Flowers – Page 23 – Daffodil Hill Photography

A Mixed Bag

I wanted to title this hodgepodge of shots Sir Mix A Lot butt …never mind. Here are several from a day to days past. Enjoy!

Apple blossom on Grandfather Apple Tree this past spring. Taken with my beloved S3is PowerShot.

Reflecting is part of who I am so shooting reflections is not much of a stretch.

A lovely Lily I found growing in a small stand of trees.

3-31-2007-03 — This picture was taken several years ago, on 35mm film, of an old Sear Catalog.

DSCF5138 — Flutterbies as so called by The Bride. I like it!

For the foreseeable future I am going to be unable to consistently post or shot new material. I was lining some things up to post when I can I found this old 35mm film shot. So here is one for the day.

405630-R1-045-21_021 — Taken with the Bride’s Minolta x-370 film camera

Precious Sight

I spent most of today in pain and moderate discomfort from an issue with my eye. I tried to flush it myself but ended up going to an eye doctor. Turns out it was a sliver of wood stuck in my eye. Nice. I left the eye doctors and was going to take a walkabout but the eye, though no longer hurting, was still weeping a lot. I think I am an above average in being aware to how good most of us have it but I never realized how much impact not having vision in one of our eyes can impact ones life.

Since I was not comfortable going for a walkabout I went through some pictures I took Friday. The morning was humbly cool and I had a small window of time during a break in the rain. Here a few from that set. It is good to see them, though they are not my best, and to know how precious that is.

DSCF5071 — Buttonbush using my old barn as a backdrop…kind of. Missed by this….. much!

DSCF5055 — I look around a lot will on walkabout. Up, down and all around! I found this little flower and though I do not know what it is one thing is sure: It is tiny. See the next picture for comparison.

DSCF5057 — The comparison shot for the above picture. I told you the were tiny!

DSCF5032 — I believe this the flower of a plant called Common Mullein.

DSCF5067 — We have always called this a Night Shade flower but the correct name is Horse Nettle.

Taking Some Time

Life, as usually, has been unapologetic in its pursuit of keeping me busy. So the Bride and I have the next four days off from work and other preordained obligations.

Here are a few pictures from around our place I took this morning. I have not been able to do that for more weeks than I like to admit. It feels nice taking some time to breath in the moment.

Tunnel Vision

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Not really tunnel vision but my tube extension/adapter on my Olympus Sp-350. I left it on after I took off an after market lens I was using. The lens was terrible but I like this effect.

Needing Some Pretty

As I sit here looking around the faceless landscape of my moms ER room, with the ever-present hums of medical equipment and the cooling system, I reflect on many things. One is how is the canvas of my life going to look when she is gone. Bigger yet how is it going to look while she is still here. Cancer is an ugly beast and the death it brings is usually more so. This is, I am relatively sure, going to be one of a series of visits till what will be will be. We need some pretty about right now.

I showed mom some photos I have taken and stored on my old lap top to kill a little time. The Mac is old but I am grateful to have it as a diversionary tool from the reality we are walking through right now. The following picture is one she liked because it was pretty. We are needing us some pretty right now.

Reflections Such As They Are

Fleabane reflecting on an old cattle gate on our place. Taken with pop’s Fuji Finepix S700.

Overexposed But Cool

Many Splendors From The Day

First things first: It rained here today! An honest to goodness earth soaking, dust covering rain! That is one splendor from the day but no photos I am afraid. During a break from the rain I happened on an old church off the beaten path on a wisp like tendril of a road. What follows are several shots of the life that still goes on at this boarded up but way cool old church. (Yes I said way cool:)!