#spring round

[hp-flowers]

Here are your 2024 Spring Round prompt cards!

Today's the day! New HP Flowers’ Spring Round prompt cards are now LIVE! You can view each prompt card via the links below:

>> (May 1-7): Prompt Card #1 >> (May 8-14): Prompt Card #2 >> (May 15-21): Prompt Card #3 >> (May 22-31): Prompt Card #4 Prompts are available as a text only version for easy accessibility and for downloading if you’d like to plan ahead. There is also a floriography resources page for all your flower and plant research needs! Creators can choose 1 prompt, a couple, all of the prompts (aka bouquet or display), or none of them from each prompt card. You can also use prompts from any previous rounds in your works if you’d like to choose from more options, or feel free to combine new and old prompts together for THE ultimate challenge! For more challenge info, please refer to the guidelines or FAQ. Works can be posted to HP Flowers’ open AO3 collection starting May 1st, when the challenge starts. Looking forward to seeing what everyone makes! Don’t forget to follow @hp-flowers and #hpflowers2024 to get new updates and to have some foliage fun!

[pennumbra]

Let him frolic

[davidlynch]

Cherry blossoms pt. 2 🌸

[sleepsspamsalot]

[vandaliatraveler]

Coopers Rock State Forest hugs the eastern rim of the Cheat River Canyon, with upland slopes rising to 2,400 ft (732 m) above sea level, nearly double the horizontal elevation of the Mon River Trail. Although the spring wildflower show on the mountain lags a week or two behind that at lower elevations, it's starting to make good progess. From top: Clay Run at a healthy flow; the reticulated leaves of downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), a common terrestrial orchid of the local dry woods; the young, intricately-patterned leaves of rattlesnake hawkweed (Hieracium venosum), so named because it grows in the same habitat favored by timber rattlesnakes; long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata), a lilac-colored beauty with amusingly-long spurs; yet more early blue coshosh (Caulophyllum giganteum), because I can never get enough of this delicate, shrubby-looking herb; broadleaf toothwort (Cardamine diphylla), also known as two-leaved toothwort and crinkleroot, a member of the mustard family with edible roots and blunt-toothed leaves bearing striking purple undersides; round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana), an upland relative of sharp-lobed hepatica that prefers drier, more acidic soils; wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia), also known as windflower and nightcaps, which forms extensive colonies in humus-rich soils along streambanks; the brilliant red berries of partridgeberry (Mitchella repens), a trailing, evergreen herb of forest floors; more cranefly orchid (Tipularia discolor), whose leaves will die back in spring before the orchid blooms in summer; halberd-leaved yellow violet (Viola hastata). a ubiquitous, early spring violet of rich, decidous woods; and (below), typical timber rattlesnake habitat near Clay Run.

[geopsych]

I had a good walk today even though the light wasn’t great for pictures. Among the good things was finding a couple hepatica plants even though I thought they were gone from all areas I visit on my walks here.

Other things: heard a towhee and a brown thrasher along with both kinds of kinglets and saw a pileated woodpecker flying around. Maybe best of all I took two pictures of a bird on the ground and when I downloaded camera photos I identified it as a palm warbler. Right on time according to my bird records but always a treat!

[afinestoutlove]

things i love about heartstopper 53/?

Sarah’s absolutely right, and not just because Charlie is caring and kind and generous and all the things he absolutely is. Sarah’s watched her son go from a guy who spends a lot of his time hiding the most valuable, beautiful parts of himself to someone who yes, has got into a fight and is facing some pretty big challenges, but is blossoming into a more authentic version of himself. A happier, freer version.

Sarah can see Nick's life getting so much bigger and better, and knows Charlie is a big part of that. She’s not just being nice here, she knows how important Charlie is and what he’s giving to Nick - not just helping him recognise his sexuality, but all these other parts of himself.

For a mum, even with all the challenges, this is so good to see for her child. Nick is so lucky to have Charlie.

[garliicgun]

gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss (pt. 1)

[indigrassy]

Himb

[nnicknnelsonn]

do you want to come round my house

also, nick’s eye crinkles

[hp-flowers]

Here's to a new week of foliage!

Week 2  (May 8 - 14)

Anddd Week 1 is in the books! Amazing! This week, we’re moving on to Prompt Card #2, which has 4 new flowers/plant prompts to choose from. Prompts are photo and text based. A reminder that creators have the option to choose: 1 prompt or a couple, all of the prompts (should you choose the bouquet or display route), or none of them from this prompt card. Feel free to add other flowers/plants if you think they pair well with the challenge prompts. And don’t forget, you can also use any prompts from previous rounds! This week’s prompts are:

1. Camellia- Longing for You

If paired with: >> Daffodil- show longing for an unrequited love

OR

>> Zinnia- a gift for a friend who is moving away

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2. Daisy- Innocence, Childhood or Purity

If paired with: >> Baby’s breath- a gift for a newborn baby

OR

>> Peony and violet- for an expression of childhood bliss

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3. Gladiolus- You Pierce My Heart

If paired with: >> Yarrow- heal a broken heart

OR

>> Anemone and daffodil- for an unrequited love OR

>> Hemlock and marigold- for a friend in grief

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4. Wheat- Riches or Abundance

If paired with: >> Clover- for good luck in a new venture

OR

>> Begonia- repay a favour

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Optional Bouquet or Display: Celebrate New Beginnings

Fastened with a yellow tassel, combining the flowers listed above celebrates a new addition to the family or a new venture in someone’s life. This can also serve as a beautiful housewarming gift.

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All works can be posted to HP Flowers open AO3 collection. If you would like your work to be shared or reblogged, don’t forget to tag @hp-flowers and #hpflowers2024. Let's see what y'all bring to the table!

[fictionadventurer]

Lament for Cake

The people on TV have cake, but I can't have a bite. This torture's more than I can take! The people on TV have cake! These beauties I've no skill to make are put before my sight. The people on TV have cake, but I can't have a bite!

[aisling-saoirse]

The flowering denizens of forested wetlands, NJ - April 17th 2025

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue May 1, 1954

Round Hill: Jamaica. Ms. Liz Pringle wears a black cotton swimsuit woven with Lastex, all with fine ruches. By Sacony.

Round Hill : Jamaïque. Mme Liz Pringle porte un costume de bain en coton noir tissé avec du Lastex, le tout finement froncé. Par Sacony.

Photo Horst P. Horst

[popgirlshowdown]

TUMBLR POP GIRL SHOWDOWN 2024

[sgdlr]

winter is saur cute