flowers

Hydrangeas, and more hydrangeas

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Salamanca Road, Karl Maughan, collection of Waikato Museum, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2020

I love hydrangeas. I also love the paintings of New Zealand artist Karl Maughan, whose work so often depicts lush and verdant gardens.

I was quite excited then to see this work, Salamanca Road, amongst the new(ish) acquisitions at the Waikato Museum in Hamilton.

Detail, Salamanca Road, Karl Maughan, collection of Waikato Museum, NZ. Image: Su Leslie 2020

#fridayflowers, also the Ragtag Daily Prompt | paint

Growing

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Rosemary flowers. Image: Su Leslie 2020

A week of glorious sunshine has delivered lots of new growth and flowering in my garden. It’s especially exciting to see the plum blossom, but I think the bees are happiest amongst the borage flowers. You’ll have to take my word for that now — I was up too early to catch any in action.

Blue borage buds. Image: Su Leslie 2020
Rosemary flowers. Image: Su Leslie 2020
Rosemary flowers. Image: Su Leslie 2020
Blue borage. Image: Su Leslie 2020
Plum blossom. Image: Su Leslie 2020
Calendula flower. Image; Su Leslie

This week’s Lens-Artists Challenge | Pick a Word offered Growing (amongst others). I thought I was done yesterday with Comfortable — but how could I resist flower photos.

And it’s Friday.

#fridayflowers