We had a short, heavy downpour this afternoon after which the sun came out shining brightly. Â I thought it was the perfect opportunity to go out and capture some water drops on some of the flowers. Â It's amazing how quickly things dry out once it stops raining. Â I was able to get a few photos …
Day 181 – Weeds
We have a weed in our garden and I'm not quite sure what it is. The seeds look a lot like a dandelion, but about four times larger. Â I went out to take photos of them before I pull them out of the ground. Â I used my macro lens with the focus on different parts …
Day 177 – Yellow
I took these photos  yesterday but time got away from me and I wasn't able to post them until today.  It was just one of those Mondays. We have several new yellow flowers blooming in our front yard.  I'm not sure what they all are, but they're pretty.  I think one is some type of …
Day 172 – Why I love living in Bend, Oregon
One of the things that I love about living where I do, is the nature and wildlife living among us in the city.  We are not a large city - population is about 85,000 - but we continuously have wild visitors right in the city.  At our house, we have regular visits from deer, skunks, raccoon, …
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Day 168 – More Macro from the Garden
I took these photos this morning while there was still some water drops left over from the watering last night. Our strawberry plants are starting to develop the fruit. Â The only problem I have with the strawberry plants is that we don't have enough of them to get much fruit. Â We probably will get a …
