#WordlessWednesday: Four-Season #Florals

For Wordless Wednesday, let your images tell the story.

Vibrant paperwhites
Winter paperwhites

“Spring’s first heartbeat honors winter’s last breath.” – Angie Weiland-Crosby

Roadside California Poppies
Spring’s California Poppies
sunflower open
Sunny Summer Sunflowers
Yellow orange Dahlia
Autumn’s Yellow orange Dahlia

Sharing for Cee’s FOTD and Dawn’s Spring Festival.

Please join me on April 7 for Sunday Stills April Flowers. And you can include all types of flowers from any season.

signature purple floral

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68 responses to “#WordlessWednesday: Four-Season #Florals”

  1. Spectacular color my friend! I love orange. 🙂 xx

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    1. Thank you, Debby! Apparently I’m quite partial to those shades too!

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  2. Flowers are the best part of spring. We’re so hungry for those colors. Beautiful photos, Terri.

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    1. Thank you, Diana! There are a few wildflowers beginning to show themselves. Although they seem to be competing with a bit of snow again!

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      1. Oh my. Snow? I hope we’re missing that, though I was wearing my parka yesterday. This is probably going to be one of those years where Spring is two weeks long and we’re suddenly in Summer!

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      2. It was just a few flakes, but cold! And sshhh, don’t tell spring she’ll be short this year, she’s already mad!

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  3. These are all such vibrant flowers Terri, the Poppy especially. So I went out on Monday to get Spring flower pics for this Sunday’s April Flowers post because we were having an upcoming week of wild weather – torrential rain, snow showers and cold temps. I got some which was good as those flowers were bedraggled when I saw them this morning. Now, I saw at the end of this post you said we could use any flowers. I’m thinking you thought with the cold weather some people might have a tough time coming through with Spring flowers this April. 🙂

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    1. Thank you, Linda! I adore poppies! I miss seeing them. They cover the green spaces along the freeways in most of California in the spring. Yes, people can share any flowers from any time of year, since winter isn’t quite done with many of us. We have a few shy wildflowers now. Good luck, I look forward to seeing yours!

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      1. My neighbor had poppies one Summer – they were so big and I loved how they bobbed their “heads” if it was windy. I managed to get some crocuses, daffodils and Spring Beauties and have my post done, but am going out again tomorrow to see if I can add to it. No tulips yet unfortunately. They’ll have to be the end of this month.

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  4. Gorgeous choices, Terri. That dahlia looks strangely familiar! LOL Are you in Portland yet? You are going to hit some perfect weather there according to my brother. I think I am becoming partial to orange after seeing your pictures. They are so bright!

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    1. Thank you, Marsha! That was one of 50 pics I took while you and I were in Portland. We are traveling this Sunday. Looks like some rain that day but good weather while we’re there. Weird that I picked three orangy flowers, I guess the personified each season. 🏵🧡

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      1. Such good times, my friend. Have you been to Portland yet. I imagine you are just getting there if you traveled yesterday. I’m just now sitting down to read comments, and it’s after ten.

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      2. Yes, and we’re here. We’ve had two dinners with Maria, visited Woodburn mall. Tomorrow I’m having lunch at Miriam’s while Hans does some fixit projects at Maria’s. It’s a busy week planned. We’ll chat soon!

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      3. Sounds good. Say hi to everyone for me. xxxx

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      4. Don’t forget to read Miriam’s Story Chat. It came out today. 🙂

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      5. I will, she mentioned it was up. We had a good time today!

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      6. Did Diana come, too? I bet you all had a great time. The first meeting is tentative, and after that, it seems like you get close and closer. Look at us. It’s hard to believe we weren’t neighbors or didn’t go to school together!

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      7. Diana couldn’t make it. Hans met Miriam’s hubby and enjoyed the time together. You are so right about the first meeting. I can’t believe Miriam and I have so much in common. Like you, being educators and all. I miss you!!

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      8. The feeling is mutual. I wish I could have been there. Her story has taken off. It’s a compelling story.

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  5. Hi Terri, these are all wonderful flowers for all seasons 😀 😀

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    1. Thank you, Cee! I’m planning to plant a few dahlias in a couple of week. They seem to grow OK here where we live.

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      1. Wait until late April or early May. They will turn out better.

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      2. Here we should wait until May due to overnight frost potential, thanks!!

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  6. Oh, Terri! These are just glorious. The colors are so cheerful and vivid. 💖

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    1. Thanks, Eugi! The dahlias were a gift in Fall 2022 while we visited Portland, OR, and by gift I didn’t know they bloomed in summer and fall.

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      1. You’re welcome, Terri.

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  7. Fantastic flowers capture. Lovely 🌻? Nice yellow colour combination collection.

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    1. Thank you! My choices were mostly yellow for some reason. 😁

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      1. Nice your choice . Why & What reason! 😔

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      2. Purely an accident. Seems summer and fall yielded better chances for flowers of these colors. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it 😂

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      3. Good, Thanks!🙏

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  8. Very colorful, and more to come on Sunday no doubt.

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    1. Thank you, Graham, the wildflowers here are finally blooming.

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  9. Yes, they do grow here but they are not indigenous

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  10. Those are all stunners. It’s still brown here, but the leaves are budding out.

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    1. Thank you, just getting back into the blogging swing of things. We’re green here but few blooms just yet. Just a few wildflowers which I will share Sunday. Yes, our tree leaves are budding out too!

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  11. Terri,

    Dahlias are my absolute favorite. Although they have no fragrance, they still rock a garden. We’re having a spring with freezing temperatures at random, so we’re waiting a little longer to plant a new crop. I’m sharing an image of some California Poppies we drove by in White Sands, NM a few years ago. Enjoy the rest of your week! Joe

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    1. Dahlias are quite sublime, Joe. Wow, that poppy image does my soul good–we don’t see those here.

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  12. What glorious colors, Terri!

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  13. Stunning pics … yet a fitting sight for early spring. After all, those sights are to come.

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    1. Thank you, Frank! Now that we live in the colder north, I’m looking for winter florals like snowdrops. Poppies don’t grow wild here, but I have a LOT of pics!

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  14. Such lovely blooms! 💖 I was especially drawn to the California poppies and the Dahlias. We’re still waiting for spring here, with nasty weather most of the week. Supposed to get better by the weekend, but not much is happening on the flower front yet.

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    1. Thank you, Debbie! We barely have any blooms yet, either. Some wildflowers are popping up, but gray skies and rain are on the way, which will get things growing I believe. I have some dahlias I’m going to plant about the middle of the month.

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  15. Lovely photos! The poppies are my favorite.

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    1. Thank you, Andrea! I adore poppies, even more so since they don’t grow wild where we live.

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  16. what fun I was inspired to post Four Seasons as well because I was suddenly reminded of Princess Summerfall Winterspring from Howdy Doody!

    https://lightwords.blog/2024/04/03/four-seasons-for-cmmc/

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  17. Colorful flowers never fail to add joy to my day. Happy spring!

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    1. Happy spring to you! Thank you! 🌸🏵

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  18. Gorgeous flowers, Terri. We have a lot of autumn flowers.

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    1. Thank you, Robbie! I love seeing Autumn flowers. Do dahlias grow in So. Africa?

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  19. Fantastic pictures, Terri. I don’t know which I like more – yellow, yellow-orange is a winner. If I had to finally choose a winner, it would be the poppies. Something about the softness and the sun in them makes it exquisite.

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    1. Thank you, Smitha! After I selected these for the post, I realized three were yellow/orange. Poppies are my favorite. We don’t see many of them where we live. I snapped that one when we were in Northern California a few years ago.

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  20. Yep, those cheer me. Thanks, Terri.

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  21. Such a lovely collection!

    Yellow orange Dahlia is fantastic!

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    1. Thank you, Mr Philo! I hope to plant some dahlias of my own soon. I took that one in Portland, OR.

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  22. These are gorgeous, Terri!

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    1. Thank you, Susanne! I’m excited to plant dahlias this year. But I can’t believe our weather temps went from 73F yesterday to 53F today.

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      1. Yikes! Our weather has been so volatile this spring!

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