© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
May is one of my favorite months in the garden because it’s iris time!
Today’s the day!
It’s the first day of issue of the 2022 Global Stamp (with my photo of an African daisy) in Kansas City, MO.
Look for it at your local post office, or you can order online here:
https://store.usps.com/store/results?Ntt=african%20daisy…
This round Global stamp can be used to mail a one-ounce letter to any country to which First-Class Mail International® service is available. As with all Global stamps, this stamp will have a postage value equivalent to the price of the single-piece First-Class Mail International first-ounce machinable letter in effect at the time of use.
MINE!
I just got an email informing me that the news of the debut was released to the public today, so I can share the exciting news here!
USPS Reveals More Stamps for 2022: https://about.usps.com/…/0111-usps-reveals-more-stamps…
You can send 1 oz letters or postcards around the world with one Global Forever® stamp, which currently costs $1.30 and never expires, even if the postage price goes up. For large envelopes (flats) up to 15.994 oz, postage prices vary based on weight and destination.
The African Daisy stamp is being issued in self-adhesive panes of 10. This stamp will be released in Kansas City, MO, without a first-day-of-issue ceremony, on March 14. Sometimes the Postal Store will allow you to pre-order stamps from their website. I think they sometimes put issuances on pre-sale 30 days before issuance, so you might check out their site mid-February: usps.com/shop and then go to Stamps and search for African Daisy.
This is the 11th image I’ve had published as a Forever® stamp. Previously, I had images for: Ferns 2014, Water Lilies 2015 and Kenilworth Park (as part of the National Park Service 100th Anniversary 16-stamp panel) in 2016.
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Thought I’d play with the black velvet background behind this group of Stargazer lilies blooming in my backyard garden this afternoon. I’ve previously done single blooms (mostly of Bearded irises), but wanted to see what the effect would be for an entire grouping of blooms. I shot this image with my iPhone 12 Pro Max using the Camera+ 2 app in macro mode.
This one is, well, um, interesting. It’s got a Little Shop of Horrors “Feed me, Seymour” vibe. I’ll capture it fully unfurled and see if its demeanor changes.
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© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro
© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro
Crocosmias are part of the Iris family. Originally from South Africa, the name comes from the Greek words for “saffron” and “smell.”
© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro
© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. (Nikon D850, Nikkor 105mm micro)
For this shot, I diffused the light shining directly on the daylilies, but allowed the bright dappled sunlight to filter through in the background.
© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro
© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. Nikon D850 / Nikkor 105mm micro
GIVE ‘EM SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT