Flower power . . .

"Flowers really do intoxicate me."

-Vita Sackville-West

Yep, I guess you could call me drunk on their fragrance.

Smitten, overjoyed, and captivated by their beauty.

I don't just see them with my eyes as

they speak volumes to my heart even in complete silence.

I think flowers and people have a lot in common, don't ya think?

Both come in different colors, shapes and sizes and each have their own personalities.

Some are more bold while others tend to be softer, like a whisper. 

There are ones that are playful and mysterious, whiles others may be a little more elegant or exotic.

But whether a flower or a person, each has its own beauty and in both that beauty lies behind the layers.

We don't judge a flower before it's had a chance to open.

Well, I'm pretty sure we don't really judge them at all . . . and we shouldn't do that with people either.

Flowers seem to be the only thing I'm able to click with my camera lately, as my son is still home and still really sick. And even though I adore tulips, I'm hoping my grocery store gets something a bit more exciting in. I've been checking and waiting with baited breath for some Ranunculus to come in but with no luck so far!! I guess I could just do a study of Tulips in every color, lol!

Larkspur - {Kim Klassen Isobel and Kirstin}

 {Nancy Claeys Organic Paper}

{Kim Klassen Karla and Kirstin and Love that Shot Calais}

I hope you are having a wonderful day, and if you are one of the lucky ones (NOT) that just got more snow, I hope it melts really soon. Our temps have fallen from the mid seventies to the low fifties and it's so windy I can't even take my flowers outside to the porch to photograph. In fact I brought my caterpillars inside too!

Yes, I have some Monarch babies, 2 chrysalis and one caterpillar getting fatter by the day.

Until next time,

Love, Kim

XO

Sharing with Texture Tuesday, Tuesday Muse, Sweet Shot Tuesday, Tones on Tuesday, 

Tuesdays Around the World

Short and sweet today . . .

"Every person is like a single tulip. 

While they may blend when together, each one is special in its own light."

- Daniella Kessler

Well, sometimes it's really good to be behind . . . I had wanted to share something else today, since it's anything goes for texture Tuesday, but as per usual I didn't get around to finishing it for today. But that's okay, because I think it will fit into "wise words" for next next, lucky me.  Of course in my defense, I wasn't home all weekend And on Saturday we had a whirlwind day driving to the A&M campus and then to the UT campus so my daughter could better make her final decision as to what she will do next year. A twelve hour day, eight of it driving in the car, whew! She was accepted to every school she applied at except for the one she really wanted to go to, Murphy's law! But there is always a plan B to get to where you want to be. She will go to UT San Antonio and do their CAP program and transfer to UT the next year, unless she decides she wants to stay at UTSA. 

I'm not ready for this... 

I'm not ready for this...

I'm not ready for this . . . 

The End.

Love, Kim

XO

P.S.- It's spring break and although we aren't going anywhere . . . it's spring break . . . so if you don't see me here on Thursday, I will be back next week!

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Tuesday Muse

Quotography and more tulips.....

"Life isn't a tiptoe through tulips"

- Shannon Hoon

But at least they make life more beautiful!!

Nicolasa over at My Perspective is back hosting her Quotography every Monday,

and I'm hopping back in, we have missed you!

Today's theme - favorite photo of March...ummm, impossible to choose.

So I'm sharing more tulips that I never got around to sharing. . .

No, life may not be a tiptoe through tulips, but it's certainly more fun

when we can photograph some!

Happy Monday!

Love, Kim

XO

Sharing with ... Blueberry craft and Hobby time - Favourite Photo Monday

And

  

Foto Friday . . . Tip toe through the tulips, in low key

I love the light,

but sometimes the lack of it . . .  is just as mystifying.

Reduce the lighting and it just intensifies the contrast of an image and when used in a selective way

it can certainly create a little drama.

And a little drama, photographically speaking, was in order to tame the young immobile and the restless.

I bought myself some tulips, one of my favorite Spring flowers and parked myself under my covered front porch. I went out early in the morning in order to catch the light of the sun and didn't initially set out to make

these kind of images, but ooooh the light was just right for it. And since the sun was just rising over the rooftops it was at an angle and perfect for back lighting and creating nice shadowed areas and highlights of the tulips. With my camera in manual mode I completely ignored what it told me was a correct exposure and underexposed in order to get the background dark while still keeping some of the highlights. I did have to correct some of the shadows in some of the images in editing in order to get that nice rich black toned background, but not much. Slight cropping and a little sharpening was then all that was needed. I can't wait to try this again, maybe with some red roses....and my mind wanders on the other things I could try. Oh the possibilities! A drama queen might have been unleashed.....

"Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality

with which we create our own private world."

- Arnold Newman

  

40mm macro - 1/320s, f 9.0, ISO 160

40mm Macro, 1/250s, f3.5, ISO 160

40mm Macro - 1/250s, f 16.0, ISO 160

40mm Macro - 1/250s, f 16.0 ISO 160

In the next two images the colors are slightly different - they were taken the day after and on this day it was more overcast.

18-135mm lens - 1/160s, f5.6, ISO 400

{Shoot, edit, submit and Oh Snap! Shots of the week}

{Photo Art Friday}

18-135mm lens - 1/320s, f 5.6, ISO 400

{P52 Project}

Sometimes, when you aren't able to get around as well, you are forced to do something different.

In my case, it was being more still, haha! Not that I like being busy all the time, but I do like having the freedom to choose when and where I might go. And as soon as you aren't able to, well suddenly things you don't normally do even seem enticing! (yes, even housework and laundry) But happily I have been able to ditch the crutches, the knee is better but not great and STILL waiting for the results of my MRI.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend with enough still moments to try something different!

Love, Kim

XO

P.S. And if you do, let me know as I would love to check it out!

Also sharing with Share the Shot - this week, purple.