As we move into October, the holidays are looming before us. Â First up - Halloween. Â There is a farm about 30 minutes north of us that has a big pumpkin patch and fall activities every October. Â We decided to take a drive out there and see what it was all about. Â This was the first …
Day 263 – Peppers
It's been a busy few days and today I just ran out of energy. Â Maybe it's all the smoke in the air and the ash falling out of the sky. Â I didn't know what I was going to shoot until I got home. Â We got this bunch of peppers at a local farmer's market and …
Day 235
We had a layer of smoke hovering over Bend all evening.  Even though the closest wildfire to us now is about  60 miles away, when the wind is in the right direction, it blows the smoke right into town.  But again, it made for a beautiful, orange sunset. Maralee
Day 166 – Firecracker Sunflowers
I love sunflowers. Â Whatever color or size they are, I love them. Â My favorite is the great, big monster sunflower. Â I went to a local garden center hoping to find one of the big sunflower plant (or even seeds) and everyone else must like them too because there wasn't a giant sunflower plant or see …
Day 160 – More Gerbera Daisies
The more I photograph flowers, the more I love all the intricacies of them. Â These Gerbera daisies had a lot of detail to them. The thing I like about Gerbera daisies is that there are so many different varieties and different color combinations. Unfortunately, I don't live in a plant zone where Gerbera daisies grow …
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