This early fall has been a year of small-towns popping up everywhere in our yard. From my view up high, it's not so easy to see them. My imagination runs wild, like when I was a child. When I get down low to Copper's level, things start to get more interesting. I don't know how… Continue reading The small towns of wonders under mushrooms
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The Low Down of My Garden
As a hobby photographer, this summer, I've been sharing with you the beauty of my garden, especially all of my flowers. And an occasional bug. But I haven't shared things that rhyme with bug. Until today! I missed showing you that along the fence wall by my garden beds, I have this small container bed. … Continue reading The Low Down of My Garden
Reflections on my learning as I go photography lessons
I'm a self-proclaimed 'learn as I go' photographer. I often wonder if I have I grown in my skillsets through the years since I first picked up my hand-me-up camera from my daughter? Will I ever be good enough? Good enough for what? To capture a cat drinking from a water glass or a cat… Continue reading Reflections on my learning as I go photography lessons
Shhh, be still and quiet to get great shots of up-close photography
Every time I grab my camera, I have hopes of catching a shot of something special. Of something that I hadn't planned on getting when I first headed out the door. I dwell in possibility. - Emily Dickinson I crouch down low and get as close to objects I can, depending upon the lens I… Continue reading Shhh, be still and quiet to get great shots of up-close photography
Why yes, Black-Eyed Susans look like buttons to me
Let's take a Sunday Stills stroll, by taking a break with me to wander virtually through my Black-eyed Susan flower bed that is bursting with yellow splashes of joy. I'm glad Merriam-Webster agrees with me, a bud can be called a button. A quick Google check around the world and it appears according to the… Continue reading Why yes, Black-Eyed Susans look like buttons to me
Bugs galore and flowers we adore
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. - Henry David Thoreau A random Sunflower plant is growing in my rocks - must've been a mouse or a vole that planted it there? I love the tiny… Continue reading Bugs galore and flowers we adore