My offer today is a little unusual but it is the State Flower of several states. As I drive to work I am honored tosee a show from the Goldenrod's yellow blaze in the fields. You may say but it's just a weed and it causes allergies to flair. I say the beauty of the field is enhanced by the wild plant and I hope this picture proves my point. You can click on any photo to get a better view.
My second shot is from an flower that is alive with much activity.
I shot this bee and bug on macro and the focus isn't perfect throughout the shot but the bug was so unusual.
I tried to get in closer, note the color of the bug and the Goldenrod.
This is my parting shot from a quick little bee from behind.
I do hope you enjoyed the travel through the Goldenrod with no sneezing.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Today's Flowers #6
My friend Luiz Santilli Jr. has started a Today's Flowers Meme, check it out. Come and join with your flower photos. You can get in on the start. Sunday at 7GMT is the post time.
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Goldenrods are beautiful. A harbinger of autumn. And I believe it's a myth that they cause allergies. They just happen to bloom at exactly the same time as ragweed (not at all pretty), so get some of the blame.
I love that colorful bug!
Hi, Fishing
A yellow and soft carpet of wild flowers and added with multicolored visitor, great post, thank you for sharing this marvel.
hugs, Denise
We have planted goldenrod in our church garden, and it's really lovely. Goldenrod gets a bad rap for causing allergies; Louise had it right -- ragweed is usually to blame.
So beautiful! Goldenrods are called Bienenweide here with us. WHen they bloom you can be sure that autumn is there, and the bees eat as much of the goldenrod's nectar as they can to get survive winter time :)
Have a nice week! Hugs, Maria
My kind of tour of goldenrod -- a virtual one! They are so beautiful and a little troublesome to me but well worth a walk near them. Thanks for sharing, Guy!
This is a beautiful series of flowers from small in great quantity to a few larger specimen! Very clever.
Cool, fishing guy! Love the bee capture, as well.
Beautiful series of pictures, colors and magnificent landscapes with a good week
Very pretty series. I like the deep yellow of these flowers.
What a magnificent display of the Goldenrod - it is bright and sunny looking! Great photos of the bee as well! I didn't sneeze once!! :)
Very Beautiful Photos...FG!
Lovely photos, especially with the bee. I love yellow flowers.
Paz
My brother
You have every right to make a stop to photograph these beauties.
And these insects? That party...
AAAAhhhhhhhh Chew!! Couldn't resist. I grew up in Alabama and goldenrod was the state flower for years then they changed it to the camilla. I still love it tho. Nice pictures!
Beauty is always beautiful: seed, bee. Good.
Yellow flower fields are such a joy for the eye.
Nice shot of the Golden Rod. Fortunately, we don't have it here in my backyard. LOL. We don't have much of anything today except one grand mess.
We had the tail end of Hurricane Ike here all day. I lost my cherry tree and a lot of limbs. The neighbors lost three trees and they fell on a power line and that weight broke the power pole. Not a good day here in SW Ohio.
Mine are on Canon Pixels
A beautiful plant!
Nice Goldenrod shots. This one does attract a lot of bugs, Wasps and bees. I wait for the one to bloom, that is a butterfly magnet. Hopefully it will be back this year.
Cheers, Klaus
Very enjoyable post, Fishing Guy. Nice photos. I love the bright yellow of the goldendrods.
Excuse me, but I think I'm gonna sneeze! They are lovely flowers, even though they mean buying tissues for many family members. Oh, or is it the ragweed?
Nice photos of yellow and yellow and more yellow.
Nicely done Fishing Guy!
I have a little in one of my flower beds - nice little touch of sunshine.
See you got the bees again!
You are right - they look beautiful blowing in the breeze. That first photo is dynamite!
A very beautiful field of dainty yellow flowers.
I enjoy very much these beautiful flowers pictures.
Nice shots with all of that pretty yellow! I say, weeds have flowers too and some of them are very pretty. :-)
Great flower shots. Weeds or what not. Beauty is beauty does not matter what you call it.
Cheers
thanks for the travel FG. i really enjoyed this post without the sneezing lols.
Such bright and cheery yellows! What beautiful photos! Love the first shot with the sky... that is awesome! Great tour and I didn't even sneeze! YAY! =D
Great yellows and a bee.
Ferreira-Pinto a.k.a Quinttarantino coming from lenses and visions
Great shots of golden rods. Didnt know much about them.
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these are beautiful photos, make me feel it's still summer!
I've always thought the goldenrod was pretty - nice photos!
Very nice post. I really like the way you got closer, closer and closer still. Good idea.
Very nice post. I really like the way you got closer, closer and closer still. Good idea.
Yes, the fields here are covered in gold too but I can never see too much...unless it tries to grow in my gardens. ;-)
nice pictures of the Goldenrod. That sure is a big field of it. I love it.
A weed is a flower as well as any other.
If you like a white weed, have a look at my site.
I agree with you, I think Goldenrod is very beautiful!! Thanks for the sneezeless tour; much appreciated.
ann
I agree with you, I think Goldenrod is very beautiful!! Thanks for the sneezeless tour; much appreciated.
ann
Very beautiful!!!
Thank for the comment im my blog.
JU Gioli
Everywhere I go I see the goldenrod in bloom. What a LOVELY flower!! It definitely reminds me of Fall! LOVE your field of Yellow!
Beautiful shots. I love looking at the field filled with these beauties..
Have a great week...
nice photos! BTW, thanks for dropping by my blog.
Beautiful flower :)
Another great series of photos! The goldenrod is beautiful. (Hold on while I sneeze...) I like the addition of the bee!
These are lovely and yellow is abundant! I actually love goldenrod. My Mom has a non-allergenic variety.
A beautiful goldenrod series with bee and bug. It is a strange looking bug. MB
So this is 'Goldenrod'... I've heard much about it but this is the first time I've seen any.. it great leaningwhile blogging.
Mine's Here
What a fascinating little bug! Have a golden day!
Makes me want to run through the field!! Neat bug too.
F.G. I put some golden rod in my garden early this year!
Thanks again for visiting my blog. I hope you visit again!
Great Photos!
great set of photos! we have goldenrod here in our garden, very beautiful....
I love your Goldenrod photos...especially the first one.
We have a lot of Goldenrod here also. I think it's beautiful!
I did not sneeze!! :-) and they are beautiful.
Fishing,
You showed us a marvelous field!
And an interesting bee working!!
Great post, my friend!
Have a nice days!
Luiz
It is beautiful. I captured a bumble bee in the goldenrod last year with the pollen all over it. Goldenrod does make good photographs, the color is so bright.
Hi Fishing Guy, weed or no weed, to my mind's eye they are beautiful flowers and are part of the glory of what is nature. Great photos.
Stuning shots. Beautiful goldenrods in the field! I think the bee isn't allergic.
Beautiful goldenrod--ah, Autumn! I LOVE this flower when it arrives, along with the purple asters, and announce that Fall is here!
So lovely, so golden.
I love the Goldenrods. I even like them in the fall when they begin to fade.
Lovely pictures!
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