Orange tulip in the center with frilly edges. Surrounded by more of those orange tulips and some green stems and leaves. You can just see into the main tulip.

A purple flower is in the center with lots of leaves surrounding a dark center. There are several similar flowers around the edges; some white leaves in the foreground and side.

A pink and white dogwood in the center (slightly blurry), surrounded by dogwood leaves.

#GratitudePhotos for Easter, from a local garden shop. #Bloomscrolling #StephaniesVision

Landscape at sunrise with golden light breaking through thick clouds over distant mountains - Shenandoah National Park. Rays of sunlight spread across the sky, illuminating green fields and a narrow paved road that curves into the distance. A bare tree branch extends from the left foreground, and a wooden fence runs alongside the road.

A pastoral scene at sunrise featuring a white cow with black spots standing behind a wire fence in a grassy field. Another darker cow grazes farther back. The sky is filled with dramatic clouds tinged with pink, orange, and purple hues as the sun rises over distant mountains. The warm light contrasts with the cool tones of the landscape.

A winter woodland scene with tall, leafless trees standing close together. The ground is lightly dusted with snow, and a narrow creek runs through the center, reflecting the trees and sky. Sunlight streams in from the upper left corner, creating bright rays and casting long shadows across the forest floor.

A close-up of an ornamental kale plant with vibrant purple and pink ruffled leaves at the center, fading to green toward the edges. Tiny droplets of water and a small patch of ice rest on the leaves, giving a frosty appearance.

A few #GratitudePhotos from this week, plus some #Landscape images from Virginia's #ShenandoahValley over Thanksgiving.
1. Sunrise overlooking Shenandoah National Park
2. Virginia #cows at sunrise
3. #Snow in central NC!
4. Neighbors' ornamental kale #Bloomscrolling

A close-up view of a large chrysanthemum bloom with densely packed, elongated petals. The petals are creamy white with a soft hint of pale yellow near the center, creating a layered, almost sculptural texture. Each petal curves gently inward, giving the flower a full, rounded appearance. The background is blurred, keeping the focus entirely on the intricate details and delicate color variations of the petals.

📍Duke Gardens, Durham NC

#SarahPDukeGardens One more #Chrysanthemum that I call buttercream frosting, but which is known as C. "Whiteout"

#GratitudePhotos #DukeGardens #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfBlueSky #StephaniesVision

A detailed view of a Chrysanthemum flower with long, thin, curling petals radiating outward from the center. The petals are bright yellow with orange-red tips, and the center of the flower is a mix of deep red and orange hues. The intricate, spiraling shapes of the petals give the bloom a dynamic, fiery appearance.

A close-up of a cluster of tubular, bright red-orange flowers with yellow tips, known as the Firecracker or Hummingbird Plant. The flowers grow in dense bunches on fuzzy, gray-green stems and leaves. The background is softly blurred, showing more foliage in muted grey-green tones, creating a vibrant contrast with the vivid red blossoms.

A vertical shot of tall, slender stems of Russian Sage with clusters of small, delicate purple flowers. The stems are covered in silvery-green leaves, and the flowers appear airy and light, creating a sense of movement. The background includes more foliage and a gray stone path, softly out of focus, highlighting the vivid purple blossoms in the foreground.

A cluster of vibrant chrysanthemum flowers "Apple Valley" with petals that are white at the center and streaked with bright pink toward the edges. Each bloom has a round, lime-green center. The flowers are densely packed, creating a lush display in the foreground. Behind them, the background shows soft-focus yellow foliage.

📍Duke Gardens, Durham NC

#SarahPDukeGardens Mum festival was amazing. Another #Chrysanthemum in the comments.
1. C. Lava
2. Firecracker plant
3. Russian Sage
4. C. Apple Valley

#GratitudePhotos #DukeGardens #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfBlueSky #StephaniesVision

A close-up photograph of a bright orange spider lily flower with long, curling petals and thin, dangling stamens, creating a dramatic, spiky appearance. The flower is centered against a dark, blurred background of green leaves and soil, making its vivid color stand out. At the top of the image, bold yellow text reads “Happy Halloween!” In the bottom left corner, the watermark “Stephanie’s Vision” is visible.

Happy Halloween! Yellow Surprise Lily
📍Duke Gardens, Durham NC
#ScaryFlowersNotReallyScaryTho
#GratitudePhotos #DukeGardens #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfBlueSky #StephaniesVision #FloralFriday #Halloween

6-pointed star with purple and white spots surrounded by green leaves. There is a smaller 6-pointed star, also spotted purple and white, in teh middle.

Elongated red petal (facing right) with tiny yellow stamens in the center - surrounded by red leaves and buds. Some green in the background, but really, this is a lot of red.

Purple flower with lots and lots of purple petals covered in dew. Center is brown and some yellow. Some green below the flower and some blurry brown in the background.

Center is a white camellia with lots of petals, surrounded by green leaves at the top half of the photo. Bottom is a stone platform with fallen white petals and some shriveled yellowish petals

📍Duke Gardens, Durham NC
1. Toad lily
2. Eastern Coral Bean
3. Long-leaf purple aster
4. Camellia in the white garden
See next for macro of a Magnolia fruit & one tiny red seed

#GratitudePhotos #DukeGardens #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfBlueSky #StephaniesVision #CatsOfBlueSky

#GratitudePhotos whitemarked tussock moth caterpillar (do NOT touch!); my friend the Monarch caterpillar; moved my azalea to the new front garden, and it is THRIVING with a second bloom.

#CaterpillarsOfBlueSky #Azaleas #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfBlueSky #StephaniesVision

Green and white leaves in a star-like cluster with a background of darker leaves

4 Oblong pink flowers and one bud around some green buds, with green leaves in the background.

Tiny frog on the center left of the photo with a leaf swirling out up and to the right of him. Black background behind the frog on the left.

Light yellow sunflower-type flower with about 14 leaves - and two bees taking up the middle of the flower. Green leaves and darkness behind.

#BloomScrolling at #SarahPDukeGardens
1. Alstromeria leaves
2. Pink Turtlehead
3. Teeny tiny frog on an unknown leaf
4. Bees & their sunflower

#GratitudePhotos #DukeGardens #FlowerPhotography #FlowersOfBlueSky #FlowerMagic #StephaniesVision

Purple flower in the center with pink flowers and green leaves around it.

Pink flower in the middle with rounded, light green leaves and dark water surrounding the flower.

Brown / gold leaf on a wooden rail overlooking blurry green leaves

Tall white and green stalks in the foreground which are Pitcher Plants. These are surrounded by light and darker greens; trees in the background. A bit of blue sky in the background between the trees.

Spent time yesterday at #SarahPDukeGardens with other volunteer photogs. Lovely tour of the gardens — slow, because we all stopped to take photos of various pretty plants.

Can’t wait to mosey around with my “real” camera!

#GratitudePhotos #DukeGardens #CarniverousPlants #IphonePhotos

#GratitudePhotos Flowers blooming in my garden! (Gaura, vinca, and Japanese anemone) And a pretty leaf on the ground after some rain. #FlowersOfBlueSky #Gratitude

Black and white cat looks up longingly. Green eyes and white whiskers, and the tips of his front paws are white.

Yellow and black butterfly hangs off of a long, bright pink blossom in front of a house.

Pink and yellow flowers surrounded by green leaves

Top half of the photo is pink and green and yellow flowers atop a blue and green water jug. Jug is sitting on a wood shelf with blurry green trees in the background

#GratitudePhotos Julius the cat waits for his medicine (he love the pill pockets); eastern Swallowtail on my butterfly bush; “ham & eggs” lantana; a pretty bouquet from my garden.

#CatsofBlueSky #TuxedosOfBlueSky #ButterfliesOfBluesky #FlowersOfBlueSky

Brown tabby cat with her face clear in the background and her blurry black back feet in the foreground

Tuxedo cat lying on the ground; her head on the right and her body stretched out on the left. Tiny little black spot on her chin and mostly white tummy

Black and white butterfly atop pink and yellow lantana flowers. Green leaves and dirt in the background

Black butterfly with blue and yellow spots on her wing sits atop pink Joe Pye weed flowers with green leaves in the background

A few #GratitudePhotos
Tabby cat and her sooty foots; Tuxedo cat and her little black spot; a Zebra swallowtail butterfly and a Black swallowtail. #StephaniesVision #CatsOfBlueSky #ButterfliesOfBlueSky

Three Yellow & black Eastern swallowtail butterflies in pink Joe Pye weed

Tuxedo cat sitting in a white towel on a wood floor

Large white flowers (Yucca?) in front of a house and surrounded by green leaves

Two sets of postcards which say “Be a Voter” on them: 1. Purple lotus with a black background 2. Grey and orange bird (tufted titmouse). Both cards have “Nicole for Delegate” written on them.

I’ve been taking photos on the regular & including them in my daily gratitude list. #GratitudePhotos:
1. So.Many.Butterflies (Eastern swallowtails) in my butterfly garden.
2. Healthy tuxedo cat
3. Pretty neighborhood for walking
4. New postcards for writing #postcardsToVoters