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Almost tropical

July 2, 2020 by Mike Powell

The lilies blooming in the garden of my friend and neighbor Cindy Dyer are so lush and the colors so vivid that they seem almost tropical.

Posted in Art, Flowers, Gardening, Nature, Photography, Summer | Tagged Alexandria VA, Canon 50D, Canon 60mm, Cindy Dyer, garden, lilies, Runnymeade, tropical | 11 Comments

11 Responses

on July 2, 2020 at 7:51 am | Reply Ted Jennings - TPJ Photography

Always nice to see them in full bloom. You displayed the colors here great !
- on July 2, 2020 at 8:03 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Ted. I actually had to prune down my selection, because there were other colors too. Some of them are planted in the ground, while others are in large pots. You probably can’t tell from the number of photos that feature Cindy’s garden that we live in a townhouse community in which the amount of yard space is pretty limited. She and her husband live in an end unit, so she has some extra space on the side to grow flowers in addition to the small front and back yards.
on July 2, 2020 at 8:03 am | Reply Dan Antion

Very colorful, Mike. That last one does have a bit of a jungle look going for it.
- on July 2, 2020 at 8:10 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Dan. Our recent hot, humid weather has a jungle feel to match the look of that flower.
on July 2, 2020 at 11:45 am | Reply Michael Scandling

Spectacular!
on July 2, 2020 at 9:26 pm | Reply Eliza Waters

Beautiful!
on July 2, 2020 at 10:06 pm | Reply sv-anui.com

Great images, Mike. I especially like the second one: unusual colour, so deep and striking.
- on July 2, 2020 at 10:14 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Chris. These past few months I have paid much more attention to flowers than ever before. Staying at home is a bit easier when I know I have such photogenic flowers close at hand in my neighbor’s garden.
on July 3, 2020 at 5:35 am | Reply mitzybricker

They are pretty, aren’t they?

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on July 4, 2020 at 8:55 am | Reply Reed Andariese

Very Nice Mike! Beautiful images! And beautiful flowers!
- on July 4, 2020 at 9:46 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  I enjoy their beauty and am thankful that my friend Cindy grows such beautiful flowers. As for me, I have a few plants in my front yard which, despite my neglect, somehow manage to survive.