Photo of the Day - April 2022

[mollyc]

I was going to guess cherry, but I don’t see a lot of them where I live to have a confident answer! I think our springs are too hard on the ornamental varieties. We do have a junky landscape variety available that only lives maybe 15 years and looks pretty ragged by the time it’s done. We also have the native black cherry, but it doesn’t have the showy flowers and becomes a large tree at maturity.

that link I posted says that variety is the hardiest of cherries, so maybe it would work where you are? i love those giant double flowers.

 

[SpittingImage]

Shenk's Ferry, PA has a Wildflower Preserve that's excellent this time of year.

Trout Lily

 

[shanson27]

Bee ?

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

that link I posted says that variety is the hardiest of cherries, so maybe it would work where you are? i love those giant double flowers.

Hard to say. We can grow magnolias here, but they often get turned to mush by late frosts. It happened again this year for many of them. I can think of a few years where it was a really cold morning for the Easter bunny.

 

[Clix Pix]

 

[oldBCguy]

Small white rock and colourful green moss, sitting in a contrasting background of leftover Autumn leaves and other flora - taken during an early-morning, winter's walk in a local, Municipal Park (January/21).

 

[katbel]

 

[svish]

Udaipur City, India

Shot on Sony A6000

 

[TouchedByAl]

It’s not sunny where I am right now but this is one of my favorite macro pics I’ve taken. Love the bees!

 

[mollyc]

 

[CK Williams]

 

[AlaskaMoose]

 

[Susurs]

 

[Apple fanboy]

Not quite ready.

 

[dimme]

20220320-_DSC1826.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr

 

[mollyc]

20220320-_DSC1826.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr

ohhh. what is this?

 

[Steven-iphone]

GR3x

F/4 26.0mm 1/2000s ISO-100

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

🏞 Twin Peaks - Part III (Last View), Bay Area, San Francisco, California 🏞

A 64-acre hilltop park. Full 360-degree ⭕️ views of the Bay Area. (Right-hand side)

This last view is to your right-hand side. This shot exposes you to view the suburban area in San Francisco (SFO). All the residential homes you see are well over $1+ Million dollars starting price.

You also get full exposure to the bay. Just spectacular views. Views worth dying for. Completely stunning! 🔎

Cross references posts: (Part I) #301 & (Part II) #318. Thank you!

 

[stillcrazyman]

Red Hibiscus ?

 

[squawk7000]

Girvan harbour light

 

[dimme]

ohhh. what is this?

Sorry, I have no idea what type of plant this is. I see them all over the trails near San Francisco Bay. The flowering part of the plant are very beautifully this time of year.

 

[SpittingImage]

Sorry, I have no idea what type of plant this is. I see them all over the trails near San Francisco Bay. The flowering part of the plant are very beautifully this time of year.

I have an awesome app on my iPhone called Seek. You point the iPhone camera at the flower or insect etc and it pretty much instantly tells you what it is. It also works from photographs and it identified the flower in question as “Pride of Madeira”.

Does it look like this? https://www.thespruce.com/growing-pride-of-madeira-5088226

 

[SpittingImage]

Anyone for a Puffin?

 

[dimme]

I have an awesome app on my iPhone called Seek. You point the iPhone camera at the flower or insect etc and it pretty much instantly tells you what it is. It also works from photographs and it identified the flower in question as “Pride of Madeira”.

Does it look like this? https://www.thespruce.com/growing-pride-of-madeira-5088226

Yes that's it! Thanks for the app info.

 

[Clix Pix]

Now that spring is here, the turtles have emerged from wherever they spent the winter and I spotted this guy cruising along in the lake: