Little Skirt

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Art • Tagged close up, copyright, dried, green, light, photography, purple, stamens, white, yellow • 2 Comments

Close on a tulip as it dances away.

Winter Garden 2

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged art, blue, close up, copyright, dried, light, photography, plant, snow, white • 4 Comments

Remnants from last season provide winter interest.

Goldenrod Sparkle

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged brown, close up, copyright, dried, green, photography, plant, white • Leave a comment

Bright light fills the woods on a warm November day.

Mini Stars

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged browns, close up, copyright, dried, flowerhead, light, macro, Nature, photography, plant, shrub • Leave a comment

Sun lights up the dried flowers from last season’s Spirea.

Early Spring Garden

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged Civic Garden Complex, copyright, dried, flower head, hydrangea, photography, spring, white • 2 Comments

Last year’s hydrangea blooms add charm to the landscape.

Still Standing

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged art, browns, copyright, dried, Flowers, photography, seed heads, spring, stalks, white • 4 Comments

The same patch of flowers I photographed last summer remain as shells of their former selves. After the warmer weather and photographing snowdrops, this morning we woke up to a dumping of wet snow!

Curvy Stems

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged copyright, dried, field, photography, Queen Anne's Lace, snow, stems, Westminster Ponds • 1 Comment

A sparse silhouette in the winter field.

Winter Ferns

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Art • Tagged brown, Civic Garden Complex, copyright, dried, fronds, light, photography, shadows, snow, sparkle, stalks, sunlight, winter • 2 Comments

A few weeks ago I went for a walk at a rather snowy Civic Gardens and this large patch of dried fern fronds caught my eye. I look forward to visiting again once the ferns are big and green.

Dried Blooms

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged brown, copyright, delicate, dried, Flowers, green, photography, plant • Leave a comment

Pretty blooms of what I think is Giant Hogweed – a toxic invader – seen at Dorchester Conservation Area. It was huge and there were many plants along a stream. It’s a plant you should leave alone that I thought was being controlled.

Dead Frond

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Cuba • Tagged branch, brown, copyright, dried, frond, palm, pattern, photography • 6 Comments