I loved the fresh tulips, but their aftermath was equally beautiful.the following week...
Showing posts with label tulips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tulips. Show all posts
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Sunday, 2 November 2014
The beauty of apricot-colored tulips
Sometimes, my screen around "plants that work for a living" includes plants that bring joy.Tulips are in that category. They're totally "useless" in their cultivated form for anything beyond that (not producing nectar, feeding insects, etc.), unless you count feeding deer. In nature, species...
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Spring
Okay Kids, spring is one of my favorites. I love taking pics of the yard because it only happens once.Here in Ohio, we have had a strange one. Everything is so Late 3 weeks ago we got SNOW!And things were just starting to come up too. look at these baby radishes! Just covered with snow!My helleborus...
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Trees with shadows
view of trees from Biltmore Yesterday, the sun's angle in the late afternoon created crisp shadows -- in dark contrast to the green of newly-mown pasture. This view from the terrace at Biltmore is spectacular at any time of year, now with the soft greens of emerging leaves on the Blue Ridge mountains...
Friday, 22 February 2013
Tulips are emerging
Hmm, if I'd been energetic (which I'm not, still recovering from a bad cold), I'd have pictures of the tulips emerging in front of our house in the mountains.We didn't plant them, the previous owner (and designer of our small house) did. He wasn't a gardener, at all, but his tulips have been lovely...
Monday, 19 April 2010
My New Career Adveture
I know that it has been a long time since I have updated the blog. This past quarter threw me for a loop! I am now just getting back on tract! But I did get all A's in my classes! Yay for me. This quarter is so much easier than last (anything would be easier in comparison.). Its a good thing too. Why,...
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Spring Update
So, just as an update on the who camera issue, I did get the Nikon D90. My dad got for me as a going-away present. I have had a lot of fun experimenting with it and the 2 lenses that I got with it. I am really liking the fact that I can adjust the aperture on the camera. I do, though, have to buy a...