We had a very quiet Memorial Day. After the rain stopped I spent a little time on the deck with my 50 mm lens at F/1.8 (an inexpensive plastic Canon lens enthusiasts call “the nifty fifty”) and with an extension tube, making soft closeups of the lilacs. They are in Read more…
On an impulse yesterday I decided to drive to Noerenberg Memorial Gardens to see if they were open. The last time we had driven there the gates were closed and locked. The gardens were open yesterday! And when I arrived there were crews working there (mowing, weeding, and working on Read more…
I cannot remember a spring when I spent as much time outdoors as I am spending this spring. Almost every day I’ve been wandering around our backyard, listening to the frogs croak, seeing the ducks and turtles in and around the pond, watching spring arrive, slowly, softly, day by day. Read more…
This time of year I don’t even need to leave my house to see beauty all around me. I didn’t feel well yesterday so I made all of these photos from inside my house or out on the deck. Beauty before me, behind me, above me, and all around me. Read more…
Some people are sad on overcast days. Not me! I celebrate the beautiful filtered light the clouds bring. Just before the rain started I put my Canon 100-400 mm lens and 1.4 extender on my camera and went out photograph some of the crab apple trees that are nearby. Crab Read more…