Earlier today, I read Our Little Red House’s “spring’s hello to fall” post and that reminded me that I have had flower photographs by Rift Vegan sitting in my WP media library since September. The flowers, photographed from May to August, are from her garden and her various excursions in and around Eugene, Oregon.
Here’s the set:
Forget Me Nots. Photo by Rift V.
Peace. Hybrid Tea Rose. Photo by Rift V.
The Peace Rose was captured at Owen Rose Garden where Rift enjoys walking along the Riverbank Path. The Peace Rose, made famous by the U.S. Postage stamp, is her favorite to photograph.
Lady Beetle on Love-in-a-mist. Photo by Rift V.
Rift reports that the Love-in-a-mist flower self-seeds better than the sunflowers in her garden.
Wild Geranium? Photo by Rift V.
Rift doesn’t know what type of flower this is, but she thinks it is a type of wild geranium. The bright green center and the deeply colored “veins” are fascinating [Is that what all the lines are called?].
Columbia Lilies. Photo by Rift V.
According to Rift, Columbia Lilies are often mistaken for Tiger Lilies, the garden flower from Asia. These were found in the middle of the forest in the Pacific Northwest.
The flowers are becoming rare, Rift says, because people dig them up to plant in their own gardens–where they don’t do well. 
This makes the flower more enjoyable when she sees them in their natural environment.
Sunflowers. Photo by Rift V.
I used this sunflower for my first day of autumn post. It is one of three types of sunflowers that grow in her garden. The blossoms of this stunning dark rusty flower are only about eight inches across. All the birds snubbed the seeds from this particular type of sunflower, but she couldn’t vouch for the seeds–since she didn’t taste them either. 🙂
Rift, who is in the A Thousand Words group on swap-bot, sent the photographs “just because.” Isn’t that the best reason to send and receive flowers?
This is so beautiful. Flowers are the perfect gifts to me. Thanks for sharing yours. Love that shot of the lady bug on the blue flower. Just got home from a road trip adventure of Fall leaves in the river and a Lavender farm that smelled wonderful.
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Thanks. That’s a nice way to cheer up the gray, windy day we’re having over here. Love-in-a-mist grows well in Britain, and I’m prepared to testify that it does self-seed well.
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Same here. Gray. A little wet. Very cold. Thanks for dropping in for some color and sunshine! 😉
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So very beautiful
.. this whole space!
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Awww…thank you!
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Thanks for the introductions Chandra 🙂 Love in the mist? WOW!
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Thank you for sharing so much beauty!
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Thank you for enjoying it!
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