Houseleek (aka Hen and Chicks) Flowers
One of our houseleek (hen and chicks) plants bloomed and I captured photos of these seldom seen flowers. Read More …
Category: Flowers, Plants, Trees
Birdhouse and Flowers
A black-eyed susan vine around a pole supporting a bluebird house in our backyard. Read More …
Evening Primrose
We have enjoyed watching new Common Evening Primrose blossoms quickly open each evening. Read More …
Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Gardens
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. Read More …
Nature Treasure Hunt at Seven Bends State Park
Beverly and I recently participated in a photo scavenger hunt in Seven Bends State Park, Virginia’s newest state park. Read More …
Wild Mushroom
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 out of the development Beverly noticed that it had returned. When she reached her destination, Read More …
Stages of an Ox Eye Sunflower
I have tracked the development of an oxeye sunflower from bud to final form, concentrating on close-ups of the center of the flowers. Read More …
Peace Lily
The Peace Lily is a tropical, evergreen perennial houseplant with unusual blooms that can take nearly four months to develop. Read More …
Tomahawk Pond
On a beautiful day in September we visited Tomahawk Pond in Shenandoah County, Virginia Read More …
Norfolk Pine
I am continuing my exploration of macro photography by photographing the tip of a branch of a Norfolk Island pine. Read More …