'L' is for ...
LILY 
Lily's are one of my favourite flowers. They are just so beautiful.
I love to watch as they begin to open from the bud and the fresh new stamens make their way into daylight. Smooth and virgin. Close and careful regular inspection will show their wonderful transition as they begin to split, and turn themselves inside out, revealing the most wonderful, pollen encrusted stalks of any I have seen.
I first noticed this transition when I was working with macro last year at college, and it has amazed me ever since.
I received a bouquet of flowers from my nephew and his girlfriend as a thank you for doing the photographs for their daughters christening. In amongst all the other lovely flowers was a spray of these gorgeous lily's.
Their petals, with the visible 'veins' arching over and curling around and the stamens, once emerged, standing tall in a circle. Just beautiful.
... and following on from my trip, how could I not include my very dear blogging (and real life) friend in this post? So, here is a photo of the gorgeous Laney in London Looking Lovely
PS: See what she's doing with her hand, don't even think about asking what we were talking about, just look at that glint in her eye... you'll get the picture!!
32 comments:
Hi Ali! Your friend Laney certainly does look lovely, so glad that the trip went well and you both had a great time.
I love lilies too, they are so photogenic - but how do you get that bleeding pollen off curtains and cushions - it's a darned nightmare! :)
Lovely Lillies and longtime lady friend. I love the collage of the flowers and all the color.
Lily's and Laney, both beautiful, absolutely love the lily photographs, welcome back, hope you are improving everyday
Absolutely fantastic colour photos of the Lily. You've well and truly excelled yourself there and deserve a "photo genius award" !!!!
I love the black and white. The color photos are also very interesting. I enjoyed reading about the meetup. Laney Looks Like a Lot of Laughs.
Beautiful lilies and so glad you you shared a pic of Laney - looks like you gals are having a ball - enjoy!!
Beautiful pictures of both subjects!
I LOVE the "L" words!1 Very nice lily photos.
WFW ~ The best way to have stain free curtains is not to put the lillies near them in the first place..lol... It's tough to remove isn't it
Photowannabe ~ Thx for your comments, I love the colours too
Peter ~ Thx honey, I am improving every day, still have bad blips but on the whole I am on the mend.
Mike ~ Thx sweetie, glad you liked them, now about this genius award??
DFP ~ Glad you liked the B&W, I wrote this post when I first photographed them several weeks ago, I almost deleted the B&W one before publishing!
KML ~ We did have a ball and I can't wait to do it again
Dot ~ Thank you.
Neva ~ Thanks to you too
lovely
My favourite flowers for immediately adding a wonderful smell to a room!
Great stuff!
Dxx
Beautiful lily photos...love the monochrome. One of my favourite plants too. Your friend certainly does have a glint in her eye...I would have love to have overheard the conversation ;O)
Lovely renditions of the lily in monochrome and in macro color. I could only imagine what you and lovely Laney were talking about.
Nice post Ali. Full of happiness and cheer
Lillies are lovely!
Lovely lilies ! the deer here in VA eat them as soon as they bud up, havent seen a lily bloom for quite a while!
I am so glad to see your posting. I hope all is well with you. I love both of your b&w and mosaic on lily. You take great pictures and I am glad you didn't delete your b&w version. Cheers with good thoughts and prayers to you.
Nice shots.
I enjoyed your photographs and am glad I found my way here.
~Oswegan
http://oswegan.blogspot.com
Lovely lilies for your L post. And it looks to me like you two gals just might be having a fun by the handful!
Oops! I got distracted and forgot to say thanks for visiting my L is for Legs at Portland (OR) Daily Photo.
LMAO!
Yes...absolutely beautiful lily shots, Ali.
As for me...I can't ever remember telling you they were THAT big!
I am bowing at your feet in wonderment of your photoshop skills! x
KMF ~ Thx for stopping by
Denise ~ They're just great for that aren't they. I love 'em, the rest of the family hate the smell. lol
Ruth ~ Thx sweetie. Believe me, the convo was far too x-rated for your ears!
AVC ~ I bet you couldn't imagine!! Glad you liked the lillies
Max-e ~ Far too little happiness and cheer around in this life.
Mr Mapper ~ Thank you
Jean ~ Oh wow, fancy never getting to see these gorgeous flowers in bloom
Hin ~ Thanks for your comments. The b&w seems to be quite popular, I'm glad I posted it too
Oswegan ~ Thanks for calling by and welcome to ABC Wednesday. The photo's on your blog are awesome by the way
Lynette ~ We had fun and laughs by the bucket load.
Laney ~ Sweet Laney, do you not remember? That was just the start of the story, I'm sure the size increased as you went on!!!
I was tempted to say I agree about my photoshop skills, I managed to completely remove that second head, it doesn't even notice. The four front teeth that were missing are well concealed and that boil.... well that was just a work of art on my part to disguise that sucker...
but I won't, lol, I sent you the photoshopped copy and you KNOW that I hardly had to touch it at all, you are just beautiful the way you are honey, in both body and mind.
Hugs. x
All your L pictures are Lovely. As are your words(but I think you know what picture I am most fond of.)
Have a LOVELY, LITTLE Day.
xo
Great photos of the lillies. I love the smell of lillies but MWM says they remind him of sick! What's he like?
Great picture of Laney! :)
Evening ~ Isn't it just a gorgeous photo of her?
Akelamalu ~ I have the same problem with the smell of lillies and other halves!
very beautifully photographed.
Gorgeous "L" photos and you had more "L" photos with your post about London. Lillies are beautiful and I love having them in my home.
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