I'm a freelance writer, artist and photographer. I write mostly for business, not enough for pleasure, and I take a lot of pictures of the world around me.
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Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. You can click on each photo for a larger view.
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Some of the snapdragons I planted in the fall seem to have finally recovered from the cold December frost and are blooming again. I never noticed how fuzzy snapdragons can be. Here are a few pictures of pink snapdragons, either in full bloom or in bud form, featuring a good amount of fuzz on each picture. It almost looks like a fuzzy blanket to keep the flowers warm.
Macro Monday: pink snapdragon flowerPink snapdragon flower buds with fuzzPink snapdragon flower fuzzy budsClose-up of a pink snapdragon flower
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Christmas was just a few weeks ago and it was the opportunity to see many bright objects around town, including this cute polar bear and its Coca Cola bottle.
Christmas lights : polar bear and Coca Cola bottle
This is the largest Christmas tree in the world made out of large Lego bricks, at Legoland California. Pretty cool!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Object – Lego Christmas tree at Legoland
You can find man made objects when you go hiking in nature, like this wooden bridge.
Bridge in the woods of a San Diego county park
You can find interesting objects in more crowded places too, such as this koala crossing sign at the San Diego Zoo.
KOALA XING sign at the San Diego Zoo
Finally, I know I shared this last photo a few days ago but I thought it’d work great for this theme. This is a water puddle in the shape of the United States, with the reflection of a red truck’s front grill and the blue sky. A red, white a blue US map, right on the pavement.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Object – water puddle in the shape of the United States
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Today I’m participating in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and her theme is “walk 100 Steps or less and take new photos”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.
I decided I’d step into my backyard and share with you what’s going on in there. My pink snapdragons seem to have survived the freezing December nights and are blooming again. I’m not sure about my yellow snapdragons yet. I love the fuzzy hair on the new plant growth.
Close-up of a pink snapdragon flower
After getting my produce eaten over and over by the various critters that live beyond my backyard, I’ve decided to give it another try by using greenhouses this year. The advantage of a greenhouse is that the plants should be protected from most critters. The downfall is that it can get very hot in Southern California and even hotter inside the greenhouse, so I could bake my plants if I don’t aerate often enough. But I can’t do that if I’m not around, or the critters will get in and eat it all. It’s a constant battle but I haven’t thrown the towel yet.
My kids and I have been planting a bunch of seeds and the seedlings are starting to come out. The problem is, I didn’t label most of the pots and I can’t remember what I planted where. So I’m not sure what’s coming out in some of them. Like these little guys. I believe they are Swiss chard but I’m not 100% sure yet.
Seedlings of Swiss chard
Hey, look what’s growing in my potting soil! A freeloading white mushroom…
White mushroom growing in my potting soil
Oh, look, there’s more of those little white mushrooms in another pot…
White mushrooms growing in potting soil
My kids insisted on watering the seeds after we planted them. I think they were a bit overzealous and the soil has been very wet. I actually haven’t needed to water in almost two weeks. Inside the greenhouse, the humidity has only helped grow these mushrooms so I won’t water until the soil gets dry.
For this last photograph, I actually recognize the plant. This is a green bean seedling. Watching new plants grow is always fun and we’re looking forward to seeing new growth every day.
If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.
Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “undulate (wavey/ripple)”. I encourage you to click on each photo to see a larger view. If you like what you see, please subscribe to this blog to receive updates of the new photos I post, usually 3 to 5 times a week.
Of course water ripples are the first thing that came to mind when I saw the word undulate. But I wanted to share this photo of pine tree bark first, because it undulates in its own special way.
A Word A Week Challenge – Undulate – pine tree bark
Most of my photos showing water ripples happen to have another subject in the frame, like this great egret.
White egret with water ripples and reflections in the water
The water ripples around this duck, along with the shadows on the lily pads, are very interesting too.
Brown mallard female duck swimming in a pond
Some ripples can be small and others can actually be big waves about to break in the Pacific ocean.
Ocean wave about to break
On this last picture, I photographed the water because I love the reflections and the ripples in the water. The four ducks and the light breeze happen to be the creators of those ripples.
If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.
Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. You can click on each photo for a larger view.
If you like what you see, I encourage you to subscribe so you can enjoy the new photos I post a few times a week.
Here are a couple of pink and white azalea blooms. I hope you enjoy them if you’re buried under the snow today. Don’t think we get many blooms in San Diego in the winter, though. These photos date from last October.
Close-up of a white azalea bloomMacro Monday: pink azalea flower
If you enjoy my photos and would like to purchase some, I want to thank you! Simply visit my Zazzle online shop and browse the product offerings. If there’s a photo you would like to purchase but don’t see it in my shop, please contact me by using the Contact form at the bottom of my home page and let me know which photos you are interested in purchasing, and in what format / medium.
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