Moon Gardening
Two shots of the 84% of Full Waxing Gibbous at 8:40PM Central Time. One thing I could not pick up well was the planet very near the moon tonight, just…
Photography
The Moon at Twilight
I decided to head back out around 7 PM tonight, just as dusk began, to take a few more moon shots. The Moon at Twilight. I used the same camera…
Moon Photography
It was a lovely evening outside tonight, albeit slightly more humid and warmer than a few nights ago. It's been cloudy in the evenings lately, so tonight with a clear…
Water Lily Poetry
Oh Water Lily Oh sweet and fragrant lily, from still water... quietly, you find your way to sunshine, and the bumble bee. Your fragrance is intoxicating, drenched in color vibrantly.…
Bumble Bee: 10 Amazing Macro Shots
These are some of my favorite photos from this weekend. This Bumble Bee found the bloom of my Midnight Water Lily intoxicating. She continued to visit the bloom over and…
Acorns and Aliens
Weekend in the Garden Part I: Today is Sunday, and my weekend in the garden begins. I've got so many projects to tackle today and tomorrow. I took these photos…
That Big September Moon
I took these photos last night of the moon. It was a very pretty evening. Glad I did, because tonight we had a light thundershower and the the sky is…
My Ficus pumila has fruit
My creeping fig Ficus pumila in the Moraceae (Mulberry) family has produced fruit! Fruit is rarely seen on this plant indoors, but mine has taken over the cedar fence on the west side of my garden. Just as is described on Floridata.com, (which did not mention fruiting, but other sites say it is rare and not edible) when the plant reaches it vertical limit, it creates adult branches that extend horizontally. I have noticed that this summer, and at first thought is was a different plant coming over the back of the fence. The leaves are much larger and feel leathery. This photo below illustrates this, as you can see both kinds of leaves.
I Spy a Blue Water Lily
The experiment continues playing with aperature settings to blur the backgrounds. I took a few more shots of one of my favorite water lilies. I am using my Canon Digital…