Remember my miniature rose that survived the winter? It didn’t survive the bunny. *sigh*
Last year we planted a little bit of ground cover in the flower bed to fill in. It came back nicely and even. . .
bloomed!
I had fun pointing the camera at the blooms, not looking through, not knowing what I captured until I saw it on my computer. 
Just a day or two later they were opened.
The tulips actually put some buds on this year, but they did not bloom.
Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign the Linky. MM started on Sept 29, 2008 – Thanx to all of you for helping make it such a fun start to the week!
Margaret Gosden said,
Great detail and out of focus background = macro, yes?!
Tammy McChesney said,
What a beautiful bloom…I love all of the fine details in these!
JohnMcDevitt said,
Nice Lisa. I like the first shot and the blue one best.
Janis said,
Those darn rabbits…we have so many of them around here and they love eating my petunias. Love that ground cover with the blue flowers, so pretty. I wonder why you tulips did not bloom. Great shots.
Carletta said,
Love the first shot!
We’ve been putting out a little corn in hopes the bunnies leave everything else alone. HA!
michael said,
Sorry about the loss to the bunny. We lost a lot of our roses to deer. Hope your lovely photos provide some consolation.
Heather T said,
Wow, Lisa…that truly is some macro you have here! Those are tiny purple flowers.
teresa said,
I had the same problem with my tulips. Idon’t even think I will add more this year, they have been very disappointing.
Freda said,
The closer you get, the groovier the shot gets!
Kala said,
Lovely purple blossoms on that ground cover!
Jama said,
The purple flowers are so beautiful and unique! Your garden must be really lovely right now, Lisa.
Gattina said,
It looks so nice when everything is blooming and it smells so good !
Rosie@Centre of Interest said,
The little ajuga blooms are like little minature orchids – I grow these too Lisa and I never realised how pretty the flowers were until I took a few macros – I was pleasantly surprised when I saw them on the screen too. BTW I loved those orange daisies in you sooc yesterday. Have a good week
Rosie
AL said,
That’s why I am having a lot of fun with macro shots! I snapped on unexpected things or creatures that goes with my subject, like the purple flowers!
Birgitta said,
Wonderful macro shots!
Evelyn said,
Beautiful!
Christina, Sweden said,
So nice and fresh, I had similar tulipbuds this spring but the bambis eat them all before they bloom. I will plant some in a pot to have on my terrace next year, as it’s fenced they have to jump there and I hope they wont…….
Mar said,
Wonderful ! even without blooms .
Jayne said,
Beautiful. Those little purple/blue blossoms do look like tiny orchids.
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Self Sagacity said,
I have a post today that also reminded me of Spring. It is such a fresh season, and in CA it’s very beautiful. Your macro are gorgeous as always.
foto CHIP Sweden said,
The blue flower picture is so beautiful – I love the colour tones in this shot
Camilla "Lillagul" said,
Lovely spring photos !
Here in Sweden it´s have been really hot this past week and today as well = PUH !
Just now it´s 84,2 F in the shade and I soon have to get on my Harley to drive 62 miles to the workshop to get a Service done.
Camilla "Lillagul" said,
Me again
Hope I got the miles right ?
I´m going to drive about 100 kilometers , that I know
toby said,
Those really are beautiful – well shot!
Icy BC said,
I love the budding stage. Yours are beautiful, with those tiny little purple flowers!
jabblog uk said,
The leaves of your blue/violet-flowered plant look furry and strokeable – a good choice for a sensory garden. Our tulips were very disappointing this year – just one or two pitiful blooms.
Kerri said,
Lovely shots Lisa!
Tinas Photoblog, Sweden said,
Spring is always beautiful and so is your photos too!
chasity said,
beautiful….love the color of the bloom.
it is fun to shoot without looking sometimes isn’t it?
such a surprise to find out what you got.
have a wonderful day!
Sara Chapman in Seattle, USA said,
Darn those wascally wabbits! Something is eating my roses from underneath. Grrrr!
Lovely shot of the rose leaves. At least you have a memory.
Colleen said,
I miss all of the pretty flowers from Spring. I’m also missing doing MM, but I guess I just haven’t been feeling the macro shots lately. Don’t know why… Hopefully, I’ll get back to it for next week.
jayayceeblog said,
Wow, that ground cover is gorgeous … love the colors!
dutchbaby said,
Love the variegated groundcover with the blue blossoms. Do you know the name of it? It looks like a mint of some sort.
I know that tulips emerge with a warm spell, but if it is followed by a cold snap, the stems will stop growing. Could that be what happened? They could also have been planted too deep.