Morning Beauty
The morning cold was nippy, and I needed to keep moving to warm up as I set off on my morning hike. But when this lovely bud — the color of a ripe, juicy peach — caught my eye, I just had to stop to admire it.
The Color Yellow
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge for this week is Yellows. This week the color is Yellows. You can show off photos you have taken of any yellow colors. Have tons fun with this challenge this week.
In the Garden of Fragrance
I had already spent most of afternoon wandering through the San Francisco Botanical Garden, taking pictures of nearly everything I saw. When I noticed the sign saying ‘Garden of Fragrance,’ I was tempted to pass it by — “Oh, it’s just a bunch of flowers.” Don’t get me wrong! I like flowers, and I can even tell you the names of a […]
Temple Bells
I noticed these wonderful flowers in San Francisco’s Botanical Garden, in the area known as the Exhibition Garden. They are a rare variety of abutilon, sometimes called Flowering Maple. It’s very easy to see why they’re called Temple Bells. I was fascinated by their brilliant colors and the appearance of the red veins. Apparently other varieties of the abutilon are saucer […]
Serene Garden
Mexico Monday, Week 7
One of our very favorite places to visit was the giant market in the middle of the beautiful city of Guadalajara. I knew it as the Mercado Libertad (Liberty Market), and it’s also called the Mercado San Juan de Dios. I could have spent weeks browsing everything on offer in the mercado; it is the largest indoor market in Latin […]
Perfect Pink
WPC: Cherry on Top
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of July 22, 2016. This week, share a photo of a detail that makes a good thing even better. Sometimes the cherry on top can be a touch of color in an otherwise ordinary day. Sometimes it can be some unexpected bit of decoration spotted purely by accident. Sometimes it’s a sight […]
WPC: Details
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of July 15, 2016. For this week’s challenge, try to look past the big picture and take a more intimate approach. Zoom in on details in unexpected places — it can be something from the natural world, or it can be human-made. The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the […]