Crab Apples
“Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting Golden Delicious.” ― Bill Meyer Well, these are crab apples; these are crab apples on our neighbor’s tree. And the image...
View ArticlePollen and the Bumblebee
“Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” ― Mary Kay Ash (Click on either image to open the gallery and get a closer...
View ArticleFlashback
Just a momentary flashback to Spring… Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged: bumblebee, flashback, flower, insect, pollen, Spring
View ArticleLooks From Early Spring
“Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.” ― Sarah Dessen It is the second week in January. In eight weeks, more...
View ArticleBright Yellow…
A couple of views from our yellow rose-bush this past Spring. Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged: bush, flower, rose, Spring, yellow
View ArticleStarburst
A few more days of Spring weather left this week then it is back to Winter again. One of the weather stations posted actual complaints from viewers because of broadcasts forecasting the return of cold...
View ArticleFirst Spring Flowers 2017
Just forty miles north of us this past Saturday snow covered the ground after a very early morning snow. Meanwhile, in our front flower bed on the same Saturday morning we saw our first two Spring...
View ArticleThis Is Not How It Was Supposed To Be…
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck In was inevitable that we would finally see this combination after the random mix of Winter,...
View ArticleIs It Really Spring This Time?
After several short spurts of Spring-like weather popping up over the past two months we all wondered if this was finally the beginning of the real transition from Winter. Over the weekend I got in...
View ArticleCee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring – Wood
After four months of nothing but gray tree trunks and limbs it appears that the crab apple tree has survived our combo-Winter/Summer/Spring randomized season. These buds cover the tree from top to...
View ArticleMore Signs…
Fiery narcissus in the front flower bed – another good sign that Spring is on the move. We have a week of rain coming up to keep this going. Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged: fire, flower,...
View ArticleMore New Blossoms…
The crab apple tree’s first blossoms have appeared. In a couple of days a full canopy of pink flowers will cover the perimeter of the upper crown of limbs. Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged:...
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