dandelion flower (genus taraxacum)
seeing the unseen
for worlds, within worlds redefine scale
vibrant magenta ice plant (delosperma cooperi) flower
the lotus effect from fine hairs on the leaf that resists water, causing the droplets to bead
surface tension, is the "skin" on the surface of the water caused by the strong cohesive forces between water molecules
the mystical dance of 'things'
wild geranium buds, coddled by its hairs
fern frond, yet unborn
an unripe, strawberry taking shape
iridescent colours produced by thin-film interference of light
psychadelic cover on a bubble
Swarovski Crystal figurine of the Woodlands series, retired in 2000, making it a collectible item.
Because sometimes you have to freeze a millisecond of nature just to realise how beautiful the details really are (& because insects are terrible at sitting still for painted portraits).
.. every apple orchard starts as a single seed - a reminder that great things have small beginnings.
(malus domestica)
as there is a sleeping forest tucked inside every fruit - the quiet promise that the end of the fruit is merely the beginning of the tree.
The midnight bloom of a fervent, velvet heart.
sitting pretty is the fortnight lily (dietes grandiflora)
hardy geranium, mixed with spidy webs and gorgeous sunshine!
new mexican orange bloom (choisya ternata)
sunshine gazania, showing off nature's intricacy