Saturday, 4 March 2017
The white hyacinth is hanging on, unfazed (not un-phased) by weather irregularities.
What does Celtic mean to you? Other than a sports team…. I use it to refer to common elements of material culture. Not language. Not beliefs. Not an ethnic group. Jessayin.
Friday, 3 March 2017
They’re early, these daffies, and holding their own (storms, heat, cold, variable weather).
Azalea.
Soft focus here equals unsteady hands of the photog.
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Our weather yesterday evening was rainy and windy, but not awful. We got lucky.
I still didn’t sleep well, though.
This kind of shot is supposed to focus on the bud, and I admit that is what I was trying for, but the rosette of leaves is equally interesting, especially with the backlighting.
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
That line of storms that devastated places to our WNW is coming though now, fingers crossed, as rain. And wind. We’ll see how our blooms and buds do.
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Over at the BotGarden, we saw several busy people, including this guy watering in the food-garden. I can vouch for the fact that it is easier to collect your tools if there’s orange (or other bright-colored) paint on the handle or somewhere.
This winter green is putting out new leaves. The Garden’s chef was wandering this area to select tasty bits for the restaurant kitchen.
The gnarly margins of these orchids still surprise me. I don’t know if MaNachur made this, or an orchid enthusiast (person) bred it. Perhaps a bit of both?
And, interviewing at our demonstration, Charles Barkley. Yes, THE. [Professional basketball players: tall.] Apparently he’s making a documentary series. I declined to sign the legal paper and get photographed with it (thereby linking face and name), so I’ll be a fuzzed out face in the background…if I’m not edited out.
Sunday, 26 February 2017
Sometimes I find a photo subject, maybe backlit like this hyacinth. I kneel, I try several angles, and I feel that I do okay, but maybe could do more….
And then, with the macro-lens, I get very close, and the same subject becomes totally different. Or mostly different.
Friday, 24 February 2017
This winter the weather’s flip-flopped. We’re in a warm spell that is something like 15°F warmer than the average. We’ve gone both ways recently. I think these camellia blossoms got going on a relatively normal schedule, in late December/early January. Then, a cold(er) snap tinged them brown, then it warmed again and here they are. But not hardy, so they easily succumb to gravity.
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Those white blobs center right and right background are white azalea blooms. Spring is waaaaay too early for the nonce. Mid-70s tomorrow, then the temps are to back down closer to normal. Global warming is climate not weather, but can be observed in weather patterns.
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
We moved through time and across space today. We went from the house of Earl…and origami cranes…
…to Spanish moss…and home! ATL traffic conspired to block us with rush hour traffic, but NO!.
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Here’s a version of the Copenhagen mermaid, watched over by a very large conch shell….
This I couldn’t quite figure out; I don’t think the chair is quite garbage, maybe the protector of the waste-pro container?
I’d like you to meet Whopper. He loves to show off his belly. When he sleeps under the car, it looks like he’s changing the oil.
Molly and Mindy are chickens. The cat isn’t waiting for them, just enjoying the breeze.