For my friend Erika
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Autumn in my Garden - Virbunum Leaf for Ruby Tuesday
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The late afternoon sun shining through a viburnum leaf, creating such a display of veins and ridges, seemed to light up the leaf from within. Such is my offering for this week's Ruby Tuesday.
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Autumn in My Garden - Circus Rose
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Out in the yard shooting photos, playing with camera settings. Sometimes I get a shot that just intrigues me: No flash; sunny blue sky overhead; haven't a clue why it turned out this way. But I'm glad it did.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Sunset - Fire in the Sky
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Now, I thought this photo was nice enough.
I put my camera away and went in the house to fix dinner, and ...
... just happened to see the glow of this when passing by a window.
Kinda nice.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Ruby Hips
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Got RED?
It's time for Ruby Tuesday over at Work of the Poet where Mary hosts photographers showing off their ruby red photos of the week. Mary has posted a particularly beautiful photo this week. Take a look.
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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Sun Setting Behind Pewetole Island
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I meant to post this over a month ago. The sun has moved since I took this photo and now sets quite to the left of the distant rock. Autumn sliding into Winter ...
Me trying to get my groove back.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Autumn in My Garden - Water Everywhere
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Early morning: I love how water droplets cling to the serrated edges of rose leaves.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Autumn in My Garden - Shadowplay in Penstemon
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"Mom, how're you doing?"
"Well, I haven't put up a blog post in about a month..."
"Actually, it's been exactly 35 days."
"Wow, you keep track?"
"Yes. So, how're you doing?"
We had a wonderful, long conversation, but the upshot is: Nothing like a call from one of your kids to remind you that you've been remiss in the blogging arena.
Besides missing visiting my favorite bloggers, I've missed taking photos for Shadow Shot Sunday. So between bouts of rain the other day, the sun shone and illuminated the stamens inside these penstemon blossoms and I was able to take my first SSS shots in quite a while.
Shadow Shot Sunday lives on Tracy's blog, Hey Harriet. Take a look each Sunday for great shadow photos from all over the place.
PS - Thanks, Miles!
PPS - Tracy, I'll link to you as soon as Mr. Linky wakes up. ;)
"Mom, how're you doing?"
"Well, I haven't put up a blog post in about a month..."
"Actually, it's been exactly 35 days."
"Wow, you keep track?"
"Yes. So, how're you doing?"
We had a wonderful, long conversation, but the upshot is: Nothing like a call from one of your kids to remind you that you've been remiss in the blogging arena.
Besides missing visiting my favorite bloggers, I've missed taking photos for Shadow Shot Sunday. So between bouts of rain the other day, the sun shone and illuminated the stamens inside these penstemon blossoms and I was able to take my first SSS shots in quite a while.
PS - Thanks, Miles!
PPS - Tracy, I'll link to you as soon as Mr. Linky wakes up. ;)
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Sunday, October 03, 2010
Autumn in my Garden - Honorine Jobert Anemone
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I used to have a lot more stands of these beautiful white blooms in my garden, but this year I found only two. I don't know if they just aren't as hardy as the pink ones are, or if I've inadvertently pulled them out.
Whatever has happened, I'm going to mark this one to ensure it returns next year.
After several days of sun, it got really hot inland and the fog bank slammed into the coast with such force it rattled the windows.
Not really, but you get the metaphor. I hope.
Fall is well and truly underway. Time to do a last(?) mowing of the grass, prune some branches back, fix the path lights, tidy up the greenhouse and the vegetable garden. I'm going to plant fava bean seeds to winter over and feed the soil.
The sun just came out. Time to go outside.
I used to have a lot more stands of these beautiful white blooms in my garden, but this year I found only two. I don't know if they just aren't as hardy as the pink ones are, or if I've inadvertently pulled them out.
Whatever has happened, I'm going to mark this one to ensure it returns next year.
After several days of sun, it got really hot inland and the fog bank slammed into the coast with such force it rattled the windows.
Not really, but you get the metaphor. I hope.
Fall is well and truly underway. Time to do a last(?) mowing of the grass, prune some branches back, fix the path lights, tidy up the greenhouse and the vegetable garden. I'm going to plant fava bean seeds to winter over and feed the soil.
The sun just came out. Time to go outside.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Autumn 2010 in My Garden - Gold Mums
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Actually, these mums are still in pots awaiting planting into bigger pots that will grace the back deck for the fall season. They look so pretty, all bunched together, that I can't resist the temptation to take a photo or two.
The bottom photo is copyrighted differently because it's going to go into my folder of photos to be made into note cards.
Someday.
When I have the time.
And the inclination.
Well, the inclination is there, so I think it must be the time.
Sigh.
Garden Notes:
We've been having several delicious autumn days of sun and relative warmth. I can see the fog bank lurking a few hundred yards to the west. We are, as my neighbor says, "in the smug zone".
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