Tag: nature

Photo 365 #365

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For my final photo in this project, I’ve settled on another one of my many, many flower shots:

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I can’t help it – I love shooting flowers.  They’re so pretty, and in the right light, they positively sing.  I mean, look at those colors!  And the clarity of this image – I haven’t done a thing to it, other than transfer the image from my phone to my computer.

I love it when things turn out like this, and I’m glad I can end my photo-a-day project on such a stunning note. 🙂

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Photo 365 #364

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20150801_134933Despite the heat and humidity, the flowers around our house have been flourishing.  Check out these beauties!

I’m not completely sure what kind of flower they are, but we have three different shades of them growing around our house, and they populate the local ditches as well.  They’re gorgeous, and every time I see them, it puts a smile on my face.

What puts a smile on your face?

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Photo 365 #362

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It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a monarch butterfly, but I found one in our yard Saturday afternoon.  Unfortunately, it had fallen victim to the lawnmower (or possibly the heat – Saturday was pretty darn warm).

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Seymour was lucky enough to see it alive Saturday morning, and I saw another one later in the afternoon.  I remember seeing tons of these guys as a kid, and their caterpillars, too, but there was a lot more milkweed around back then.

It’s a shame there aren’t more of these around for my kids to enjoy the way I did.

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Photo 365 #358

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I know, I know, if you’ve seen one picture of wet grass, you’ve seen ’em all.

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But I can’t help it.  I love trying to catch those tiny drops of dew before they fade away, like the mist in the morning light. 🙂

Hope your weekend is full of blue skies and lots of fun!

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Photo 365 #356

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Hey, what’s that blue stuff?

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The sky, you say?  Impossible.  Our sky is all gray and overcast and full of rain.  This bright blue thing can’t possibly be sky.

Can it? 😀

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Photo 365 #355

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It’s another darkish, rainy day, so I thought a bit of sunshine was in order:

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Now if only the sky looked as bright as this beautiful bloom. *sigh*

How’s the weather where you are? Is it beautifully sunny or dank and dreary?

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Photo 365 #354

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This is another sunflower I saw out and about over the weekend, and I love the way this shot turned out:

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I love that you can see all the little hairs on the stem and leaves, and I love the color in the image.  It reminds me a bit of Van Gogh’s sunflowers, though I am in no way as good with my camera as he was with a paintbrush.

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