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- "Summertime
Visitor"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
January
2008
Bobbie
Kocim
Lombard,
Illinois
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Bobbie writes,
"Looking at the ice crusted snow that now blankets our garden, I think
back to this swallowtail's summertime visit to our Echinacea blossoms.
Goldfinches now nibble at the tall seed heads left behind in the snow.
I look forward to this visitor's return next summer!" |
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- "Backyard
Waterfall"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
February
2008
Ciera
Richardson
Marengo,
Indiana
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Ciera writes, "I
enjoy that my photos are very detailed and show the little things in
life like the flower and the frog (NOTE: Ciera also sent us
close ups of the waterlilies and a frog peaking out of the lilies)
or even the simple thing like a waterfall and how peaceful they are." |
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- "The Commute"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
March
2008
Cynthia
Lewis
Goldsboro, North Carolina
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Cynthia
writes, "This picture has special signifigance for me as my father
passed away in Dec of 2007 and if you look at the picture closely,
you can see what could be taken as "someone" walking with and
waiting for this inch worm on his journey to the other side (in the
center of the morning glory....) so it give me great peace...." |
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- "Happy Place"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
April
2008
Michelle
Earle
West
Columbia, South Carolina
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Michelle
writes, "I captured this Ruby-throated hummingbird as it sat perched
in this Porterweed plant in my garden. The Porterweed plants
are a favorite nectar source to the many hummers that visit during
the months of March until October. I enjoy watching as they
hover at each tiny bloom collecting the sweetness within." |
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- "Moonflower"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
May 2008
Cassandra
Youmans
Lynnville, Tennessee
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Cassandra
writes, "I am 12 years old. I am attaching a photo I took last
summer of a moonflower in my flower bed, and I would like to submit
it for your monthly photo contest." |
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- "Unfurl the Fern"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
June
2008
Cyn Bloom
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Cyn writes, "I
love the texture of this fern about to unfurl!" |
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- "Tennessee Weed"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
July
2008
Judy
Benton
Lenoir
City, Tennessee
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Judy writes, "The
iris is a favorite flower of mine because it is beautiful, it comes
in so many colors, and it is the Tennessee state flower.
It grows so abundantly here that my husband refers to it as
the 'Tennessee weed'." |
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- "Relax"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
August
2008
Nguyen
Nam Long
Piedmont,
California
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Nguyen writes,
"I enjoy this photo because it
makes me feel relaxed." |
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- "Resurrection
Lilies"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
September 2008
Sabrina
Himschoot
Jonesboro, Arkansas
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Sabrina
writes, "This photo was taken after a brief, but refreshing, summer
rain. These Resurrection Lilies grow abundantly in my
husband's flower beds. Although my husband doesn't
particularly like them because they are so prolific, I think they
are absolutely beautiful." |
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- "Pink Plumeria"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
October
2008
Kate
Kramer
Parrish,
Florida
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Kate writes,
"I love gardening and have a number of plumerias in my garden.
I love the color and smell the blooms make and just thought this was
pretty." |
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- "Sun Brightened
Daylily"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
November
2008
Tom Cook
Maple
Grove, Minnesota
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Tom writes, "Attached
is a photo I would like to enter in your photo contest. I
loved the way the sun shining through the trees was only lighting up
the bloom on this daylily." |
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- "Mystery
Iris Multiples"
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PHOTO CONTEST WINNER
December
2008
Jeannie
Siegman
Stanford,
California
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Jeannie writes,
"This iris (hundreds and hundreds of them) thrives in an 80-foot
long bed backed by a pittosporum hedge in my garden. It
originated with a dozen rhizomes given to me by a friend around
1995. I've dug and divided them several times, and they seem
to thrive on neglect. If anyone can identify it, I'd be
interested to know. I was told it was "General Douglas
MacArthur" but a search for such an iris yields nothing - only a
tropical water lily by that name." |
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