Photo of the day

Today, its about the bugs. Those wings look like plastic. And this guy – I guess I’ll have to change my strategy to take bug photos, especially with larger bugs.  The macro mode on my camera will focus down to one inch, and as you can see, parts of the bee are in focus, and […]

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Close up of part of a Spreading Fleabane, member of the Aster Family. Story is over at the writing blog.

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Unknown wildflower – yet to be identified. Shot in an overcast, I may try again tomorrow.  These are very very small, the pink cluster to the right is less than the size of a dime. Story over at the writing blog.

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I suppose it’s fitting to post a flower called a skyrocket on the 4th of July. I had no idea of it’s name till after I was back editing images. The flower is a biennial, with clusters of bright red, trumpet-shaped flowers on slender, often solitary stems up to 2-2 1/2 feet tall.  Typical of […]

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Fruit of the sun For the last two years late frosts have kept us from having a crop.  I think I had one peach 2 summers ago, and there was not a one on the tree last year. This year it’s all about peaches and I’ve already gotten 4 freezer bags done.  I suspect I’ll […]

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