goddess of the flowers, originally uploaded by kimberly alcibiade.

Photographer kimberly alcibiade tells us about this lovely March 10, 2010 image: The photo was taken at Phipps Conservatory in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh PA. It was the 1st day of this years spring flower show. I am a member of Phipps & it never ceases to amaze me how they transform the place from season to season & show to show. This spring show they will be having the Pittsburgh Opera in from time to time. I encourage anyone near Pittsburgh to visit. There is a large Chihuly glass chandelier and some Frabel glass from past exhibits to see. As for the display, I really do not know much about it …. I do know that it was beautiful.

january Daffodils , originally uploaded by Rachel Knier.

Photographer Rachel Knier tells us about this January 26, 2010 photograph: I took the picture in mid January near my house in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. I am a photography student and had taken the photograph as an assignment for a newspaper weather photo (I’m sure you’ve seen a picture show up in the front of a newspaper with a little snipet about what the weather would be like.)

7,850, originally uploaded by Melissa @ PPC.

Photographer Melissa @ PPC tells us about this April 4, 2009 image: This photo was taken in Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This bed is part of an effort the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy has started called The Daffodil Project, which aims to plant 50,000 daffodil bulbs in the parks over the next few years. This is the pilot site, where 5,000 bulbs were planted in 2007 and another 7,850 in 2008.

These daffodils are at their peak now. Melissa sends us this link to a panoramic image taken today, April 16, 2009: It’s a stitch of 48 images so you can dive and see how many daffodils you can count. Double-click to zoom in, and use your arrow keys to navigate.

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