She Kept A Parrot
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The Carolina Trumpet From my chair on the porch, I can see the trumpets. They hang down almost to waist level as I walk the path to Boy’s house. When we took our spring walk in the garden, I promised that the Carolina Trumpet Vine would be filled with coral trumpets by summertime. I think it has outdone itself this year. Blossoms continually appear and fall arranging themselves into surprising and delightful… Read More
This cactus is blooming beside the drive-thru menu outside the barbecue restaurant where I order my sandwiches about once a week. The plants have been there as long as I can remember, and the restaurant is very old. The blossoms are lovely in the late spring. I always enjoy looking at them. The prickly pear cactus is native to Texas. I am certain that the American Indians must have named their… Read More
I bought my very first compact camera, and I am test driving it. It is so tiny. I can hardly hold it. I am accustomed to my Nikon D-300 with its heavy Nikkor 18-200mm walk-around lens. I couldn’t believe this little thing could produce a reasonable photograph particularly since I have a familial tremor in both hands. Here is one of my photos from today. It is a leaf on a sword… Read More
I saw Lemony’s blog when I started reading blogs here. (http://lemonygregghead.wordpress.com/) I recall having seen a color shot of some piece of old equipment she photographed with a macro lens. The repetition of the shapes there reminded me of “The Scream”. I studied more of her macros and realized she was doing what I always tried to do without a dedicated macro lens. So I ordered a Nikkor 85mm macro lens with… Read More
My daughter, Kelli, and her husband, JC, decided to prune everything in their landscaping yesterday. Kelli doesn’t trust anybody else to do the job. I did not participate. I did show up to record the massacre. They removed a large wax myrtle and a pygmy date palm. Both were dead or dying. I had a good time photographing these cuttings. I almost fell and broke a hip climbing around in those piles,… Read More
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