A couple of days ago I posted pictures of an African iris — well, here is yet another variety of the same flower. Just like the other, I spotted this flashy beauty while walking the dog. In fact, I’d had my eye on these flowers for a few days but it was only today I managed to stop long enough […]
It took some persistent poking around on Google, but I finally identified these graceful flowers as Dietes bicolor, or African iris. They initially caught my eye because of the triangular shape and dark spots. Each flower lasts only a day, but is quickly replaced by another. Bloom bursts seem to come at 2-week intervals — hence the name fortnight lily […]
One of my favorite WordPress travel and nature blogs is Enchanted Forests, written by Mukul Chand; and ever since I first read his post titled Auspicious Marigolds, I can’t help thinking of this song whenever I happen to see one of these beautiful little golden flowers, known as in Hindi as Genda.
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 2, 2018. Maybe you can’t predict it, but you can still take a photo of it. I’ve seen plenty of lost-pet posters around my neighborhood before, but never one quite like this.
My entry for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. I’m looking for you to get close to your subject. You can have macros, but they are not necessary for this challenge. If you can get close to a huge ship and can only take part of it’s hull, that works for me or maybe get up close to […]
I spotted this while walking the dog today and couldn’t resist adding it to my entry for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week: Outdoor ways to move up and down.