Photographic tip toe through the tulips

I have been having some fun with my macro lens, taking pictures of my blooming tree, my tulips and my spring annual plantings. Below are some of my pictures - I think a few of them will serve well in the winter months for inspiration for some oil paintings...

First the tree in my backyard - I have no idea what it is, but it's huge and it blooms every May and it has a light fragrant smell almost like sweet tarts (candy)... This pic is the top half of the tree and all branches are cut at above 6 feet off the ground - so yeah no kidding here it is a big tree!

This next shot is a up through the canopy...

This picture is focusing in a bit more...

 

Then "BAM" the precision of a macro lens...

Beneath that tree is a lot of shade. I have a swing and some planters filled with shade tolerant/loving plants...ferns, bleeding hearts, begonias and fushias...the begonias and ferns are not much to look at yet...but give them some time...

I have also planted some African Daisies to go with the Australian Cannas that I wintered this year...the Canna's are not happy at this moment as I cut them back a bit but once they are growing I will post them with their waxy burgundy leaves and red flower. They are a show stopper.  But below are the African Daisies...I love the yellow and purple...

Then in the front I have planted some lavender which seems to be happy...and wow does it smell good, so much better than synthetic lavender scent...

Then as promised in the title - TULIPS...this year the deer did not eat them all - YAY!!!

While there is lots of other exciting things growing in my garden these are my first flowers of the year...I am looking forward to seeing everything else that has popped back up come to bloom...right now I have a splash of colour in a sea of greens.