Snow Dusting on Rhodies

Snow Dusting on Rhodies
Originally uploaded by doug_r

A late night dusting of snow and ice on a very calm night left the world looking like it had been dusted with sugar.

Icefall

Icefall
Originally uploaded by doug_r

29 December 2007, Seven Falls, Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Very cold in the shade but the water was running quickly beneath the filigree of ice on top.

Lace

Lace
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Moss growing amid the mists and orchids, Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. 14 April 2007

Vine

Vine
Originally uploaded by doug_r

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.

Monk's Hood

Monk's Hood
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Tigridia

Tigridia
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Also known as Mexican Shell Flower, it blooms but for a single day.

Wake IV

Wake IV
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Crocosmia

Crocosmia
Originally uploaded by doug_r

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

Cormorants

3 (B & W)
Originally uploaded by doug_r

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.

My Hometown

Seattle Summer Dawn
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Rust

Originally uploaded by doug_r

Hubs and spokes of an old steam tractor found on a farm in May Valley Washington.

Cedar

Cedar
Originally uploaded by doug_r

A detail of a very old cedar along Issaquah Hobart road.

Snoqualmie Falls

Snoqualmie Falls
Originally uploaded by doug_r

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.

Unrolling (Black & White)

Unrolling (Black & White)
Originally uploaded by doug_r

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.

High Summer

High Summer
Originally uploaded by doug_r

It's mid-summer now: a grand, if hot, time of year.

Centaurea

Centaurea
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Blooming in the home gardens just now. The cobalt blue against the golden foliage is just *amazing*

New Growth

New Growth
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Sea Holly

Sea Holly
Originally uploaded by doug_r

Little Warrior with an Old Soul

Little warrior with an old soul
Originally uploaded by doug_r

He guards the plants and trees at Gray Barn Nursery in Redmond, Washington.

Guanella Pass, 2007

Guanella Pass
Originally uploaded by doug_r

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.