My rock garden takes shape… or how to make my part of the Sunshine State a bit less like Florida

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019Chris and Carol 5 Comments

It’s not easy creating a rock garden in Florida and it’s certainly not easy maintaining a rock garden when you basically live in a forest. The rewards, in this case after some late afternoon thundershowers, is my little moment of Zen. ^.^

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Nearby the jasmine soaks up the rain – the blossoms are about to show.

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Have a beautiful day y’all! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Disney Memories

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

For us, the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World will always be our special place. There are just certain things you see when you first arrive that gets us going!

Where’s your happy place?

Have a beautiful day y’all! – Chris & Carol ^.^

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Sakura in Naka-ku – Yokohama’s little jewel

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

From the Spring of 1979 – one of the rare times I was home during the Sakura Season in Japan.

Sankei-en in Yokohama

Along Avenue D – Honmoku, Naka-ku, Yokohama

Beautiful Sankei-en (Gardens)

We were very fortunate to live just a short bicycle ride from Sankei-en and although I was seldom home during the Spring we would always find time to spend the day there.

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Camera: Canon F-1 with Canon FD lenses on Kodak Kodachrome film.

Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

I’m running some nice specials in my shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com and I’ll be adding some new cameras shortly!

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Azalea Explosion!

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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Two azaleas in a remote part of our side garden – the absolute best place for them and the perfect time for these two plants to bloom. They’re essentially wild azaleas native to North Florida and have much smaller blossoms than our front garden plants. No fertilizer just a good dose of sunshine, water, and plenty of oak leaves to make the soil acidic.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Gardening! – Chris

Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8+

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Eye poppin’ color!

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

The azaleas in my backyard have bloomed and although I don’t recall exactly what color these are, they sure are colorful!

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Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8+ / with and without fill-in flash / overcast day / no post production (well just a smidge)

Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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Tending to the Buzzness at hand

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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Getting the most from the rapidly fading azaleas.

Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8+

Thanks for taking a peek! – Chris

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The power of trees

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

On December 30th of last year, our river maples in the front yard were in full-color bloom –

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On March 5th the leaves are starting anew –

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You see leaves but what you’re really witnessing is the raw power of a tree. In less than sixty days the old leaves fell and new leaves established themselves.

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These two river maples were started from seeds from other maples in our backyard – we transplanted them at about the two-year point in their lives. They should add some significant height this year as we’ve had a super wet Winter so far.

Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8+

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Chris

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azalea blossoms – 3.5.2019

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019Chris and Carol 2 Comments

Late afternoon in the garden – azalea blossoms “pop”

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Camera: Samsung Galaxy S8+

Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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Happy SUNday!

February 17, 2019February 17, 2019Chris and Carol Leave a comment

It’s a beautiful day!

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Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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Happy SUNday! – Part 2

December 30, 2018December 30, 2018Chris and Carol Leave a comment

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A foggy North Florida morning seemed like the perfect time to grab a shot of my maple trees. This is about as much color as we can get out of these river maples without having a freeze or frost. I’m rather proud of these two as I grew them from seeds taken from one of my other maples in the backyard. I started them in pots and then transferred them to the front yard. I’d guess that these are just shy of ten years old – they’re doing well in the front which gets lots of afternoon sunlight.

Camera – Samsung Galaxy S8+

Thanks for stopping by! – Chris

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My rock garden takes shape… or how to make my part of the Sunshine State a bit less like Florida

It’s not easy creating a rock garden in Florida and it’s certainly not easy maintaining a rock garden when you basically live in a forest. The rewards, in this case after some late afternoon thundershowers, is my little moment of Zen. ^.^

Happy SUNday! – Disney Memories

Sakura in Naka-ku – Yokohama’s little jewel

Azalea Explosion!

Eye poppin’ color!

Tending to the Buzzness at hand

The power of trees

azalea blossoms – 3.5.2019

Late afternoon in the garden – azalea blossoms “pop”

Happy SUNday!

Happy SUNday! – Part 2