Our front yard azalea has “popped”! Big time!
There’s still plenty of unopened buds – looks like it will be a banner year for our azaleas.
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Category Flowers and Plants
Early Blooming Poinsettia
Here’s a poinsettia that we’ve had in our window garden for about 2 years now and this is the earliest it has ever bloomed. We say early because it should bloom late spring to mid fall here in Florida. The variety is “Red Glitter”.
We’ve done nothing special with the plant – no hiding it away in a closet. It sits in full sunlight in a northwest facing window. What a pretty plant!
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Sago Palm – Pretty but Deadly
A staple of Florida gardening, the sago palm is a marvel of natural design and engineering – beautiful to see but extremely poisonous. All parts of the plant contain the poison (cycasin) but the seed pods (cones, nuts) are the most deadly to both humans and pets.
Female sago palm photographed in mid-summer before the seeds are exposed.
About 4 years ago, our cat Pirate had a run in with this plant which is on the property line with our neighbor. He showed signs of having been poisoned and our guess was he possibly chewed on a leaf or seed pod. Fortunately, he’s a strong little Tom and after some intense nursing by us, he pulled through. He’s a wiser old cat now, 15 years old and enjoying life.
- Tough guy Pirate defending his mailbox. He doesn’t quite have the get-up and go to climb the mailbox anymore but it was one of his favorite hangouts when he was younger.
If you have these plants in your landscaping and you have small children or pets please be aware of the danger. For more info, you can check out this site.
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Hanging On – Starting Over
The last leaves of autumn and new growth.
River maple pops its new blossoms while an old leaf refuses to “leave”.
The last few days of January and the river maples are showing their new blossoms and buds.
The last pear leaf and the first bud.
Japanese garden bell catches the last rays of the day.
A beautiful day in the garden as our North Florida sunlight warms with its late winter rays. Hopefully, we’re past our hard freezes and we’ll be frost free the rest of the winter.
Thanks for stopping by! Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S9900W
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Variations on a Theme
In response to this weeks challenge… leaf on slate
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The Last Leaves
It’s been an odd year for our trees weatherwise and otherwise. What with a prolonged spring drought, wildfires into the summer, the close passage of a tropical storm, and then three well established nor’easters, our maritime forest here on the island has taken a quite a beating. Now we have a second hard freeze. These hardy souls are the last leaves in our yard on a bradford pear tree.
Samsung Galaxy S8+
It’s technically a bad photograph – I deliberately shot into the sun under breezy conditions so nothing is in focus. I love the shallow depth of field and the sun rays on the left of the image. I’ll check this morning after sunrise to see if the leaves made it through the night.
Do you explore your yard photographically? There’s so much to see. How about a mossy gate on a fence from a different viewpoint?
Samsung Galaxy S8+
The swirling patterns of bark on the pear tree.
Samsung Galaxy S8+
Technically all of these images are not properly exposed or focused and lack sophisticated techniques in their composition and received no post-production. They’re just shots taken on a whim – but we like them nonetheless.
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Holly Berries – Tuesday
Wandering around the front yard yesterday, the stark contrast between the deep red of the berries and the vivid greens of the leaves caught my eye. Shot with my Samsung Galaxy S8+ with only a touch of post-production on my part. What I like best is that the image doesn’t look digital – it has some texture and depth not often seen with the eye etching resolution of DSLRs.
Samsung Galaxy S8+ set at 16:9 and 9.1 MP
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WPC – Growth
In response to this week’s challenge – Growth
Roots Exposed
Not often seen, roots are a fascinating and obviously important part of every plant.
Rust Dissolving
Always at work, rust grows on an exposed steel bolt.
Cumulus Clouds Growing
Florida, summer heat, moisture, clouds grow and spread into afternoon thunderstorms.
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From chaos sprouts beauty
A rescued Christmas cactus rewards us with its delicate beauty.
Looking neglected at a local big box home store, Carol rescued this cactus – it rewards us with beautiful blossoms and lovely leaves of deep green. Here captured in the studio with our Fujifilm FinePix S9900W set on chrome color slide film simulation.
Nature’s sculpture – revealed.
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Ascend
In response to this week’s challenge – Ascend
Upward through the Earth – next stop, the Sky!
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