May 24, 2020 at 3:17 pm (Flowers, fpj-photo-challenge, Holidays, Links, Lists, postaday, Sundays)
Tags: California, flower photography, Garden
As many countries are opening up a bit from lock-down, and I was inspired by the soft glory of spring nature in my part of the world, I thought we would indulge in some Delicate Colours! They are everywhere in nature, but also to be found anywhere you look, in for example fashion, art and architecture. — Leya
Self is always happy to participate in a Photo Challenge. Anything to distract from Shelter-in-Place, entering the third month here in the San Francisco Bay Area.
First: HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!
To everyone who has a loved one in this fight, or has lost a loved one, blessings.
Hydrangeas on Front Porch: May 2020
Iceberg Roses in Front Yard, May 2020
Looking at the Garden from the Kitchen Window, 24 May 2020. The curtains were from World Market, which has since closed.
Look at these beautiful galleries:
Stay safe, dear blog readers. Stay safe.
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July 14, 2019 at 5:37 am (Flowers, Links)
Tags: flower photography, Garden, happiness, Redwood City, Saturday, seasons, summer
Self was inspired by viveka‘s fabulous post on this challenge on her blog, my guilty pleasures.
The prompt is from Nancy Merrill.
Hydrangeas on Self’s Front Porch
U.S. First Class Stamp
Razzleberri Fringe Flower, Backyard, March 2019
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July 10, 2019 at 4:37 pm (Flowers, Links)
Tags: California, Cee Neuner, flower photography, Garden, happiness, seasons, summer
It’s always a good day when self can participate in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. This week, it’s 5+ Items:
Simply make sure there are at least 5 items in your photo.
Without further ado:
Backyard, Yesterday Evening Around 8 p.m.
Front Porch: Self has about six potted hydrangeas.
One More from the Front Porch
Love summer. Love flowers.
Stay tuned.
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March 31, 2018 at 8:57 pm (Flowers, Holidays, Links, Surprises)
Tags: California, Cee Neuner, flower photography, Garden, Redwood City, Saturday, websites
More irises began blooming in the side yard today:
Blooming Today: Saturday, 31 March 2018
Which photo do you prefer, the blurry or the sharp?
For more gorgeous flowers, here’s a link to Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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February 4, 2018 at 5:51 pm (destinations, Flowers, Places, postaday, Sundays)
Tags: California, flower photography, Flowers, Gardens, happiness, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Which is to say, the garden at home.
Self has spent much time in it, the past few days. Here are pictures of two of her ‘most-grown.’
Superbowl Sunday 2018: Her First at Home in Three Years
Side Yard: This Viburnum was barely two feet high in 2015. Now, it’s almost as tall as the eaves.
Going to see Hostiles (Christian Bale! Rosamund Pike!) in a few.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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January 25, 2018 at 11:39 pm (Flowers, Places, postaday)
Tags: California, flower photography, Flowers, Garden, happiness, postaday, postaweek, Redwood City, Wordpress
Been so long since self took pictures of her garden.
Since this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is VARIATIONS ON A THEME, self wandered her backyard looking for appropriate subjects.
Here, her helleborus, having survived years of neglect (approx. three years) is nevertheless getting ready to bloom:
Helleborus, Last Week of January 2018
More Helleborus!
Just throwing this in: The deck is very weathered and obviously needs a lot of work. But — variations on a theme!
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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August 6, 2017 at 9:20 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Flowers, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Recommended, Sundays, Surprises, television, Traveling)
Tags: flower photography, Game of Thrones, Gendry, Gendrya, India, Ireland, photography, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Been reading Gendrya all day in preparation for tonight’s Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 4. Which self knows already from all the leaks has NO. GENDRY. Nevertheless. It is reportedly spectacular. There is a scene in which . . . but, no. THERE SHALL BE NO FURTHER SPOILERS.
She’s posted twice on this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge TEXTURES. Now it’s time to appreciate these beauties from other WordPress bloggers!
Kudos to the bloggers!
Stay tuned.
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June 17, 2017 at 3:37 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Family, Flowers, Links, Places, postaday, Relatives, Traveling)
Tags: England, flower photography, Gardens, London, memories, photography, postaday, postaweek, Saturday, Wordpress
This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is FOCUS.
David W. asks:
Are you a stickler for getting in close to your subjects and capturing every detail, or do you prefer a more ethereal look that illustrates the sensations of the moment? Or both?
Self definitely falls into the latter group.
Much has happened in the world in the four months self traveled through England, Ireland, and France. She took this picture standing on the steps of London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields, where she’d gone to listen to a candlelight Pachelbel Canon concert:
Iconic Double-Decker: London, Early June 2017
Before London, self was in Paris. She spent one day at Monet’s Garden in Giverney, which was awash in blooms:
Blooming in Monet’s Garden in Giverney, Early June 2017
Finally, Versailles. The lines were incredible. It took all of her niece Irene’s ingenuity to get us both inside. Self took this picture staring through the gilt iron gates at the front entrance, on a very hot afternoon in late May:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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June 7, 2017 at 5:42 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Flowers, Places, postaday, Recommended, Traveling)
Tags: art, flower photography, Gardens, inspiration, museum, Paris, postaday, postaweek, praise, Wordpress
ORDER: “Neat, tidy objects and spaces.”
Monet’s garden at Giverny has a profusion of flowers but it’s the individual blossoms that really show you nature’s genius for order.
Giverney: May 2017
The flower is ready for its close-up:
Finally, I. M. Pei’s magnificent pyramid at the Louvre:
Fabulous: I. M. Pei’s audacity
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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