I am participating again in Cathy’s In a Vase on Monday photo challenge.
During the past several weeks, I have been bringing in flowers from the garden but was too busy to take pictures of my bouquets. Today I had some extra time so off to the garden I went. When I went to look at what I could include in my bouquet, I noticed that a number of blooms from my Annabelle Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’) had fallen over, covering my statue of the Virgin Mary. So after clip, clip, clip, I had a large cloud-like bouquet of flowers.
Now for pictures. I really wasn’t sure how to take a picture of such a large bouquet especially since it was mainly one color. I asked my daughter to hold the vase thinking she would add some contrast but we kept laughing. The bouquet really was so large. She even took some pictures, shooting from different angles. Finally, I placed the vase on the grass and that seemed to do the trick.
Looking at pictures, I noticed a picture my daughter took and liked the angle so I took a few more pictures. I am not sure which one I like better. What do you think?
Here’s my daughter’s picture.
Here’s a fun one to brighten up your Monday! Have a great week!
Smile! ~ Mar
July 10, 2017 at 4:50 pm
It’s beautiful, with the way the colours pour out at the top 🙂
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July 12, 2017 at 11:57 am
Thank you Andy. 🙂
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July 12, 2017 at 12:18 pm
😃
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July 10, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Omg! I truly enjoyed this post and I like all the angles and it looked like it was a fun shoot.
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July 12, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Thank you Adaku. You’re so sweet. 🙂
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July 10, 2017 at 5:09 pm
Your Annabelle is a much bigger girl than mine!! Seeing your bunch of blooms makes you appreciate just how pristinely white the fully open flowers are – aren’t they gorgeous! I do like the close up picture the best I think, with the soft focus background – thanks for sharing them all
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July 10, 2017 at 5:39 pm
Oh wow? Really? This hydrangea has been in our garden for several years now. I want to say around 10 or 12 years. Some years, it hardly blooms but last year and this year, the blooms have been abundant. In particular this year. It rained A LOT in the spring. We also have a pink Annabelle (Invincibelle) but they have smaller blooms but still very pretty. Thanks for hosting the challenge!
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July 11, 2017 at 2:29 am
Invincibelle? She does sound pretty – no space here though
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July 10, 2017 at 5:44 pm
Lovely. I like upwards perspective. I’ve both Annabelles on my list when I’ve found/created some space.
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July 12, 2017 at 12:02 pm
Thank you Sharon. Our pink Annabelle doesn’t take up much space. We have it in a corner of the garden maybe 3 feet wide.
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July 11, 2017 at 3:02 am
That is such a delicate Hydrangea, very lovely.
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July 12, 2017 at 12:03 pm
Thank you Haile. Thank you for stopping by my blog and commenting.
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