About to burst

Not sure what these are, but am quite excited to find out as they are now about 3 feet tall, and have been watching this tiny bud getting bigger and bigger and bigger for about two months now.

[Maggiemae]

Beautiful setting and a fine focus! Love the pink shading! fav

[Call me Joe]

Simply beautiful :)

[tony gig]

Beautiful Jo.

[Cathy Donohoue]

Lovely FAV

[Kathy]

Beautiful. Related to the onion/garlic family I believe

[kjbadger]

So delicate looking with the colors, but still full of texture--fav!

[Stephanie Swift]

Love the focus and comp and bokeh, and the translucent sheath from which those budlets are emerging, fav for me!

[Jan Rose]

Beautiful colour.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

@randystreat Thanks Kathy, it is definitely taking it's time to open.

[wendy frost]

What a surprise that will be, great focus.

[Gnome]

Beautiful focus and colours

[Cathie]

Gorgeous tones.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Such beautiful soft colors and I love its simplicity.

[Sam]

Gorgeous focus!

[Kathie]

Lovely shot and DOF. Could be an Allium but surprised it's taken so long to bloom. Look forward to the flower.

[Sue Wilde]

Love the pink tones and the simple composition

[gloria jones]

Stellar composition.

[Angelieke]

Gorgeous!

[Debi 🐩]

Great focus DOF and composition it works really well

[Nita]

Wonderful detail and composition.

[Kane Arlow]

Fantastic focus and composition.

[Taffy]

Beautifully captured.

[bkb in the city]

very nice

[Rosie Kerr]

Lovely DOF and focus... the colors in this shot are so delicate.

[sally agnew]

Love this Jo Fav :-)

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

I love the soft pink background that really compliments the green bud as well as the pink covering.

[Tracey]

Gorgeous capture love the focus and colours fav

[Graham Harcombe]

Beautiful, simple and I love the background.

[Tracie Broadhead]

I love the colors-work really well together.

[Robyn]

Lovely simplicity. Fav

[Margaret Obey]

Fabulous. My insomnia is making me tired. I know because as I scrolled up I thought you'd posted a picture of a tooth brush ( at least I'm asserting it's my insomnia and not my age!!!!!) great capture

[Meredith McNay]

Truly beautiful, those colours are so soft, an instant fav.

[Dianne]

Lovely colours - I agree - looks like it is a chive/onion flower about to emerge.

[Hazel A]

Lovely soft colours. Def something from the allium family. Fav

[Gerry]

Fav Jo beautiful

[Ruby]

Lovely

[Dione Giorgio]

Magnificent shot.

[Sheralee S]

I agree, some kind of onion or chives! I love to shoot chives, the little heads are so beautiful.

[Rachel]

Beautiful colours and composition. Fav

[Lyn Berriman]

Stunning, stunning, simply marvellous image - love it and its a fav for sure!

[Nancy]

Love this beautiful subtle composition FAV

[virtualbrownie]

Beautiful

[Lois]

Lovely details and background color!

[Cindy McFarland]

Love your placement of the buds in the picture and the tones are just beautiful. Fav.

[Nina Ganci]

brilliant capture
instant fav

[Sally Ings]

Simply gorgeous

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely capture and focus Jo, it's a FAV from me.

[Annie]

This is beauuutiful!

[carol white]

Love the simplicity,beautiful soft tones and great focusing!! FAV!!

[Ivan]

Super simple shot - fav - great composition use of space, subtle colour.

[Andrew]

very delicate. love it!

[Andrew]

fav!

[Margaret Brown]

So pretty,love the colour and DOF

[Graham Thresher]

A brilliant shot. Fav

[Pyrrhula]

Great close up. Beautiful colors

[Lizzy]

Gorgeous!

[Rica]

Wow - that's great! :)

[Daisy]

Beautiful shot Jo. Congrats on getting on the pp

[Gena Pegg]

Total beauty!!! BIG FAV

[elkehochban]

Beautiful!

[Michael Elliott]

very pretty Fav!

[Marloes]

Gorgeous simplicity. fav. Love the colors.

[Linda]

Oh love this. It is so subtle and dreamy! Fav

[Christine]

simple but beautiful

[Elaine]

Lovely composition and colour Jo, it looks a bit like agapanthus but I don't know whether you get them there. Fav

[HEW]

beautiful, love the simplicity

[Paula W]

Really beautiful Jo, I was going to say agapanthus too like Elaine ( @elaine55 yes we do have them here) but I googled agapanthus buds and they don't look quite the same so I'm going with something from the onion family too! Fav btw - almost forgot after my monologue!!

[Simply Amanda]

Dreamy lavenders. A fav!

[Shelley]

So beautiful.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations Jo on making the Top Twenty! Well deserved!

[Taffy]

Congrats on TT, Jo!

[Elaine]

Congrats on TT Jo!

[Arefin]

so beautiful! fav! and congrats on TT!

[Linda]

Congrats on TT. This is such a beauty!

[Laura]

Gorgeous image!