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Potted Pansies (slightly photoshopped) DP129-2013 Posted late May 9 or early May 10, depending on time zone; processed ditto . Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan May 3, 2013 Thanks for all the comments on the weird white fungus, and especially to those who offered possible ID's. I'll let viewers decide whether they think any of them is correct. I don't feel sufficiently knowledgeable to do so.
Good to the last (petal) drop. Cherry blossom petals were everywhere on the ground for a hundred feet or more away from the actual tree (a Sargent cherry), and filled the air with each puff of breeze. DP126-2013 Posted May 6; processed ditto . Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan May 3, 2013
Three yellows and a view. (Left to right, a weeping willow, a forsythia (small), and a magnolia.) DP125-2013 Posted May 5; processed ditto. . Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan May 3, 2013 Thanks to those faithful commenters who found my May 4 post of 'Three magnolias and a gazebo' and commented even though I was AWOL from the commenters corps yesterday. I'm afraid I won't be able to comment again today until late, but hope to catch up with all the great posts for the weekend by this evening.
Three magnolias and a gazebo. The magnolias are, from left to right: (1) A Loebner magnolia, which is a hybrid between M. kobus and M. stellata. This is the white one to the left rear of the gazebo. (2) A saucer magnolia of unidentified type. This is the one with pink and white blossoms which is nearly obscured by the gazebo. (3) A yellow flowered magnolia, the first I've ever seen. No tag for identification. It's blossoms resemble in shape the Chinese Yulan type of magnolia. DP124-2013 Posted May 4; processed ditto . Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan May 3, 2013 (About yellow flowered magnolias. There seem to be a large number of such magnolias. Most seem to be based on a cross between a native American magnolia, M. acuminata and one or another of the Asian magnolias such as M. lilliflora or M. denudata.)
D117-2013 Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) Family Liliaceae Distribution North American woodlands . Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan April 27, 2013
D117-2013 spring Beauty, Claytonia virginica Family Portulacaceae (purslane) . Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan April 27, 2013
D117-2013 Panorama of the distant green hillside that runs down from Cobblers Knob to Hidden Lake, seen through a screen of trees. This view is reached by following the mowed path down hill from the last pullout before you reach Cobblers Knob. Hidden Lake is just out of view on the right. If you look closely you can see a bit of the parking lot at the trailheads just beyond the north end of the lake. Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan April 27, 2013 (Two handheld landscape format shots at 18 mm (27 mm at 35 mm film equivalent); manual exposure (f/11, 1/250 sec, ISO 200). Processed identically in LR4 before merging.)
Nothing lasts forever. Flowers teach us to enjoy the moment, since beauty and pleasure can be fleeting. Another shot from the 2012 archives, just now being processed. DP083-2013 Posted March 24; processed ditto Temperate Dome, Hidden Lake Gardens Conservatory March 22, 2012 Thanks for all the comments on yesterday's possum shots. I especially enjoyed hearing people's personal experiences with them. That was the closest I'd ever come to one, and I certainly didn't make any threatening moves toward it. You never know with wild animals.
Magnoliaceae 06 26-2012 Yulan Magnolia, Magnolia denudata Hidden Lake Gardens, March 22, 2012 (nex-5)
Potted Pansies (slightly photoshopped)

DP129-2013 Posted late May 9 or early May 10, depending on time zone; processed ditto
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan
May 3, 2013

Thanks for all the comments on the weird white fungus, and especially to those who offered possible ID's. I'll let viewers decide whether they think any of them is correct. I don't feel sufficiently knowledgeable to do so.
Potted Pansies (slightly photoshopped) DP129-2013 Posted late May 9 or early May 10, depending on time zone; processed ditto . Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan May 3, 2013 Thanks for all the comments on the weird white fungus, and especially to those who offered possible ID's. I'll let viewers decide whether they think any of them is correct. I don't feel sufficiently knowledgeable to do so.
Potted Pansies (slightly photoshopped)

DP129-2013 Posted late May 9 or early May 10, depending on time zone; processed ditto
.
Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan
May 3, 2013

Thanks for all the comments on the weird white fungus, and especially to those who offered possible ID's. I'll let viewers decide whether they think any of them is correct. I don't feel sufficiently knowledgeable to do so.
See photo in original gallery.
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