Apple Blossoms

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Golden Delicious apple blossoms.
Taken early morning, May 4, 2006.
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Passionately Purple

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Passiflora purpurea or Passion Flower.
Taken May 3, 2006 at my front door.
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Bugs N Things

Pin It Life in the garden can be both beautiful and harsh.
I watched for two days while one of the "chameleon"
spiders on the Gertrude Jekyll rose ate another. As they
grew, did their quest for food make their rose-world that
much smaller and less tolerable?


The victor


More Bugs N Things...
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Photos taken May 2nd & 3rd, 2006.

Pretty Pansies

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Taken on 4/2/06, this lovely little viola is called "Etienne" and is one of the few "pansies" that has a scent. It measures about 1-inch across. Click on photos to enlarge.

Tulip Angelique

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This photo was taken on April 12, 2006 on a foggy, drippy morning. The water droplets weren't apparent until I saw them in PhotoShop. Incredible.

The Blooming of a Rhododendron

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Is that a pistil in your pocket
or are you just happy to see me?

Happy May Day!

Scroll down to see the blooming of
Rhododendron "Furnival's Daughter"
from 4/13/06 to 4/30/06
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A Study in Yellow

Pin It Spring is often synonymous with
the color pink but if you look closely,
there is yellow everywhere.

Taken on 4/30/06 with a
Canon PowerShot SD450 Digital ELPH.
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Butterball Budlia

Viburnum plicatum


Blueberry blossoms

Viola "Etienne"

Lime Thyme

Wild Rocket

Yellow Banksia Rose

Rununculus - Buttercup

Maple in spring leaves

Gertrude and the Spider

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I caught this "chameleon" spider blushing pink on
a Gertrude Jekyll rosebud. Over the next few days
as the rose continued to open, the spider seemed
to have taken up permanent residence.
Or as much permanence as a rose can give.
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Welcome to Raven Ridge Garden

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Here you will find botanical photos from my morning journeys around our acreage. My daily sojourn is usually accompanied by the constant "talking" of my lovely Arab mare, who wishes she could join in the fun, my dogs, who dog my path and sometimes get caught in the camera, our two curious "outdoor" cats and a hot cup of coffee.

Taken on 4/29/06: Round Garden: Cala Lily