No longer Winter, but not quite Spring.Photo © 2010 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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About Me
- Roy
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- An old hippie still keeping the faith. An amateur photographer, musician, poet, and essayist.
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Lovely; do you have the book Weeds in Winter? a great resource to looking at plants in dormancy
ReplyDeleteThey almost look like Victorian dried daisies, perfect for framing!
ReplyDeleteThey prob'ly won't mind the latest cold snap tho'...but it's warmin' up after that :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful winter flowers, Roy. We woke up to four inches of snow this morning. Fortunately, it was almost melted by the end of the day.
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