My husband's pick

Every now and again Brett humors me and heads to the nursery with me. I appreciate it, since it probably ranks close up there in appeal as going to a fabric store with me (which he absolutely refuses to do). Anyhow, this was a pick of his to go into a pot of mixed plants out on the front patio. Aren't the colors of it gorgeous?

On an orange kick lately....

For Jen

When she was here last week she bought a couple of dahlia plants to shoot. Unfortunately between her Dr appts and pre-op tests, her surgery, and her recovery being a lot tougher than I think either of us thought it would be, she only got a few minutes to work with them. So, last night I took a few. This one is for you Jen :) Hope you're feeling better as each day passes!

My yard

Took an hour last night and shot some of my garden. I'm hoping to get more of it tomorrow. Just one for now, this flower sure resembles a buttercup to me, but it's quite a bit larger and is about 2' tall. I can't recall what it is though!

I thought he was dead!

So I took my time shooting him, thus didn't quite get the shot I wanted. He scared the *you-know-what* out of me when he flew off!

I live in the city, and it isn't often I see a dragonfly, let alone one that hangs out long enough to get his portrait done. Imagine my delight this evening when I saw him on the heuchera in one of my planter boxes!

Summer (ish)

The best of intentions

Really trying to keep up on this, I'm out of practice blogging!

Just sharing one image, and not a whole lot to say today:

Breezy

I always feel extremely lucky when I can get macros in focus on a breezy day, just the slightest wind and poof, the subject is out of the frame!

This first one was the most difficult, clusters of tiny flowers (maybe 1/4") on long, thin stems.



I love the smell of lilacs, it's a shame they bloom for such a short time!



I believe this is a dogwood of some sort: