The changing seasons in Texas are not as dramatic as in the North. There’s more time to appreciate the cooler weather and enjoy the colors of lingering leaves. Autumn here is all about extremes though; AC on during the day and furnaces on at night. Petals in the wind blowing off the remaining white Crepe Myrtle flowers remind me of the snow already flying up north. It’s so beautiful today.
Date: November 1st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Garden, Leaves, red, Seasonal, Texas, Trees.
Date: October 25th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Garden, Reptiles, Seasonal, Series, Smile, Summer, Texas.
Date: September 29th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Design, Flowers, Garden, orange, pink, Seasonal, Shadows, Texas, USA.
Date: September 25th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Dallas, Design, Flowers, Garden, heart shapes, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Seasonal, Series, Texas, USA.
Date: September 23rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Design, Garden, Leaves, Series, Shadows, Texas.
Date: September 22nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Garden, Insects, Moths and Butterflies, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: September 19th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Autumn, Dallas, Garden, Green, Reptiles, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas.
Date: August 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, City Streets, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 15th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 14th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Fruit, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 2nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, flowering trees, Garden, pink, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Trees, USA.
Date: July 31st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, Garden, golden light, Seasonal, Silhouettes, Sky, Summer, Sunset, Texas, USA.
Date: July 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Elements, Garden, Seasonal, Storms, Summer, Texas, Water.
Date: July 13th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: food, fruit and veggies, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
Date: July 12th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Birds, Canada, Garden, red, Summer, Vancouver Island.
Date: October 25th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Garden, Reptiles, Seasonal, Series, Smile, Summer, Texas.
Propane tank made in the USA.
Anole made in the USA. Valve may be imported.
Date: September 29th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Design, Flowers, Garden, orange, pink, Seasonal, Shadows, Texas, USA.
Date: September 25th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Dallas, Design, Flowers, Garden, heart shapes, Heart Shapes In Nature series, heartshaped, Seasonal, Series, Texas, USA.
Garlic Chives seed-head
Date: September 23rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Autumn, Design, Garden, Leaves, Series, Shadows, Texas.
Insect munch marks and shadows on avocado leaves, Lewisville, Texas garden – B/W photos
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Date: September 22nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Garden, Insects, Moths and Butterflies, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
While tidying the garden today I picked this up, and for a split second I wondered how a dead leaf could be so soft and powdery…and fluttering! If my camera would cooperate I could have taken a great macro because the moth let me get as close as I wanted. So pretty!
My old Canon AE1 would snap pictures no matter how close I got to something, but even on ‘manual’ the Canon EOS 20D will only allow me to get about 4 inches away before the shutter refuses to close. I miss my old fashioned (1980) Canon sometimes, and even the new Canon AE1s cannot compare to it. I don’t miss developing though, and the other restrictions.
Date: September 19th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Animals, Anoles, Autumn, Dallas, Garden, Green, Reptiles, Seasonal, Smile, Summer, Texas.
We were away for two weeks and forgot to turn the sprinkler system on before leaving, so I thought the Green Anoles might have moved to greener pastures. Fortunately they are still thriving; here one is staying cool and safe inside a large Canna Lily leaf, a leaf that I nearly cut off while clearing out dead and dying plants.
Date: August 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, City Streets, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
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Date: August 15th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Garden, red, Seasonal, Series, Summer, Texas, USA.
Date: August 14th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, food, Fruit, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, USA.
Awesome Sunflower seed-head, 12 inch diameter, and healthy Cantaloupe, Lewisville TX
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Date: August 2nd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Birds, flowering trees, Garden, pink, Seasonal, Summer, Texas, Trees, USA.
A little Wren chirps, perched on our fence every afternoon. Soft pink Myrtle trees bloom in the background.
Date: July 31st, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Design, Flowers, Garden, golden light, Seasonal, Silhouettes, Sky, Summer, Sunset, Texas, USA.
The Sunflower plant has so much character. Here the flower heads droop with the weight of seeds against the backdrop of a spectacular sunset — silhouettes nodding and swaying against the sky. Amazing!
Date: July 16th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: City Streets, Elements, Garden, Seasonal, Storms, Summer, Texas, Water.
Date: July 13th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: food, fruit and veggies, Garden, Green, Seasonal, Summer, Texas.
After two weeks away, one of the first things I did was inspect the garden, most curious about the cucumbers, because it’s the first year they’ve survived this far into the season. There I was at midnight, feeling around in the dark, and found a cucumber that had grown from 1/2 inch long to 8″L X 3″ wide during that short time. I expected to find a virtual Jack And The Bean Stalk situation this morning, but all the other cukes are average-sized. The heart-shaped cookie cutters I placed around some veggies have fallen off, so will have to try again; now able to monitor the progress of growth.
Date: July 12th, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: BC, Birds, Canada, Garden, red, Summer, Vancouver Island.
Red-headed house finch, North Saanich, BC
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