dabbling in macro photography

I feel like I've hit the jackpot, or won the lottery, or both. I researched macro photography equipment last week and discovered...

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You call it out of focus, I call it ethereal. Tomato, tomahto.

Getting clearer... can you tell what it is?

Alright... it's a succulent. I don't know what kind.

I had no idea this succulent had such prickly edges!

Sparkly tomato!

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Houseplant Highlight: Monstera Deliciosa

I'm currently enamored with the concept of decorating with large tropical leaves and stem cuttings. When I was in Asheville, North Carolina in March, I admired a large philodendron selloum leaf...

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Photo of India Hicks' home from the pages of Domino (via Coco + Kelley)

Stylist Deb McClean adds greenery to a bedroom with some plant cuttings (via Desire to Inspire)

From Crate and Barrel's Spring 2010 catalogue

Living room designed by Ashe + Leandro (via Coco + Kelley)

This weekend, I stopped at my favorite local flower shop, Birdie, and picked out a "split leaf philodendron". I did some research and learned that the plant isn't actually a philodendron but a close relative to the genus, so the common name is a bit misleading. My plant's scientific name is monstera deliciosa, which is, without a doubt, the coolest plant name I've ever heard.

 Here's my new plant:

Pretty cool, right? Here's a close-up:

What do you think? Do you have any cuttings decorating your place?

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Tulipomania

During our weekend walks, Cookie and I couldn't help but mourn the end of tulip season. Their colorful lollipop tops are gone, save for a few beat-up looking stragglers that are fighting a losing battle against the brutal Oklahoma winds...

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Some spectacular photos of Dutch tulip fields have circulated through the inboxes at my office, and I just have to share these from the Daily Mail:

Aren't the fields magnificent? The tulip fields look like modern rugs, with bold color blocks in warm hues, like Paul Smith's Stripe rug from The Rug Company:

 A Semper Augustus tulip, the most prized tulip for its unique candy-cane like stripes.

There you have it: more than you've ever wanted to know about tulips!

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Spring at last!

I emerged from this painfully frigid winter a grumpy, lumpy woman, pale and starved for sunshine...

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Cookie would totally try to catch (and destroy) this bird. "Try" being the key word.

This tree looks like Maleficent's dragon on Sleeping Beauty... Do you see her?

Mmmm, sunsets.

It's not every day that you see blossoms sprouting out of a tree limb.

More on tulips soon.

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