{"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":"2026-04-25T06:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:11:42","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. 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. 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