A Photo a Week Challenge: Backlit There was a time when shooting anything “backlit” was a photographic “no-no.” I never agreed with that. For one thing, sometimes that’s the only light in town and we don’t all have either studio lighting… Read More ›
orchids
WORLD SHARING COMES AROUND AGAIN!
Share Your World 4-7-2021 So now it’s April. Garry and I are vaccinated and Owen is half way to his finale. The weather is considering the possibility of warming up and staying that way for more than a few hours…. Read More ›
FLOWERING IN THE HOUSE
While awaiting spring, we are having a flower show in the dining room It has been cold at night. Below freezing. Warm all day, but frost at night has confused the flowers. I believe the buds on the daffodils have… Read More ›
TO NO ONES’ SURPRISE, IT’S EASTER LILIES AND FOUR ORCHIDS
THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH ON THE FINAL CARD OF MARCH 2021 Two of my Easter lilies bloomed overnight and a fourth orchid bloomed, too. Take me off my feet for one day and everything blooms! This photo is au natural except… Read More ›
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
Wordless Wednesday
BUDS OF PROMISE AND ORCHIDS BLOOMING
FOTD – March 27 – PROMISING BUDS AND ORCHIDS BLOOMING They aren’t blooming yet, but they are promising to bloom in the future. I have a lot of repotting to do. I bought the pots and the soil. Now i… Read More ›
THREE PERFECT ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 23 – TODAY THERE ARE THREE ORCHIDS Today. that third bud opened and almost out of nowhere, two more heavily budded stalks seemed to have popped up. I should also mention that — ever so slightly out of… Read More ›
AN UNEXPECTED FOCUS
A Photo a Week Challenge: Unexpected Focus I didn’t have the right picture for this yesterday, but this morning, I took some pictures that are (I think) much closer to what you are looking for. My orchids put forth another (third)… Read More ›
#FOTD – SEXY MACRO ORCHIDS
#FOTD – March 23 – Orchids are kind of sexy I’m still waiting for another one of the big buds on the orchid to bloom. There are also two more budding stalks that seem to have popped up out of… Read More ›
FOTD – A MEDIUM MACRO ORCHID
FOTD – March 20 – Orchid If I hadn’t been switched to the unexciting yet really annoying “block” format, I’d post more photos, but it has become such a hassle, we’ll make do with one picture — an orchid. It… Read More ›
PHOTOGRAPHS. HOME-STYLE.
Today was another cold day and right now, for the first time this month, it’s raining. That should at least get rid of the rest of the ice in our yard and maybe put a bit of water in our… Read More ›
RETURN OF THE ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 17 – The orchids are back A year and a half ago, Garry bought me a pot of bright magenta orchids. It was our anniversary. They bloomed for months. They regrew just in time for my birthday… Read More ›