Insect munch marks and shadows on avocado leaves, Lewisville, Texas garden – B/W photos
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Date: September 23rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Design, Garden, Leaves, Series, Shadows, Texas.
Date: September 22nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Garden, Insects, Moths and Butterflies, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: September 19th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Autumn, Dallas, Garden, Green, Reptiles, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas.
Date: August 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, City Streets, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 15th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 14th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Fruit, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 2nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, flowering trees, Garden, pink, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Trees, USA.
Date: July 31st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, Garden, golden light, Seasonal, Silhouettes, Sky, Summer, Sunset, Texas, USA.
Date: July 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Elements, Garden, Seasonal, Storms, Summer, Texas, Water.
Date: July 13th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: food, fruit and veggies, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: July 12th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Birds, Canada, Garden, red, Summer, Vancouver Island.
Date: June 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA, Water.
Date: June 7th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Garden, Green, Leaves, red, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: June 3rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Flowers, Garden, orange, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: June 1st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Garden, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: September 22nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Garden, Insects, Moths and Butterflies, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
While tidying the garden today I picked this up, and for a split second I wondered how a dead leaf could be so soft and powdery…and fluttering! If my camera would cooperate I could have taken a great macro because the moth let me get as close as I wanted. So pretty!
My old Canon AE1 would snap pictures no matter how close I got to something, but even on ‘manual’ the Canon EOS 20D will only allow me to get about 4 inches away before the shutter refuses to close. I miss my old fashioned (1980) Canon sometimes, and even the new Canon AE1s cannot compare to it. I don’t miss developing though, and the other restrictions.
Date: September 19th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Autumn, Dallas, Garden, Green, Reptiles, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas.
We were away for two weeks and forgot to turn the sprinkler system on before leaving, so I thought the Green Anoles might have moved to greener pastures. Fortunately they are still thriving; here one is staying cool and safe inside a large Canna Lily leaf, a leaf that I nearly cut off while clearing out dead and dying plants.
Date: August 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, City Streets, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
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Date: August 15th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 14th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Fruit, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
Awesome Sunflower seed-head, 12 inch diameter, and healthy Cantaloupe, Lewisville TX
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Date: August 2nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, flowering trees, Garden, pink, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Trees, USA.
A little Wren chirps, perched on our fence every afternoon. Soft pink Myrtle trees bloom in the background.
Date: July 31st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, Garden, golden light, Seasonal, Silhouettes, Sky, Summer, Sunset, Texas, USA.
The Sunflower plant has so much character. Here the flower heads droop with the weight of seeds against the backdrop of a spectacular sunset — silhouettes nodding and swaying against the sky. Amazing!
Date: July 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Elements, Garden, Seasonal, Storms, Summer, Texas, Water.
Date: July 13th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: food, fruit and veggies, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
After two weeks away, one of the first things I did was inspect the garden, most curious about the cucumbers, because it’s the first year they’ve survived this far into the season. There I was at midnight, feeling around in the dark, and found a cucumber that had grown from 1/2 inch long to 8″L X 3″ wide during that short time. I expected to find a virtual Jack And The Bean Stalk situation this morning, but all the other cukes are average-sized. The heart-shaped cookie cutters I placed around some veggies have fallen off, so will have to try again; now able to monitor the progress of growth.
Date: July 12th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Birds, Canada, Garden, red, Summer, Vancouver Island.
Red-headed house finch, North Saanich, BC
Date: June 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Elements, Garden, Green, Leaves, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA, Water.
Everything in the garden looks 10 times as beautiful with water on it.
Date: June 7th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: abstract, Design, Garden, Green, Leaves, red, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: June 3rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Flowers, Garden, orange, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas, USA.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…The Good: A beautiful orange flowering plant called a Sun Star. All the little unexpected surprises, like this toad that I never would have seen if it had not popped out of the hole at the exact moment I happened to be looking there. The clay container with a hole in the center is designed to coil and contain garden hose, but being used as a plant pot. The Bad: having no choice about mowing the lawn on a 98*F day, and keeping edges formally trimmed because the neighbors have it that way. Also Bad: Fire ants that bite before you know you’re standing on a nest with bare feet……but Good: Fire ants keep the tough Texas soil aerated. The Ugly: me with ant-bite blisters, taking photos, mowing and edging the lawn on a 98*F day.
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Date: June 1st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: amphibians, Garden, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
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