Photos: Buds

While the rest of the country freezes, I have stuff in and around my house are blooming.    

Photos: Flowers

A flock of hen & chicks Love how Hen & Chicks break through the stone. I don’t always do post-photo processing, but I liked how this turned out. Love the softness of this rose in my yard Another one that looked good with a vintage look. Not a flower – but I loved how the…

Photos: Flowers in the Hood

It’s that time of year again – the time of year where I shoot a shit load of flowers! (Shit load being a metric measure, of course.)

Week 35-36: Card Reader Blues

After two weeks of not finding it, I found it.  So much for my “safe place”.  Ugh. Anyway, here are the photos. A bit more post-processing than I usually do, but I took them with that in mind. Made me think of Dana. 🙂 I liked the contrast of the dying with the fully bloomed….

Week 31: Little Ms Spider

These spiders in our yard are all females. This is the time of year they spin their webs in hope of capturing a mate.  This one chose my onion blooms. and a close up of the flowers. They are neat – or so I think so.

Week 30: Walking My Camera

Since it was so freaking hot over the weekend, I decided to take my camera for a walk under the large trees in a nearby neighborhood.  Oh yeah, and take photos too. BTW: Photo tip that I like passing along to people who try to shoot photos on a bright and sunny day – a…

Week 25 – Lavender and Bees

I’m a sucker for lavender in general – but toss in some bees – and I’m in photo taking heaven. Standing there, silently, all you heard was the gentle buzzing of the honey bees – and smell of lavender.  It was fabulous.  As G commented – Lavender Honey!  Of couse, DJ found the chickens and…