Floral Friday – The garden is still blooming
It surprises me that it is now autumn but it still feels like summer. I think the really hot days are going, but we are still getting hot ones. Hopefully the gorgeous autumn weather will […]
Floral Friday – Trying something different from the garden
Recently I purchased a small table to make it easier to do some table top photography, I guess you could call it. It is really nice and best of all easy to set up and […]
Floral Friday – What’s new in the garden this week
Not many words today. Here are three flowers that have started flowering in my garden this week. Lovely blossoms. We have had a cool week which has been really nice, but it is set to […]
Floral Friday – Flashbacks to 2016 and other macro photos
I’m being lazy today. Well, it is hard not to be when it is hot. We are having a real summer this year. Seems we just get over some really hot days and then there […]
Floral Friday – A closer look at the Rudbeckia
I have my absolute favourite flowers, and then I have others that I love and want to photograph. I think Rudbeckias or cone flowers are somewhere in the middle. I have been trying to grown […]
Floral Friday – In the garden this week
Things are really looking up in the garden right now. There have been so many new flowers and the plants are just blooming. I think all the work I’ve been doing with watering and figuring […]
Floral Friday – More infrared photos from the garden
I hope you like seeing these because I suspect there is going to be a lot more infrared flowers. I think it is becoming one of my favourite ways to photograph flowers. Today I was […]
Floral Friday – Exploring the garden with the infrared camera
I’m still working on the garden, but have to admit the watering is going a lot better and I’m feeling more confident. Sadly many seeds I planted have done nothing and I’m starting to think […]
Floral Friday – Bringing in the New Year with some rain
It didn’t quite happen on New Years day but last Monday we got a lot of rain. It was glorious. It did seem like a while since we had any. It just rained and rained […]
Floral Friday – Looking back at my garden in 2024
What a year it is has been for my garden. I was so happy that there were nearly always flowers outside for me to take photos of. The biggest problem I had was remembering to […]
Looking back to when the lilac tree was flowering
Getting my lilac tree to grow and then have flowers was a great achievement for me. I love the colour and the smell of them. More were posted with this, so click here if you […]
Remembering back when I finally got this dahlia
This was so good and if you want to know more about it, then click here.
Floral Friday – Some favourites from this year
I thought it might be nice to just show you some of my favourite flowers that I have taken this year. These were nearly all taken in my garden, I think. It isn’t always easy […]
Trying something new
I wanted to start by saying that I hope everyone in the US had a good thanksgiving. Now this is a bit of a lazy post. I have been trying to figure out how to […]
Floral Friday – More from the garden
This week, we have had rain, rain, and then more rain. The humidity has also been disgusting for Melbourne. We are known more for our dry heat, which is what most of us are used […]
Floral Friday – More flowers with the infrared camera
When I first got an infrared camera I wondered if it would work for plants. I tried taking some photos with it in a rainforest and decided that it didn’t work and you couldn’t really […]
Finally the dahlias are starting to flower
A couple of the dahlias have started flowering and many of the others have got buds that are about to burst open. While there are others that are only just started to come up. Funny […]
Lens-Artists Challenge #325 – Gratitude or luck
This week Tina from Travels and Trifles is asking us about gratitude and what we are grateful for. I find this a hard concept to get my head around, as I don’t think we, as […]
