Love Thursday: May 8, 2008

When we bought our home a year ago, one of the characteristics we loved was the mature landscaping around the house -- not because we're such amazing gardeners, you understand, but quite the opposite: we figured that the longer the plant had actually lived, the less likely we were to kill it.  Sad, but true:  I know nothing about plants.

Anyway, spring has sprung, so yesterday I grabbed my camera and my 60mm AF Micro Nikkor lens, to see what I could find.  The garden didn't disappoint:  there were lots of buds and slowly unfurling flowers.  But I found the blossom above particularly striking:  because of Love Thursday I find myself intrigued by hearts that occur in nature, and to me this flower looked like it had three tiny hearts, each surrounded by a golden halo.  So I took the shot.

Besides, I loved the teensy little grasshopper on the petal. 

Happy Love Thursday, all.  Please leave your links of love in the comments below, and for inspiration, check out the really cool hearts-in-nature captured by work2snap and cherryvanillastudios and shared in the Shutter Sisters Flickr Pool.

And may you see symbols of love all around you today.

Comments

[laura]

My first love thursday! I was cutting up strawberries for my daughter this morning and noticed the heart shape I was cutting up. So, I grabbed my camera before chopping up the rest of it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolcepics/2476014745/

[Krista]

Here's my Love Thursday shot:

<a href="http://krista225.blogspot.com/2008/05/favorite-pasttime.html">Love Affair</a>

[Krista]

That didn't work!

http://krista225.blogspot.com/2008/05/favorite-pasttime.html

[emily]

I just found this site today and I LOVE it!

Here's my love for this thursday:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenfusephotography/2469548019/

[Andie]

...a little late in the game but here is my contribution to Love Thursday. I can't decide if these flowers look like hearts or butterflys. Maybe both.
Happy Love Thursday friends.
http://wifemotherpainter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/love-thursday-1.html

[LivinginChicago]

I'm one of those who didn't look hard enough to find love in nature this week, but my environment is decidedly urban, so here's a photo of what I did find, that I've grown to love.

http://livinginchicago.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/trainspotting/

Happy Love Thursday!

[Shalet]

I love that bug in the middle of the flower! Happy Love Thursday!

http://peculiarmomma.blogspot.com/2008/05/mound-of-luminous-mulch-rests-in-road.html

[Dana]

for inspiration:

http://ijustlovebeingme.blogspot.com/2008/05/would-you-care-for-lemon-aahd.html

[calissa]

Happy Love Thursday!!
I just love all these pictures!
My offering today is just a simple one of a little girl telling a secret to her cat... she loves that cat.
http://flickr.com/photos/marycalissa/2472536532/

[charley star]

inspiration right in front of me:

http://charleystar.typepad.com/charley_star/2008/05/thursday-love-1.html

[Heidi]

Happy (early) Mother's Day.....

[Heidi]

Happy (early) Mother's Day! http://www.beyondamommy.blogspot.com

[Michelle]

I hope I'm doing this right. My daugther and I found this heart while walking along the shore at Pismo Beach, CA.

http://www.askewtoyou.blogspot.com

[Liz]

He gave me his heart

[Liz]

I wear it proudly

http://nonnaluna.wordpress.com

[Sierra]

Gorgeous, gorgeous shot!

My Love Thursday is about people who care even when life gets frighteningly dull:

http://heyitssierra.com/blog/2008/05/08/love-thursday-frighteningly-dull-edition/

[Tanya]

Origami Love.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanyamills/2476603549/

[Jen]

Here is my ode to spring. I think the first one looks like a heart.

http://newgreenmama.blogspot.com/2008/05/love-thursday-ode-to-spring.html

[Alli]

This is the love of my life: my nephew!

http://flickr.com/photos/22743232@N03/2477678450/

SUCH a sweetheart!

[Brené Brown]

Beautiful picture Karen. I'm spending this Thursday celebrating one of my great loves . . . teaching! http://ordinarycourage.squarespace.com

[Steph]

Now I'm just itching to know which part of my hometown you really live in, Karen! I grew up in the Heights. Mature, indeed!

For this love thursday: what I'm obsessing over currently: the bees. I want to raise an apiary. We have a rich assortment of flowers here year-round, and I feel so much love for the struggling swarms of bees around us. Here, one perusing some flowering kale:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssicore/2477084273/

[Kate]

Thought of Love Thursday as soon as I saw these:

http://freemotion-kate.blogspot.com/2008/05/love-thursday-on-saturday.html

[Melissa]

Ooh, that little grasshopper is lucky you're so nice, it would have made me wild to find it on my beautiful flowers!

I'm loving the verbal explosion...
http://momentspass.blogspot.com/2008/08/love.html

[amy]

Here is my shot. http://doobleh-vay.blogspot.com/2008/08/hope-this-feeling-will-lastthe-rest-of.html
xo

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