We have a few new things blooming in the garden. Our rhododendron's are starting to bloom, but the are pretty puny compared to the ones we saw in Portland a few weeks ago. I guess it's the fact that we pretty much get no rain and they get a lot. The firecracker sunflower I picked …
Day 170 – My Neighbor’s Yard
I was at my neighbor's house today and they have some very interesting things in their back yard. They have numerous bird houses - I just photographed a couple. I was hoping one would have birds in it, but no such luck. Some of their flowers are just a little past prime, but they were …
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. The only problem I have with the strawberry plants is that we don't have enough of them to get much fruit. We probably will get a …
Day 166 – Firecracker Sunflowers
I love sunflowers. Whatever color or size they are, I love them. My favorite is the great, big monster sunflower. 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 162 – Lupines
Last year I discovered a small field of lupines next to the parking lot of a local shopping center. What really struck me were the multi-colors. We have a lot of blue/purple lupines here, but this small field had blue, purple, pink, and white. I went back there today and the lupines were there, but …
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