Wild Irises

Blood Iris (Iris Sanguinea) in Salt Lake City

White Bleeding Hearts

With a short bloom season normally, White Bleeding Hearts (Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Alba’) didn’t have much of a chance this year. They appeared one day and were gone the next.

An Elegant Beginning

Salt Lake City, May 2013

Portrait of a Dandelion

Some of the hidden beauty of the natural world.

Shades of Lilac

Wonderblue, a French hybrid cultivar, is also known as Little Boy Blue Lilac. Its scent was non-existent Saturday when I shot this, probably due to the fluctuating weather here in Salt Lake.

The Delicacy of Spring

Plum blossoms from a neighborhood tree.

Another Tulip

It’s that time of year in Salt Lake, and I love tulips at this stage.

Pink Promise

A close-up photo of a sunlit young tulip revealing a glimpse of its bright pink future.

High Line Spur

A section of Manhattan’s High Line at 10th Avenue and 16th Street. Between 1934 and 1980 an elevated portion of the New York Central Railroad brought freight trains directly into the Merchants Refrigerating Company Warehouse in Chelsea. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Tulip at Attention

It’s finally spring!

The Flowering of the Christmas Cactus

Here’s a follow-up to last fall’s post, a view of the elegant pistil and stamens of the blossoming cactus.

Stairway to Heaven

The glass roof of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects, PC.

A Rose

Rosa ‘Mission Bells’ at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA.

Urban Hawk

This morning we had a visit from this red-tailed hawk, who has been hanging around Rittenhouse Square. He (I think it’s a young male) may be related to the pair who nested for several years at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute:

http://www.fi.edu/hawks/

Steel Currents

Revisiting the striking HL23 building which is adjacent to Manhattan’s High Line at 23rd Street. Designed by Neil M. Denari Architects.