April 10, 2012

The Last Tulip.

Little Things Texture courtesy Kim Klassen


Or as the French say, la dernière tulipe. 

That would be an awesome name for a foreign film.
Who am I kidding? I'm sure it's already been done. 

Anyway, this was the last tulip in the yard that had yet to bloom.

Since it was blowing a gale this weekend, I made the executive decision
to bring it inside. 

I can't believe most of the daffodils and tulips are now on the wane.
Seems as if they just started pushing through the grass.

There's a lesson in there somewhere. 

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77 comments:

  1. This is stunning! It looks like a painting. I'd be proud to have it hanging in my home.

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  2. This is by far one of the prettiest ways I've seen you use your made editing skillz and textures. It has a dreamlike quality that jumps out and grabs me.

    Like most things in life, whatever the lesson, it'll be slow to come. Hope whatever the lesson is, it sneaks up on you and takes your breath away with its brilliance.

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  3. tulips is one of my favourite flowers!
    i love it when tulip petals open all the way out.

    this is such a dream-like photo, my sweet friend!

    very nicely done:)

    xo

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  4. the lesson is 'savor the moment'
    OR....go with the executive decision, take a lovely photo and edit it in the most beautiful of ways. Then share it with us. To savor and love.

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  5. It looks like a painting that should be in the Louvre (i'm sure I spelled that wrong)

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  6. so soft and beautiful ..love it

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  7. Hi...I'm hopping over from the A to Z challenge. Lovely blog...good luck with the challenge!

    Donna L Martin
    www.donasdays.blogspot.com

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  8. Absolutely stunning photograph! I love the tulips, just wish they would last longer!

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  9. Beautiful photo - and tulips are always among my favourite flowers!

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  10. Truly a work of ART! LOVE it!

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  11. So pretty....love your new look

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  12. lovely image...our tulips are just starting to peek out...its been a cold spring!

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  13. Love the pic. They are so fleeting. But I enjoy seeing them reemerge each year :-)

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  14. Absolutely stunning. Just like always.

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  15. Beautiful photo. Daffodils started fading here by the first of April, and the tulips already are starting to decline. Everything started before I could really get in the spring sort of mindset.

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  16. Beautiful piece of work, Nancy!

    My tulips are still growing, and we have such strong and cold wind these past few days.

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  17. Love that image Nancy. We had strong winds here yesterday, it was a little crazy.

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  18. This is such a ghostly image...yet really soothing if that makes sense.
    I haven't had anything bloom yet but they're almost there!

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  19. beautiful! I'd love to have that hanging on my wall...the expression in your photos is amazing.

    I blinked and my tulips were gone! :)

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  20. Just lovely!

    Good job on the executive decision!

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  21. Here as well although the black purple tulips are just now blooming. Tempus Fugit but it seems it's flying by at a much faster rate than it used to fly by.

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  22. Pretty header today! I smell springtime. :-)

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  23. It sure does look like a painting. How beautiful and delicate.

    Haha, yep, sounds like the title of a French film, or a good book.

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  24. So delicate and so soft, just like a painting. Good thing you brought it in.
    Have a nice day Nancy:)

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  25. Stunning shot! It is hard to believe they are almost gone.

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  26. I always hate to say goodbye to them.Each year I plant tons, almost in competition with my neighbor where we can find some extra room.Pella Iowa has a festival that is real fun to attend in May.I wonder how many they will have.

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  27. Lovely tulip, and the picture conveys the sadness of "the last tulip" I'm trying to visit all the A-Z Challenge Blogs this month.

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  28. Such beautiful editing. Such a pretty shot...

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  29. Your tulips are done?? Course a gale force will would do them in regardless. Talking to MaryBeth up in Stanwood WA, she mentioned that the tulip fields are still not quite in bloom... good thing I can't go until the 21st... love your shot and the texture too!

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  30. Fantastic job, Nancy! It's beautiful!

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  31. Looks just like a watercolor. :o)

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  32. This beautiful, I would have the same thing. Treasure you're last tulip!

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  33. beautiful picture! The Last Tulip sounds like a great title:)
    Happy A-Zing!
    Nutschell
    www.thewritingnut.com

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  34. So dreamy!! Looks like a painting!

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  35. This is just gorgeous. It does look like a painting. I am going to have to learn how to do textures. Do you use Photoshop? I'd never be able to learn to use that, plus I can't afford it.

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  36. That is such an elegant photo. sandie

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  37. Gorgeous. . .and the photo means that the last tulip never fades. Good executive decision! Truly gorgeous shot with perfect effects. Well done.

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  38. Absolutely beautiful Nancy!

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  39. So sad...it's like lilacs. Boom..then done.

    I love the softness of this texture. I'm off to check out your other blogs. I promise I'm not stalking...I just like your work. :)

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  40. so soft and pretty!!! I love tulips! Thanks for sharing at Tips & Pics!

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  41. Nancy, Your use of texture is so beautiful. And yes, there is a lesson which I tend to think about a lot.

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  42. I love it. It is like a whisper, do you know how I mean:)

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  43. Beautifully soft and oh so feminine. Love this image. Too, I love your new blog page layout. Very pretty, Nancy. :)

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  44. So mysterious as if it were hiding. Beautiful. V

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  45. This tulip image is stunning! So beautiful!

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  46. Your last tulip is just lovely! The tulips are just starting to bloom here, but they're about a month early as is everything else.

    Have a wonderful evening!

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  47. I really like how the vase just fades away. Lovely.

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  48. The spring was just here last week and all bloomed and turned green. And now it's snowing. Boooooo :(

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  49. The lesson? The lesson is..."life is too short" Nancy...:)JP

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  50. So pretty! Mine had just began blooming and it was too windy to get many good shots. When I went back out the next day... something ate all the blooms off!! :)

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  51. wow....the processing on this is fabulous. It looks as though it's fading into the most beautiful dreamy haze.

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  52. Why must their presence be so shortlived. Iris and tulips are so lovely, but they are finished,much to soon.

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  53. Nice what you did with it : )

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  54. i still have some beauties!!

    the hubs planted mid and late bloomers.....the late bloomers (like us) are still pretty!!

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  55. i forgot to say the tulip is pretty!! sometimes, it's all about me ;)))

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  56. We have tulips; correction HAD tulips growing all around the grounds at the office. They plant them to coincide with the annual meeting. Mother Nature fooled management this year and they are almost all gone...the annual meeting is next week. What a wacky season!!! BTW, you might want to take that 'The Last Tulip' thing and run with it. I googled the title and only came up with photos. Time to write a screen play I believe!

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  57. Beautiful photo! My tulips are just starting to bloom. We have had a very late spring. They are such a splendid flower. Thank you for sharing this awesome photo. Connie :)

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  58. WOW! This is stunning! I love the texture and feel of this photo!

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  59. Oh wow, it looks like a beautiful water color painting.

    Erika B

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  60. What a gorgeous photo and a fabulous composition!! Well done
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  62. It reminds me of an embryo in the womb...of nature I guess we could say..fragile life..

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  63. So pretty, beautiful editing. I just found our first tulip yesterday. A yellow one too. : )

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  64. What a GORGEOUS edit!! Nicely done! :)

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  65. Lovely soft edit for this beauty! :)

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  66. This is so dreamy Nancy, and i love the texture so much.

    Have a wonderful day!

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  67. This is gorgeous.
    For some reason...
    I'm thinking a shy ballerina.
    Hmmm...

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