Moss growing amid the mists and orchids, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. 14 April 2007
Monday, November 05, 2007
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Vine
One from the archives.
Taken on 14 April 2007 at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.
This is what's left after the flower of a vining pitcher plant drops off.
When I saw this, all I could think of were the whiplash curves drawn by Alphonse Mucha in his Art Noveau work.
Taken on 14 April 2007 at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.
This is what's left after the flower of a vining pitcher plant drops off.
When I saw this, all I could think of were the whiplash curves drawn by Alphonse Mucha in his Art Noveau work.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Crocosmia
Also known as Montbretia, this South African plant is a very hardy and mildly invasive species here in the Pacific Northwest. It has been hybridized into a number of sizes and colors, though all are shades that I've seen are of yellow, orange and red. I'm not sure what hybrid this specimen is from but the outsides of the flower petals are orange and the insides yellow.
Growing the the gardens around the house on 31 July 2007
Growing the the gardens around the house on 31 July 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Cormorants
Though not uncommon in Puget Sound, when I lived in Oklahoma there were infrequent visitors and were locally known as "water turkeys". They were the scourge of bass fisherman since they were supposed to be able to clean out a small lake in just a few days.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Snoqualmie Falls
This is how the falls typically looks. It's higher than Niagra Falls and not as broad but very impressive in spate.
Taken on 21 Feb 2006.
Taken on 21 Feb 2006.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Unrolling (Black & White)
An Asiatic Lily just opening out of the bud. The stamens unrolling around the pistil looked like elongaged hands to me. Not bad in color either.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Centaurea
Blooming in the home gardens just now. The cobalt blue against the golden foliage is just *amazing*
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Little Warrior with an Old Soul
He guards the plants and trees at Gray Barn Nursery in Redmond, Washington.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Guanella Pass, 2007
This image was made on an early June day with afternoon thunderclouds bumping around, occasionally spitting big drops of rain and small, scarcely frozen hailstones. The light was fantastic on this day, moving around and spotlighting different parts of the mountains, valleys, moraines, cirques, and arêtes.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Nyphaea Sky
2 June 2007 - Denver Botanical Gardens Pond with Water Lillies. A Monet sort of sky reflected in the water...
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Also known as Shooting Stars, seen blooming on 12 May 2007 at Hayes Nursery in Issaquah, Washington.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Nymphaea
Blooming at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California on 14 April 2007.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Dancing Orchids XVIII
Blooming in the Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California.
14 April 2007
14 April 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Western Trillium
I've had a soft spot for trilliums since I stumbled into a little hidden copse full of hundreds of blossoming plants near the Buffalo River in Arkansas some years back.
The red ones are spectacular too...
The red ones are spectacular too...
Friday, April 06, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Robert Pirsig, in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, describes a time when he was trying to get a student past a bad case of writer's block by describing each brick in a wall of bricks. The student finally observed that each brick is different, and so reached an epiphany of sorts. Everywhere, everything is different - each snowflake, each petal, each blade of grass, each cloud, each pebble, each moment, each second.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Nerine Lily (B & W)
This image was taken toward the end of October, 2005 in the Alpine Garden Greenhouse at the St. Gallen Botanical Garden in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
This bloom is past it's prime and surrounded by the shards of older blossoms. I found it strikingly beautiful even in decay.
This image is a rework of a color image.
The weeknights spent in hotel rooms while traveling are a good time to learn and practice Photoshop.
This bloom is past it's prime and surrounded by the shards of older blossoms. I found it strikingly beautiful even in decay.
This image is a rework of a color image.
The weeknights spent in hotel rooms while traveling are a good time to learn and practice Photoshop.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Tulip
I'm learning and playing with selective toning. This might be a little heavy handed but it's not too bad I think.
With luck, the tulip will open a bit more in a couple of days affording another view.
Spring is so amazing.
With luck, the tulip will open a bit more in a couple of days affording another view.
Spring is so amazing.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Rhododendron Bud
February is a cruel month - still coolish, and still not out of the woods for a cold snap. But on the other hand many of the buds are swelling up: Rhodies, Nipponese Maples and Azaleas. Some things are in bloom: Witch Hazel, Helebores, Primroses, Cyclamen and Sarcacoca. Still others are just peeking up: Columbine, Daffodils, Tulips, and Crocosmia. So many signs of things to come - and Mother Nature's optimism to see us through til they flower.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
Denver, Colorado 23 Dec 06
After the first blizzard of the 2005 winter; and this was after it had settled for a 36 hours.
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