Melinda Holland Photography

09/01/2010

Water Lily

Filed under: Plants — Tags: , , , , , , , — Melinda @ 2:59 pm

A special shout-out to a highly informative video called “The Lotus vs The Water Lily” on YouTube for helping me determine that, yes, this flower is indeed a water lily and not a lotus, as I had originally thought….oh the things we can learn on YouTube.
Water Lily in Black & White

I LUUURRVVE this black & white water lily with the dew drops (thank you, sprinker system, for creating such nice dew drops). I want a big print of this on metallic paper–well, on second thought, maybe I don’t. Metallic might be too cheesy. Okay, nix the metallic. How ’bout a nice, crisp yet creamy print where all the tones work together like butter. Ummm. I heart this photo. I wanna eat it.

I’ll let your eye rest before you scroll down to…

BAM! COLORRRR!!!! I like it. But I like the B/W better.

Water Lily, Diptych - Color

05/18/2010

Sprightly Bouquet

Filed under: Plants — Tags: , — Melinda @ 3:07 pm

What a lively, innovative, refreshing bouquet. I’ve never even seen some of the flowers in this charming bunch!

Wild BouquetBouquet Close-ups

11/18/2009

Sweet Ranunculus

Filed under: Plants — Tags: — Melinda @ 5:43 pm

Ranunculus, wilting but beautiful nonetheless

Alright, so this is just a shot for me. These ranunculus were ailing and on their way out by the time I showed up at Talented Creative Director Leah Faust’s office in LA. I love ranunculus with their romantic and delicate ways. I just had to snap a shot since I hadn’t seen fresh ones in years (okay, wilting but beautiful nonetheless). Ranunculus, spray roses, peonies and hydrangeas…my top favorite flowers.

08/11/2009

Hydrangeas

Filed under: Personal,Plants — Tags: , , , — Melinda @ 10:40 am

Hydrangea - Day 1

I’ve been a busy gal these past few weeks getting ready for our move to CA and my wonderful husband, Jon, surprised me with a beautiful potted hydrangea plant yesterday as an “I love you/Thanks for all your hard work packing” gift. I was in the living room, busy packing as usual, when he came up to the front door with groceries, saying through the open front window, “Can you get the door? My hands are full.”

So I go the get the door and Ta-da!! He’s got a bag of groceries in one hand and a beautiful, pink, potted hydrangea in the other hand, extended toward me.

“See?” he says, “It’s potted so we can take it along with us!” What a thoughtful cutie. Potted plants are the way to go. Total brownie points for him.

I love hydrangeas! But I love Jon even more for knowing that I love hydrangeas. What a sweetie. He said he wasn’t even sure if they were hydrangeas but then he saw the sticker on the pot that said “Hydrangea” and the rest is history.

I’ve been so busy packing/organizing/throwing-stuff-out that I haven’t had time to update the blog. I’m always thinking about it and have a number of posts in the works…I’ve just been so busy with our impending move to CA that, sadly, I just can’t keep up the blog the way I want to! Nevertheless, as soon as we’re settled and the dust clears, I’ll get back to my regular blogging. Oh, I have sooo many photos that I want to share and no time right now to blog them!

Ah well. I’ll just add it to my ever-growing list of things to do. I’ll be back in a few weeks! (…hopefully sooner though!)

Hydrangea - Day 2

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