Walking Squares: Belfast Botanic Gardens

Again, much thanks to Life of B for this month’s Squares Challenge: Walking Squares! So much fun to create a gallery of memorable walks!

In April, self finally crossed Belfast off her bucket list. She’d been wanting to go ever since she got into Game of Thrones, the HBO series. She was a huge Gendrya fan, and every time Joe Dempsie showed up in Belfast she would cheer!

She stayed at the Europa Hotel, which was fantastic, and each day she explored a different area of Belfast. One day, she went to Queen’s University and explored the botanic garden, right alongside:

citysonnet Colors and Letters Photo Challenge: 6 November 2022

Today, Nov. 6, is a color: PINK BLUE.

Hmmm. That is quite a lovely color. If self can find an example in her archives. Nevertheless, she’ll give it that old college try.

Cee’s Flower of the Day: Oxford Botanic Garden

For this Flower of the Day Challenge, self decided to go back through her archives.

She took these pictures when she visited the Oxford Botanic Garden, late May.

Good Morning! More Flower of the Day

Decided to take another picture of what’s blooming in the backyard at the moment.

Posting for Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day.

Flower of the Day: Afternoon, October

Self’s All Dressed Up started blooming again yesterday.

It is a very, very hot day.

Posting for Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day.

Her roses just don’t quit. Bougainvillea right behind, doesn’t quit either.

Lens Artists Photo Challenge # 220: One Subject, Three Ways

To explain this challenge, P.A. Moed quotes Shivanand Sharma:

Working a shot is the photographers’ way of refining the shot; to make an extraordinary imagery from the ordinary scene. It is just like a writer wandering about for the plot of story or a painter re-working his canvas for a finished outcome. 

Shivanand Sharma

Self had quite a hard time settling on a subject. So many possibilities! Which shows how many pictures she actually takes: for her, framing is all.

But, finally, she settled on her newest rose, Moonlight Romantica, bought just this past spring. It has entertained her with its beauty for months — all summer, in fact. It is not blooming right now, so these are pictures she took in July. (In addition, it has grown to a great height: it’s almost 5 feet right now)

The colors change gradually: from the bright orange of a new bud, to a pale yellow when first unfurled, to almost white when past its prime.

Moonlight Romantica rose, July

Flower of the Day: One More Round for Roses

One of the greatest pleasures of the summer just ended has been the new roses self bought in the spring. All Dressed Up (pink) is just starting to bloom again, and her Chrysler Imperial (deep red) is getting ready for a spectacular show.

Posting for Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day.

Flower of the Day, Dusk

The hydrangeas and the Iceberg rose are long past their prime. Self went on the porch and took these last pictures of the day, trying to hold her camera steady for available light.

Posting for Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)

Flower of the Day: New Bud

Moonlight Romantica, 6 p.m., Wednesday 27 July 2022

Posting for Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day.

Flower of the Day (FOTD): Third Sunday of July 2022

There are two roses blooming in the backyard right now: All Dressed Up and Moonlight Romantica.

These are today’s Moonlight Romantica blooms. It’s been pretty hot, so the blooms are a little wilted.

Posting for Cee Neuner’s Flower of the Day (FOTD) Challenge.