As many of you who have been following my blog know, the calla lily is one of my favorite flowers. To me, they are a beautiful, elegant flower and I never tire of them. So you can imagine my delight yesterday when my friend, and co-worker, Laura, brought me a pot of beautiful purple calla …
Day 188 – Wildflowers
The heat that has been plaguing the east coast and midwest is heading to the west coast. After some very nice, temperate summer days, the heat is building. The sunny weather has brought out some of the wildflowers I seeded earlier this spring. Most are still pretty small, but a couple of them have bloomed. …
Day 187 – Flowers
I work in a small office with only five people. Forty percent of the office has their birthdays in July. This week was one of them. She got a beautiful bouquet of flowers and I am never one to pass up an opportunity to memorialize someone else's flowers. I took all of these photos in …
Day 186 – Pet Parade
There are three things (probably more) that people who live in Bend love . . . their outdoor sports, their micro-brews . . . and their pets. Every Fourth of July, Bend puts on a pet parade through downtown. I had never been to one of the parades before and thought this would be a …
Day 185 – Full Buck Moon
According to The Farmer's Almanac, the full moon in July is known as the Full Buck Moon – July July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most …
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