A Few Mountain Flowers

black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
edited January 17, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
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I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.

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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2011
    First time I have seen these kind of flowers, Tom. Do you have any idea what they are called? Very interesting and wonderful colors! thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
    Sitting quietly, doing nothing. Spring comes and the grass grows by itself.

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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2011
    jiro wrote: »
    First time I have seen these kind of flowers, Tom. Do you have any idea what they are called? Very interesting and wonderful colors! thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif

    I wish I could enlighten you, Jiro. I don't, however, have a clue as to their names. I shot all these on the campus of the Appalachian State University located in Boone, NC. That must be the most beautifully landscaped college campus in the entire country. It's a veritable botanical garden.

    Take care my friend,

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • jackiejayjackiejay Registered Users Posts: 714 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2011
    Beautiful :)
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2011
    Lovely shots, Tom. It's so drab around here in winter so your flowers were a welcome bit of color today!

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,955 moderator
    edited January 17, 2011
    I love the color in #2. clap.gif
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  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Howdy Tom,

    Neat Shots and love all the sharp details and lovely colors.

    love that Purple in #2, not sure what all of them
    are, but I think the Flowers in #1 are called Red Hot Pokers.

    I'll bet I know someone that will know what they are, seems like
    he's posted a lot of flower shots on here in the past :D:D:D
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    jackiejay wrote: »
    Beautiful :)

    Thanks for the visit. Glad you liked them.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Lovely shots, Tom. It's so drab around here in winter so your flowers were a welcome bit of color today!

    Lauren

    Thanks for the kind words, Lauren. I think it's pretty drab all over the place. These shots were made in the Fall. The campus there really is the most beautifully landscaped and flowered one I've seen.

    Take care,

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    I love the color in #2. clap.gif

    Thanks for looking in, Richard. The combination of the purple and the odd color of green....almost chartreuse....was striking. There was a large section of a creek bank just covered with these flowers.



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    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Panther wrote: »
    Howdy Tom,

    Neat Shots and love all the sharp details and lovely colors.

    love that Purple in #2, not sure what all of them
    are, but I think the Flowers in #1 are called Red Hot Pokers.

    I'll bet I know someone that will know what they are, seems like
    he's posted a lot of flower shots on here in the past :D:D:D

    Well, Craig, you know how I feel about shooting flowers....it's best left to others who are better at it then I am. I thought maybe if I showed these shots, I could smoke " you know who " out of the closet and get him fired up again. We'll see if it works.

    Take care,

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Panther wrote: »
    Howdy Tom,

    Neat Shots and love all the sharp details and lovely colors.

    love that Purple in #2, not sure what all of them
    are, but I think the Flowers in #1 are called Red Hot Pokers.

    I'll bet I know someone that will know what they are, seems like
    he's posted a lot of flower shots on here in the past :D:D:D

    black mamba wrote: »
    Well, Craig, you know how I feel about shooting flowers....it's best left to others who are better at it then I am. I thought maybe if I showed these shots, I could smoke " you know who " out of the closet and get him fired up again. We'll see if it works.

    Take care,

    Tom


    I poke my head out of the closet for just a minute, and what do I see?

    Mamby Pamby flowers :lol4
    Randy
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited January 17, 2011
    Well, I hated having to offer myself up as the sacrificial lamb but it did accomplish what I was after. Old " you know who " surfaced amid all sorts of verbal clatter. Now we just have to sit back and see what floral fantasies he bestows upon us.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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