Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: Saxifrage integrafolia

[best appreciated at full size against black] The flowers are popping out of the ground at an alarming rate! How ever shall I keep up?! I discovered another this morning and yesterday I found three more! The Henderson's Shooting Star is almost open now, a dainty beauty. The explosion of life all around me is so exciting! I hope you like this flower, they are all over our meadow now, standing 1-2" off the ground on their strong, hairy stalks, topped with little white-grape buds! This image was taken in March, 2012.

The sparkles this morning were incredible, the sunlight bouncing off every droplet and crystal of frost! This flower is not normally the most picturesque but I guess I never considered this kind of situation! I hope you like it, though you may need sunglasses! :D

Today Steve and I went on a 25 mile bike ride that Steve organized and led for the local bike club! We had such fun, but we were both dead-beat when we finally got home! However, I was excited to go out on this gorgeous day to take my pictures, and I have 4 to share! Did you know that flies commonly eat nectar and pollen? In fact, there are a whole group of flies called "Flower Flies!" This one was slurping up nectar from a Saxifrage flower and made a wonderful subject! I hope you're not too grossed out--I think flies are interesting and cool looking, but I also know they are icky to many people, and that's totally understandable! Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra[ (29 September 1547– 22 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written. His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called la lengua de Cervantes ("the language of Cervantes"). He was dubbed El Príncipe de los Ingenios ("The Prince of Wits") Wkipedia: Miguel de Cervantes