I seem to have a green thumb when it comes to cyclamen. This plant has been flowering for me since I received it as a present a couple of years ago. Lots of light, lots of water seems to do the trick. November 2003.

This gorgeous peony was growing in my neighbor's yard. This was one of a few shots I got of it before the mosquitos asserted their rights to the flower and drove me away. May 2003.

Honorable Mention, Annual Reston Art League Photo Show at U.S.G.S., 1998

A dandelion asserts itself in the midst of a creeping bed of early spring flowers. April, 1998.

These were mystery flowers until someone sent me an email telling me they are Primula Vialii, or Asian Primroses. They were growing alongside some other equally exotic flowering plants at a plantation where I tend to hang around with my camera. Summer, 1998

It's not too often that an arbitrary rose is picked that has absolutely no blemishes. This was just such a rose, and it merited being immortalized.

Small wild flowers, called bluets, as seen through my macro lens.They really are quite petite, with thin, fragile stems. Spring 1997.

Nature provided the bouquet for a late afternoon wedding at Oatlands Plantation; Leesburg, VA; October 1997.

More late fall flowers beckon my camera lense. Oatlands Plantation; Leesburg, VA; October 1997.

I again capitalized on Nature's paintbox when I captured her lovely rendition of
pansies growing in my front yard. Macro photography, Spring of 1997.

These pink flowers entwining a drainpipe made a pretty picture on a lazy summer afternoon. Swansboro, NC, August 1997.

Lily pond in les Jardins de Métis on the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec. September 1999.