Dried Flowers

One morning this past week I noticed that a lot of the wildflowers along the side of the marsh had begun to dry up and turn brown…I guess it’s just that time of year…

41 thoughts on “Dried Flowers”

thehappyhugger on October 29, 2012 at 12:04 pm said:

Love the way the gator is just gliding behind those dried flowers, he is determined to be the star of your picture 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 12:12 pm said:
  
  By golly you’re right! There IS a gator in there! 😯 😉
  
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  - thehappyhugger on October 29, 2012 at 12:44 pm said:
    
    Look, he even winked as passed by 😉
    
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    - Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 2:05 pm said:
      
      I thought he was giving me a look! 😀
      
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adinparadise on October 29, 2012 at 12:10 pm said:

Hahaha! Did I really imagine that you would post a pic of only dried flowers? 😆

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 12:14 pm said:
  
  Ha ha ha you see people think I can’t shoot flowers but I can. Well, sorta. 😀
  
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meyer23 on October 29, 2012 at 12:11 pm said:

Simply awesome. 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 12:14 pm said:
  
  Thanks, glad you liked the flower pic! 🙂
  
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monisertel on October 29, 2012 at 12:32 pm said:

Hi Phil,
great shot, wonderful focus! Love this aligator behind the dried flowers. 😉
Wish you a succesfull week
moni

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 2:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you moni, so glad you liked the ‘flower’ pic! Enjoy your week!
  
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Chillbrook on October 29, 2012 at 12:56 pm said:

Even in the Sunshine State. Really lovely colours and textures and the ‘gator cameo, made me smile. He really does look like he snuck into your shot with his self-satisfied smile! 😀

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 2:02 pm said:
  
  He does have sort of an odd look on his face doesn’t he? Almost like he is sick of this big jerk always coming around and pointing something at him. Ha! 😀
  Glad you enjoyed the photo!
  
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lylekrahn on October 29, 2012 at 1:43 pm said:

Nicely done. I can trump your brown wildflowers with the snow around here.

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 2:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks much. But you can have your snow, I’ll stick to my dried plants. 😛
  Actually, believe it or not I do have a photo of an alligator in snow after one of the rare snowfalls we got here in coastal SC. I’ll post that at some point.
  
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  - lylekrahn on October 29, 2012 at 4:36 pm said:
    
    There’s two things that don’t seem to go together.
    
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Bella Remy Photography on October 29, 2012 at 2:19 pm said:

Aww..little gator has been decorating his swamp. How lovely!

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 2:37 pm said:
  
  Oh yes! It’s the new Swamp Fall Collection! He looks great in those colors doesn’t he? 😀
  
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Mari Therese Jørgensen on October 29, 2012 at 2:52 pm said:

Wow, did you take this photo!? How cool 😀

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 3:03 pm said:
  
  Hi Mari! Yes I took this photo, I have taken all the photos in this entire blog. 😀
  I’m so happy you visited here and I appreciate your kind comments!
  
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janmasyn on October 29, 2012 at 2:54 pm said:

Well done.

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- Phil Lanoue on October 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm said:
  
  Thanks I appreciate it.
  
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Molly Argo on October 29, 2012 at 3:35 pm said:

You had me wondering if maybe you were running a fever or something! I am happy to see you are your old self. The flowers are a tad out of focus, BTW. Great capture on the Gator!

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- Phil Lanoue on October 30, 2012 at 11:18 am said:
  
  Well I’m pretty much my old self I guess. 😉 Good point about the OOF flowers, I need to work on my focusing and DOF more. Plus it looks like the stupid camera back focused on something. 😦
  Thanks Molly!
  
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Gunta on October 29, 2012 at 11:24 pm said:

It would seem that there’s just so many of them alley-gators around that you just quit seeing them after awhile. 😉

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- Phil Lanoue on October 30, 2012 at 11:19 am said:
  
  We are getting to the end of our alligator season. Soon there will be no more gator posts from me, other then some file stuff until Spring. 😦 Will you miss them?! 😀
  
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  - Gunta on October 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm said:
    
    Funny, but all your photos have almost made them there reptiles almost endearing…. where do they go for off-season?
    (I’ve really been struggling to get WP stuff to load – wondering if it’s just me, or WP?)
    
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    - Phil Lanoue on October 30, 2012 at 7:57 pm said:
      
      Well I’m glad if I have made these critters seem more fun then scary. Well…”fun” may not be the best word but you know what I mean. Our guys will mostly hibernate in the swamp area. They usually dig out a nice mud wallow for themselves and kind of relax away the winter. Their metabolism drops very low at this point and they will not eat.
      Come March/April they will be back out and full into eating and mating season by May.
      Although…we can concievably see an isolated indivdual out even in the winter. I have a photo of one in the snow. Not many people have seen such a thing.
      
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starlaschat on October 30, 2012 at 12:28 pm said:

I’ve noticed a lot of dried flowers here as well like you said must be that time of year. :+)

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- Phil Lanoue on October 30, 2012 at 7:58 pm said:
  
  Yup, it’s simply that time of year. 😉
  
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Scott Marshall on October 30, 2012 at 4:19 pm said:

well you wont find these guys in Lossie harbour

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- Phil Lanoue on October 30, 2012 at 7:58 pm said:
  
  I believe you are correct about that Scott. 😀
  
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Fergiemoto on October 30, 2012 at 5:28 pm said:

But what’s that spooky-looking thing behind those dried flowers?
Great photo!

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- Phil Lanoue on October 30, 2012 at 7:59 pm said:
  
  I just noticed that myself. Guess that’s what happens when I’m not paying attention and the camera back focuses on me. 😀
  Thanks for looking!
  
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Chris on October 31, 2012 at 7:15 am said:

So happy that you are taking time to notice the flowers even if they are dried. Keep working on that DOF issue. I am sure you will catch on!

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- Phil Lanoue on October 31, 2012 at 4:04 pm said:
  
  I’m trying my best to get better with both focus and DOF. Maybe someday… 🙂
  
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Paula on October 31, 2012 at 8:43 am said:

I am loving this take….

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- Phil Lanoue on October 31, 2012 at 4:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks much for looking!
  
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niasunset on October 31, 2012 at 11:03 am said:

Oh My God!!!! I didn’t expect to find this handsome guy 🙂

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- Phil Lanoue on October 31, 2012 at 4:03 pm said:
  
  He is very good looking. 😀
  
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Angelia Sims on November 2, 2012 at 9:31 pm said:

To every season…turn, turn, turn.

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- Phil Lanoue on November 3, 2012 at 11:50 am said:
  
  Ha ha absolutely! 😀
  
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