Friday, August 28, 2009

Swan Island Dahlias

Another satisfying trip to one of Oregon's beautiful flower farms...

Megan, Jesse and I walked the Dahlia fields at Swan Island near Canby. It was very hot, but we walked through the sprinklers a few times to get cooled off.












Pictures cannot do justice to these beautiful colors and designs! We took 3 times more pictures than I am posting! Megan and I took turns using the camera, and some of my favorites are the ones she took.





























These were as big as dinner plates!












































































































Megan took the picture above, this one, and the one below. They are stunning, and would make a beautiful wall cluster!

















Can you believe these colors?!
































This was unusual.


























This was one of my favorite colors.





































































This was probably my favorite dahlia. I loved the pastel pinkish-coral with strokes of lavender. It looked like it was brushed on!


































Afterward, Jesse deserved time at a little shaded park in Canby.


















Aren't Moms great?!

2 comments:

Candy Jane said...

WOW. That's all I can say. WOW. How on earth did you pick a "favorite" out of all of those marvelous shapes, colors, and textures?!! I do miss the Oregon flower gardens around Salem - enjoy for me, too, 'K? Thanks for sharing...

creative side said...

STUNNING! Thank you for your trip because it made one for me. I'm thinking of getting a better camera because I'm so inspired by the close-up work you do - and the telephoto as well.