We start focusing on the simple beauty of nature. There are countless natural wonders in North Carolina. North Carolina’s state and national parks offer bountiful opportunities to get outside and explore nature’s wonders. Here is a typical scene of blue sky, white cloud formations, and greenery of trees midst the mountains.
Chester, England is famous for its black and white buildings including the Rows, medieval two-tier buildings above street level with covered walkways which today house many of Chester’s shopping galleries. The Black-and-White Revival was an architectural movement in the mid-19th century that re-used the vernacular elements of the past, such as painted black timber framing with panels in between painted white, referring to Tudor style.
Although these orchids have white petals, the variety of colors on them is mesmerizing.
Fairy Snow White Balloon Flower is an interesting clump forming perennial so named because the buds puff up like balloons before they open. This compact Platycodon produces white bell-shaped blossoms with delicately contrasting blue veins in mid through late summer. Captured in Santa Monica, California.
Lily of the Nile, with Latin name Agapanthus (African Lily), is a marvelous perennial that blooms from spring to summer, producing magnificent floral-scapes. The flowers are funnel-shaped and typically blue, purple, or white in color; the clusters are borne on long stalks. Found these in Santa Monica, California.
Signature palm trees and a lonely, near-barren tree provide stark contrast against white clouds and blue California sky
A picturesque scene of a farm in rural North Carolina with striking white fences
White fences on this farm add to the beauty of this rural landscape in North Carolina
The lines of a white fence lead to a farmhouse with a striking red roof in rural North Carolina
We end our series on unique images of junk cars from Old Car City, White, Georgia with aged artwork on an old, rusted van.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – rust creates abstract art at Old Car City, White, Georgia
A white flower offers a bright contrast to the surrounding greenery at Roan Mountain
Even a black and white image or clouds can suppress the bright glow of the moon on a pond
