Passion for Photos – Page 150 – Photos are meant to be shared

Cacti and Yuccas of Utah

Recently, I visited my favorite National Parks in Utah. Because of the arid climate, the vegetation is often quite different from that in the Sierra Nevada, California. Here, a small collection of flowering plants.

Plains Prickly-Pear (Opuntia Polyacantha)

Also Plain Prickly-Pear, but magenta in color

Wildflowers of the Great American West

During our trip through the southwestern States of the US I photographed all kinds of plants and flowers. Enjoy this collage.

This week: Flowers

A colorful bouquet of flowers as a greeting from Hamburg

Lebensräume

Zum Glück lässt man mittlerweile der Natur an Äckerrändern und Brachflächen ihren Lauf. Alle möglichen Wildblumen siedeln sich in kürzester Zeit wieder an und geben den Insekten Nahrung und Lebensraum. So wie hier die Mohnblumen, die Kamille, oder die blauen Kornblumen.

Fortunately, nature is now being allowed to take its course at the edges of fields and fallow land. All kinds of wildflowers reestablish themselves in a very short time and provide insects with food and a habitat. Like the poppies, the chamomile, or the blue cornflowers here.

Stachelige Schönheiten

Wenn man zu einem bestimmten Thema fotografieren soll, bemerkt man auf einmal die Vielfalt der Natur. Während unseres Sonntagsspaziergang fielen mir viele violett blühende Pflanzen auf, die gerne von Schmetterlingen als Nahrungsquelle genutzt werden. So blühen momentan neben anderen Blumen viele Distelarten wie die Kratzdistel (oben) und die Krause Distel (unten).

When you are asked to take photos on a particular theme, you suddenly notice the diversity of nature. During our Sunday walk I noticed many purple flowering plants, which are gladly used by butterflies as a food source. So at the moment, among other flowers, many thistle species are blooming, such as the creeping thistle (above) and the curly thistle (below).

Wildflowers

These flowers were growing along a fenced area of an old farmhouse in Renon, Italy. Although there was a well tended garden inside the fence, these flowers appeared to be untended and growing wild outside the confines of the fence.

Tulips

Colorful tulips in our neighbor’s garden

The odd one out

Sometimes it happens and in a whole field of flowers of one color one and only one is different. It is doomed. The farmer will come and kill the bulbs with poison – monotony is quality.

Peeking Flowers

I found these lovely flowers in my grandma’s front yard and I liked how the top of the flowers are peering out from the dark background. Enjoy!