Monarch Butterfly Update: Freedom Day
Freedom! While I've become attached to this little guy and would love for him to stay here, I decided to take him where he'd be free to roam through hundreds…
Photography
Foliage Follow-Up: Light, Shadows and Texture
This post explores how light and shadows can express a mood or feeling in photography. These were taken from inside a Rangoon Creeper Quisqualis indica vine. While the blooms are…
Photos from the Garden This Month
I've taken a break from blogging this month to catch up on a few projects at work. With the relentless heat I've found it best to spend time working on…
Photographing Butterflies Can Be Challenging
For two days I've tried to capture a decent photo this Swallowtail in my garden. It fluttered around the lemon and orange trees in a frenzy. It just wouldn't stop…
Japanese Maple Adds Interest as Understory Tree
With all of the blooms this spring of my azaleas, gerbera daisies, and knockout roses, there's something else in the garden that quickly adds color and contrast. It's my Japanese…
March 2010 Foliage Follow-up
Japanese Holly Fern Cyrtomium falcatum Butterfly, or African iris - there are so many varieties available. Dietes bicolor or Moraea grandiflora - I'll make a note of which it this…
March Bloom Day 2010
What's blooming in your garden this month? Gerbera daisy Gerbera jamesonii which orginates from the Transvaal region of South Africa. One of my favorite flowers. Carolina jasmine (or "jessamine") Gelsemium…
Today I Saw Red... and Orange.
The photo above is a Pink Double Knockout® Rose "Radtkopink". I saw red indeed. A pair of delightful cardinal birds. The cardinals were darting around the backyard today foraging for…
Windmills, Daffodils and Rosemary
This Sunday I got some much needed chores done in the garden. The Organic Vegetable Grower Specialist classes I am taking at Urban Harvest has been very helpful. The series…