{"id":139873,"date":"2025-02-14T02:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T08:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=139873"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:01:56","slug":"happy-valentines-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/02\/14\/happy-valentines-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine’s Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wildflowers fit Valentine\u2019s Day. I\u2019ve never cared much for cut flowers, I prefer seeing them naturally, which in some climates isn\u2019t possible this time of year.<\/p>\n

\"TexasTexas Paintbrush – Happy Valentine’s Day!<\/span><\/p>\n

But I do take hundreds and hundreds of wildflower photos while I\u2019m out in the field looking for birds, so I always have some flower photos up my sleeve. Well, actually, they\u2019re in my archives waiting to be shared.<\/p>\n

I took photos of Texas Paintbrush last spring at Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge in south-central Oklahoma. There were several patches of native wildflowers on the refuge where I could easily pull over to photograph them, along with the butterflies and other insects feeding on their nectar, pollen, and leaves.<\/p>\n

I picked this photo to share today because I associate white, pink, and red with Valentine’s Day, and these wildflowers have all three. Simple as that.<\/p>\n

Valentine’s Day is increasingly viewed as a celebration of all types of love, not just romantic love. It is a day to express love and gratitude in all relationships, including friendships.<\/p>\n

Because of my passion for bird, wildlife, and nature photography, I’ve made some fantastic friends, and I’m ever so grateful for that. I include those of you who visit my site among them.<\/p>\n

So, Happy Valentine’s Day to you all! \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc9e\ud83d\udc93\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my wildflower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wildflowers fit Valentine\u2019s Day. I\u2019ve never cared much for cut flowers\u2014I prefer seeing them naturally, which in some climates isn\u2019t possible this time of year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13973,16222,15021],"tags":[6627,6098,6557,7353,13984,16224,1124,6518,2217,4302,12971,165,16223,15057,16225,4307],"class_list":["post-139873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma","category-texas-paintbrush","category-tishomingo-national-wildlife-refuge","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-blooms","tag-blossoms","tag-bottomlands","tag-castilleja-indivisa","tag-field","tag-flowering","tag-flowers","tag-native","tag-red-wildflowers","tag-spring","tag-texas-paintbrush","tag-tishomingo-nwr","tag-valentines-day","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t