I shot this wonderfully spiky tulip in both
full (hot pink) color and black and white.
The biggest difference?  In the color photo,
what you see is . . . the color.  But in
monochrome, you notice everything else.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.]