Every Day is a Gift!
Terri’s theme this week is Floral ABC’s featuring DEF. We had so much fun with her floral ABC’s featuring ABC let’s do it again with flowers featuring DEF! Can you guess guess the flowers in these three photos? You can check your answers at the end of this post.
Sharing with Terri’s Flower Hour #38
D: Dogwood, E: Echinacea (Purple Coneflower), F: Fireweed in Alaska
Every Day is a Gift
Let’s take a walk on the wild side with Egidio’s challenge “Going Wild”. I love being in wilderness areas and photographing the landscapes, wildlife, wildflowers, and birds I see there. For this challenge I chose images from my three favorite wilderness areas.
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is closer to my home than any of my other favorite wilderness areas. We have been there many times and always enjoy the wildlife and birds we see there. The butterflies on wild thistle in the header image was taken in the Okefenokee.
We have visited Everglades National Park in Florida many times through the years. There are several entrances to the park with Flamingo being the most remote area. The Everglades is a bird lovers dream with many varieties all throughout the park. No matter where you go in the Everglades you are likely to see alligators.
Denali National Park is the most remote wilderness area I have ever visited. I loved the feeling of being miles away from civilization while we were there. The scenery is breathtaking and the wildlife abundant. Most of the wildlife we saw was too far away for a good photo even with my telephoto lens.
I started the Wandering Dawgs blog in March, 2013 as a way to document our 4 month RV journey from Georgia to Alaska and back. In the beginning, the only people who read my posts were friends and family. Today, I have blogging friends from all around the world! I recently celebrated the 12th anniversary of Wandering Dawgs! Many thanks to everyone who reads my posts and leaves me comments.
Many thanks to Egidio for this challenge Lens-Artists #341 – It’s a Wild Life
Sylvia asks us to show what spring means to us.
To me, spring doesn’t begin on a specific date on the calendar. For me, it is spring in Coastal Georgia when the azaleas and Dogwoods are blooming, when there is new growth in the garden, and when the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations begin in Savannah and Tybee Island.
To me, spring also means working in the garden beds and watching birds at the bird feeder.
Sometimes we like to travel in the spring. The next images show some of my favorite spring blooms from our travels.
Many thanks to for Sylvia for this challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #241 – Spring
For this challenge Ann-Christine asks us to show our favorite flowers and share why they are our favorite.
How can I pick just a few flowers? I love them all. Flowers make me smile all year round.
Winter brings Camellias and Hibiscus blooms to the garden.
In spring I love to see the Azalea, Dogwood, Day lily, Magnolia and Hydrangea blooms.
The colorful blooms of summer are not only beautiful but often attract butterflies and other critters.
Fall in the garden is filled with butterflies drinking their fill of nectar from the last remaining blooms.
From Texas to Alaska to Virginia and here in Georgia wildflowers always brighten the landscape.
Roses always make me happy.
Many thanks to Ann-Christine’s Lens-Artists Challenge #221 – Flower Favorites and Why
Mother Nature’s colorful wildflowers add beauty to our world.
Many thanks to Anne for the challenge Lens’Artists #195: Colorful Expressions
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