Lacking a Little Inspiration Today by olivetreeann

Lacking a Little Inspiration Today

I couldn't make up my mind on what to do today so just fluffed around the house accomplishing nothing! Well, I did bake an apple pie but that's as productive as I got. I was so intent on choosing a theme for the next black and white challenge I forgot I needed a shot for the second album. I couldn't decide on what to take, feeling really uninspired and wasted the opportunity of going out on a perfectly lovely day to catch a few pictures. Oh well, back into the archives I go again!
A beautiful trip back and a FAv going forward!
April 10th, 2019  
@grammyn Thank you Katy and thank you so much for the fav!
April 10th, 2019  
Oooh. Pretty! Are these perhaps blue when not in b & w? Maybe batchelor's buttons?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_cyanus
April 10th, 2019  
Really interesting editing. I would love apple pie too, can you share it please.
April 10th, 2019  
Insta-fav! Cool twist on a flower shot!
April 10th, 2019  
Baking an apple pie is very constructive IMHO. I like your faffing too.
April 10th, 2019  
I think you found it, this is beautiful
April 10th, 2019  
beautiful details from the flowers
April 10th, 2019  
Baking an apple pie - that would be a miracle in our house!! And this wonderfully vintage looking image is then a super plus! :)
April 10th, 2019  
Great editing! Enjoy your apple pie
April 10th, 2019  
Cool editing
April 10th, 2019  
This is gorgeous!
April 10th, 2019  
I really like the processing in this.
April 10th, 2019  
Great shot and processing. Most people lost the art of doing nothing. The lion. king of the jungle, sleeps 20 hours a day.
April 10th, 2019  
@wyomingsis @onewing @edorreandresen @golftragic @nicolecampbell @shannejw @robz @kjarn @Dawn @sunnygirl @mittens @pyrrhula

Thank you so much everyone!
Thank you my friends! Glad you liked the last minute "faffing" of this shot.

@wyomingsis These little lovelies were pink. The shot was taken a while back in Cape May NJ so I don't really remember what the name of them was.

April 11th, 2019  
@olivetreeann Thank you for the color. The wildflowers of this grew along the roadsides of my childhood and came in a variety of colors such as pink, purple, blue and white. I have some pressed and dried ones that I treasure. Fun to see again!
April 11th, 2019  
@wyomingsis aren't they cornflowers? Mainly blue, but I've seen them in other colours.
April 11th, 2019  
@shannejw yes, but I didn't know that until I Googled batchelor's buttons! 😄
April 11th, 2019  
delicious edit :)
April 11th, 2019  
@wyomingsis These were in a cultivated garden so they are most likely not wildflowers (but could be). I will post the unedited version in my third album so you can see what they really look like.

@shannejw I don't think these are cornflowers. They were in a cultivated garden- but it's not impossible for them to be wildflowers. However Cape May NJ is known for its Bed and Breakfasts housed in amazingly beautiful Victorian homes- decorated to the hilt with antiques and such with gardens crammed full of beautiful flowers- so I'm thinking that they are something from a greenhouse or nursery.

@pistache Thank you Clare!
April 12th, 2019  
Pretty effect on the photo of the flower.
April 12th, 2019  
You can buy cornflower seeds in lots of colours for gardens - https://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/cornflower-double-mix-seeds-pid11910.html. The wild cornflowers we (rarely) see in UK fields are blue, but what you see as wildflowers are often our cultivated garden flowers.
April 12th, 2019  
@randystreat Thank you Kathy!
@shannejw Thanks for the info Shanne! I'll have to see if they're on the list of what the deer eat. They totally flattened my lilies last year and so far the only thing they haven't eaten are the Daffodils and Lily of the Valley. So if I'm investing in any more plants it will be those they do not eat. I'm tired of fighting them!
April 13th, 2019  
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