Greetings blogosphere! It’s that time of year to display scenes from the end of spring and the beginning of summer. I’ve talked before of my walks to Willow Pond and many of these photos are taken on these walks. I love to watch the transformation of the wild black raspberries that grow abundantly along the … More Late spring, early summer
Oh boy! Some of my favorite summer flowers are water lilies. And apparently I suggested(and Sarah too, oops forgot to mention this) this theme for Denzil’s weekly challenge. I don’t remember that but yay! At my local conservatory, the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Como Park to be exact, there are ponds with Victoria Water Lilies. … More Nature Photo Challenge – Water Plants
I sure love Denzil’s challenges! This week he’s asked us to find black in nature. At first I didn’t think I’d find any as black isn’t a color I normally photograph. I’m usually drawn to other colors. But I did find some and I hope you will enjoy! Some butterflies at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic … More Nature Photo Challenge – Black
This week Denzil’s challenge is ferns. My local conservatory has an entire room full of ferns and I did find a handful of photos to share. I do have ferns in my yard but I can’t seem to find any photos of them, search though I did. And they’re no longer nice-looking or I would … More Nature Photo Challenge – Ferns
And what a great challenge it is! I love cacti and have photographed many. I hope you will enjoy some of my favorites. If you’d like to enter this challenge or to view other entries, click here. I’ve used this one before, but I love it so here it is again, a pink cactus flower … More Nature Photo Challenge – Cacti
It’s time again for me to create a post of many of the photos I’ve taken since spring arrived the first week of May. We had a few days in April with summer weather and the snowdrops bloomed! Then it was back to winter and now there is no sign of winter anywhere. We made … More Early spring in the twin cities
This is a regular monthly post amongst several bloggers who love to read and anyone can join in. Here is my entry for what I read during April and May. If you’re a reader or want to be a reader, this is a good place to start to get some recommendations. I also rediscovered my … More What’s on your bookshelf – April & May
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