Astounding colors and textures

Many thanks! It was a delightful find. 🙂

A close-up shot of Poppy blossoms, their bright orange color lit up by the sun. They said against the backdrop of green foliage.

This is a close-up of the center of one of the poppy flowers. A dark purple-ish circular form sits on a background of varying shades of orange. The round shape in the middle of the image reminds me of a spineless sea urchin, with lines radiating out from its center. It has an outer ring of short filaments —of the same dark purple color—that sort of resembles shag carpet.

These orange Poppies were not only a stunningly luminous orange color in the full sun, but contained this amazing anatomical form at their center. I had no idea that Poppies were so structurally complex! When we pay attention in life, the mundane becomes extraordinary.

Spooder! 🙂

Well, you impressed me! 🙂

I’m almost as impressed by the well composed ALT text for these photos as I am by the breathtaking beauty of the wild horses!

Milo cosplaying as a nautilus

Strike a pose 🎶

A fledgling ruru/morepork

Who needs a baby owl right now?

#birds #nzbirds

Some ferns getting ready to unfurled while a slug watches.

Everyday is a good day to dwell on the beauty of life.

(yes even now.)

Four young coyotes sitting or lying down in a field, howling with snouts pointed skyward.

It's National Play Outside Day!

Affirmation Coyote urges you to get away from your computer or device and romp around a bit. Maybe practice with the choir.

I’m glad that you liked it; it’s so lovely :)

Photo of a rock face covered in a half dozen or more species of lichens.

Lichen collage. Northwest Territories, Canada.

Astounded at the beautiful detail in this border decoration in an illuminated manuscript from the 13th century.

Nature’s original coloring book 💕

Close-up portrait of a tiny iridescent bird perched on a slender branch against a soft green background. Its plumage shimmers with brilliant emerald green on its head and neck, transitioning to rich violet-blue on its body. The bird has a long, straight black bill and a keen dark eye, showcasing nature's remarkable color palette in miniature form.

Another lovely hummingbird, the Crowned Woodnymph. These have a large range through Central and South America.

#birds #nature #colombia #hummingbirds 🌿

Puppy howlettes 💕🙂

Breathing in, I am calm. Breathing out, I am at peace.

Look up through the blossoms, and remember that the beauty of the world endures. Yes, despite all.

Canada Warblers look so pretty and sound so pretty! 🇨🇦

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Un chat noir et blanc dans un creux de fenêtre en pierre épaisse et regarde le photographe droit dans l'objectif...

Alors, on danse ? 🐾

Thank you, Prasad. Looking for the light through the encroaching dark! Nothing can extinguish that light, but it might be dampened for a while.

Close-up photo of the overlapping central petals of an orange-yellow rose.

Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose

~ Bette Midler, “The Rose”

Your fox made me smile, so thanks right back. 🙂

What a charming illustration! Love how the fox breaks out of the wheat field frame.

Immersed inside the many yellow layered whorls and whirls of a first backyard daffodil unfolding alive in the March sun.

unfolding in our neighborhoods

I posted a picture similar to this one a few days ago, but that one had sun on the bird. In this one the bird is in the shade and the background has full sun. It is on fire!

Anyways, a great blue heron at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.

I do love sparrows. So cheeky, brave, and earnest.

The crocus wasn't the first flower of the year though, that was the Skunk Cabbage which comes up very early.

#NativePlants 🌿

Pronghorn doe and her fawn on a field of spring grass with white dandelions everywhere.

Something to remind you
It's a world worth saving