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Floral Friday Fotos: Clivia Miniata (Bush Lily)

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Today I’m participating in Floral Friday Fotos. You can click on each photo for a larger view.

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It was a pleasure to spot this bush lily last weekend while enjoying sunny and warm weather. The bush lily, officially Clivia Miniata, is a plant from South Africa. It does well in San Diego weather, which is similarly warm (and hot) and dry. I’ve lived in San Diego for over 15 years and it still feels weird to see flowers blooming in the winter, but it sure makes for great photo opportunities when I’m out and about.

Enjoy these bright splashes of orange on this Floral Friday. I was thinking of using them for my post Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: the color orange the other day, but I opted to display orange poppies instead. I’ve seen a lot of orange in the past week!

Floral Friday Fotos: Clivia Miniata (Bush Lily)

Macro of an orange bush lily (Clivia Miniata)

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: the color orange

Today I’m participating in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and her theme is “the color orange”. 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 photographed these bright orange California poppies yesterday and I thought they would be a great match for this week’s colorful theme.

Orange poppies are the official state flower of California. You can see them on the side of many freeways as you drive. The ones I saw yesterday are a cultivated type of orange poppy, and a little different from the native state flower. They bloom in the late winter and don’t last long so it’s a great idea to snap a few photos while you can.

I hope you enjoy this burst of orange today.

February 19, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, California Photos, Flower Photos, Plant PhotosTags: blooms, California orange poppy, California pictures, California poppies, California poppy, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: the color orange, close-up of an orange poppy, Macro Monday, nature photography, orange poppy blooms, orange poppy flowers, photos of blooms, photos of flowers 11 Comments

Macro Monday: bees on lavender flowers

Today I’m taking part in the Macro Monday photo challenge. 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.

Earlier today I got the chance to photograph very busy bees on large lavender blooms. With our recent (ridiculously) warm weather, we’re starting to see flowers blooming here and there. The bees are loving it and keeping busy collecting nectar and flying from flower to flower. I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures of these bees on lavender flowers when I walked out. A lot of them came out blurry but a few of them are nice enough to share here. Enjoy!

Bee collecting nectar on a lavender bloom

February 16, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Animal Photos, Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Plant PhotosTags: bees collecting nectar on lavender, bees on lavender blooms, bees on lavender flowers, close-up of bees on lavender, Macro Monday, nature photography, photos of bees, photos of blooms, photos of flowers 14 Comments

A Word A Week Challenge – Violet

Today I’m participating in the A Word A Week Challenge. This week’s theme is “violet”. 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.

Violet and purple are some of my most favorite colors and I love spotting them in nature, like these pretty violet wildflowers covered with the morning dew.

A word a week - violet wildflowers with dew drops — A word a week – violet wildflowers with dew drops

Or this purple aster with water drop remnants from the morning’s watering.

I still don’t know what these flowers are (they grow on a large bush) but I love their bold purple color.

In a few weeks, the wisteria trees will start blooming in San Diego. Love at all those shades of violet on each flower.

Violet can appear not only in flowers but in the sky too. On that day, the clouds and the sunlight created a pink and purple sunset worth photographing.

February 13, 2014February 6, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: Bloom Photos, Flower Photos, Plant Photos, Sunset photosTags: A Word A Week Challenge, A Word A Week Challenge – Violet, A word a week photo challenge, dew drops on flowers, nature photography, pink and purple sunset clouds, purple blooms, purple flowers, purple sunset, purple wildflowers, violet blooms, violet flowers, wisteria blooms, wisteria flowers 8 Comments

My first photos of an osprey bird

San Diego County and its various habitats hosts thousands of bird species, including a large number of birds who migrate here for the winter. I’ve heard we have ospreys here, also known as sea hawks or fish hawks. I’ve even seen some a few times, but never close enough to photograph.

This past weekend, I was lucky enough to spot one on top of a dead tree trunk. It was standing over a pond, turning its head left and right, possibly looking for fish to go catch. It was on a small island in the middle of the pond, so I couldn’t get very close. My camera has a 20x optical zoom, and it was challenging to get sharp pictures without a tripod, but I managed to get a few good ones. I have a Canon Powershot SX280 HS and I have to say Canon makes the best point and shoot cameras, with the option to access manual mode.

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