FOTD – May 12 – Adventuring with neural filters I am surprisingly unadventurous in photography. I do what I know how to do and rarely try out new stuff. I used to, but I seem to be getting busier every… Read More ›
Cee’s Flower of the Day
A ROSE IS A ROSE
FOTD – April 28 – ROSES The lilies and the roses live happily together in the vase in the living room. I love this color. It’s deep orange, but its color changed depending on the way the light hits it.
TWO PINK LILIES
FOTD – April 27 – Two Pink Lilies Somehow I failed to notice -there are two pink lilies in the bouquet. I could make excuses but none of them make sense. For some reason, I focused on one and didn’t see… Read More ›
THE PINK LILY
FOTD – April 26 – PINK LILY It was a bud when Garry brought home the bouquet, but it has since bloomed. Finally, a lily that isn’t white! This one is blushing a beautiful shade of pink.
NEW BOUQUET FOR A NEW WEEK
FOTD – April 23 – THE NEW BOUQUET Garry brought this home for me and it took the place of the one that had been there since his birthday. Oddly, they look almost the same. As do the photographs. This… Read More ›
THE BRIGHTEST YELLOW
FOTD – April 21 – TULIPS AND DANDELIONS I took the camera down to the garden this afternoon. I saw yesterday that our back lawn is covered with those nameless little purple flowers as well as maybe a few thousand… Read More ›
EARLY BLOOMING FOR THE OAKS
FOTD – April 17 – AND THE OAK TREES ARE READY TO LEAF Yesterday, the oaks were bare. Today by afternoon, they were covered with baby leaves. This is at least a full month earlier than I’ve seen leaves of… Read More ›
THE LEAVES ON THE TREES IN APRIL
FOTD – April 16 – As the leaves bloom on the trees … It’s early and it’s a bit odd. A lot of trees are not blooming now. They ought to be. But we had this really warm winter and a… Read More ›
GARRY DOWN BY THE BLACKSTONE
FOTD – April 14 – DOWN BY THE BLACKSTONE As is typical, when one of us is taking pictures, there are two of us. And so it was yesterday, the first really hot day of 2023. And make no mistake, it… Read More ›
BUDDING MAPLE TREES
FOTD – April 10 – Budding Trees I was determined to reassemble a camera that’s small enough to keep in my handbag. The little Pentax Q S1 was the only reasonable candidate since the mini-Leica has passed on. Those tiny Leicas… Read More ›
BRIGHT YELLOW DAISY
FOTD – March 29 – Gerbera Daisy Garry felt I needed cheering up so he bought me the brightest yellow gerbera daisy he could find. It’s in a little pot and if it survives, I can plant it outside in a… Read More ›
CACTUS FLOWERS
FOTD – March 27 – Cactus flowers in early spring My Christmas cactus has given up any relationship to winter holidays and seems to have decided to flower all the time. A flower blooms, a new bud forms. The flower dies?… Read More ›
CRAZY BEAUTIFUL ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 22 – Crazy beautiful orchids I’ve been growing orchids for a few years now, but I have to say I have never grown orchids like these. They are stunning. Huge. Breathtaking.
VERY CLOSE UP – MACRO ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 21 – Orchid macros in purple and white I am not feeling up to writing much but I took a few pictures. The orchids are gorgeous.
MEANWHILE, ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 18 – Orchids We were away for a few days and there are more orchids — and more on the way. Also, my Christmas Cactus is now covered with buds. It’s going to be a major blooming, probably… Read More ›
ORCHID MACROS
FOTD – March 12 – White and purple orchids I have to admit, I didn’t spend much of the day blogging. It was my birthday. I took the day off, slept late, didn’t cook dinner — and then we went… Read More ›
FROM BUD TO BLOOM: NEW AND REBLOOMING
FOTD – March 11 – Birthday Orchids I expected a new orchid, but this is one is really splendid. Usually they are white, but not true white. More an “off white” with hints of pink or beige. These are snowy… Read More ›
FROM BUD TO BLOOM
FOTD – March 10 – Bud to blossom: 12 hours in the life of an orchid Yesterday, it was a fat bud and when I got up this morning, it was a flower. As I guessed, it was purple. Well,… Read More ›
ALMOST ORCHIDS
FOTD – March 9 – BUDS FOR ORCHIDS Last year, this bloomed as a white flower with a purple center. These buds definitely look like the original purple — the original color of this orchid. This orchid is probably my next-to-oldest… Read More ›
BUD YESTERDAY, FLOWER TODAY
FOTD: The fat cactus bud becomes a glorious flower Yesterday, it was a beautiful fat bud. It had its whole life ahead of it. Today, it bloomed when the last flower fell from the plant. For some reason, my macro… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 