April 24, 2023
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This April we visited Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Gardens in Lexington, VA. We had never visited this volunteer-mananged informal arboretum before and we enjoyed the variety of plants and spring flowers. Continue reading
October 9, 2021
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Beverly and I recently participated in a photo scavenger hunt in Seven Bends State Park, Virginia’s newest state park. Continue reading
September 22, 2021
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In our neighborhood, there is a spot in the grass between the street and the sidewalk where a wild mushroom occasionally appears. Sometimes it is mowed or cut down and sometimes it just withers away. One day on her way … Continue reading
September 9, 2021
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I have tracked the development of an oxeye sunflower from bud to final form, concentrating on close-ups of the center of the flowers. Continue reading
June 6, 2021
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The Peace Lily is a tropical, evergreen perennial houseplant with unusual blooms that can take nearly four months to develop. Continue reading
December 17, 2020
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On a beautiful day in September we visited Tomahawk Pond in Shenandoah County, Virginia Continue reading
November 28, 2020
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I am continuing my exploration of macro photography by photographing the tip of a branch of a Norfolk Island pine. Continue reading
November 25, 2020
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I was able to take closeup photographs of a Thanksgiving cactus bloom after much experimentation and learning. Continue reading
September 3, 2020
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We visited Palm Springs, California when we were visiting Joshua Tree National Park and the Salton Sea area. Continue reading
June 19, 2019
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Each morning we have nice stands of Pleated Inkcap Mushrooms (Parasola plicatilis) due to warm and damp days nights in some flower beds. Continue reading