{"id":8361,"date":"2013-05-12T03:40:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T09:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8361"},"modified":"2026-03-22T05:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:20:05","slug":"flowers-for-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/05\/12\/flowers-for-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers for Mothers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Happy Mothers Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-172754 size-full\" title=\"Sticky Purple Geranium in bloom, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200.jpg\" alt=\"Sticky Purple Geranium in bloom, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton, Salt Lake County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sticky Purple Geranium in bloom, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Moms are special, I know my mother is and always has been.\u00a0 Moms love their children before they are born, when they are babies, toddlers, tweens, teens, and adults.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-172637 size-full\" title=\"Yellow Rose in Wellington, New Zealand\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yellow-rose-mia-mcpherson-6498.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yellow-rose-mia-mcpherson-6498.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow Rose in Wellington, New Zealand\" width=\"850\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27569%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20569%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27569%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yellow-rose-mia-mcpherson-6498-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yellow-rose-mia-mcpherson-6498-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yellow-rose-mia-mcpherson-6498-600x402.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yellow-rose-mia-mcpherson-6498-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yellow-rose-mia-mcpherson-6498.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Yellow Rose, Wellington, New Zealand<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For all the Moms out there, for the ones who are with us and those who have gone, Happy Mothers Day. We blossomed because of you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all the Moms out there, for the ones who are with us and those who have gone, Happy Mothers Day. We blossomed because of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2216,1551,26,2215,5347],"tags":[2218,2217,519,4035,4307,2219],"class_list":["post-8361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-little-cottonwood-canyon","category-new-zealand","category-utah","category-wellington","category-wildflowers","tag-cranesbill-geranium","tag-flowers","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography","tag-wildflowers","tag-yellow-rose"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cranesbill-Geranium-mia-mcpherson-0200.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-2aR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103751,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/01\/ornate-checkered-beetle-in-sticky-purple-geraniums\/","url_meta":{"origin":8361,"position":0},"title":"Ornate Checkered Beetle In Sticky Purple Geraniums","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When my trips to the field are slow bird-wise there is always something else to focus on. 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This is a blooming Lewis's Flax.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lewis\u2019s Flax&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lewis\u2019s Flax","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/trees-shrubs-and-flowers\/wildflowers\/lewiss-flax\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lewis's Flax single bloom, West Desert, Tooele County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/happy-mothers-day-2022-mia-mcpherson-3526.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/happy-mothers-day-2022-mia-mcpherson-3526.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/happy-mothers-day-2022-mia-mcpherson-3526.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/happy-mothers-day-2022-mia-mcpherson-3526.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14047,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/02\/01\/d-o-t-s\/","url_meta":{"origin":8361,"position":2},"title":"D.O.T.S. &#8211; Dreaming Of The Sun","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I mentioned that I had D.W.B. (Dreary Weather Blues) and after a nice email from a friend last night who reminded me that it is only 7 weeks until the spring equinox I now have the D.O.T.S, better known as Dreaming Of The Sun.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/big-cottonwood-canyon-scenic-byway\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/towering-jacobs-ladder-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-0205.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/towering-jacobs-ladder-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-0205.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/towering-jacobs-ladder-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-0205.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/towering-jacobs-ladder-hoverfly-mia-mcpherson-0205.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":113417,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/05\/14\/from-my-heart-to-yours-happy-mothers-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":8361,"position":3},"title":"From My Heart To Yours ~ Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"May 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Mother's Day to my mom, to my sister, to my daughter-in-laws, my niece, my aunts, my friends, and all the moms around the globe.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Summit County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Summit County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/summit-county-utah\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"From My Heart To Yours... 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