flowers

Earlier this week I spotted a new flower peeking out through the forsythia along the main highway. They’re very colorful and have a really neat way of growing and sprouting. The Orange Trumpet vine flower buds poke out as hard looking pods which split open and another pod, the flower (similar to a balloon flower) [...]

Continue Reading New Flower Bloomed – Orange Trumpet Vine

Tags: flowers, summer

Some new flowers have popped up in the yard, they’re pretty neat looking and purplish in color with dark bluish veins through the petals.  The flower has 5 points and the petals are all one piece, not individual petals.  The middle of the flower is white with a blue bulb at the tip.   I managed [...]

Continue Reading Some New Flowers Popped Up

Tags: flowers, planter, Planting Beds

I did a bit more searching to find out what the plant in the below picture is as I have a couple of them in the front planter.  According to the info I could find they are called Peonies and the ants just like the sugar and stuff that comes off the buds.  I’m not [...]

Continue Reading Budding Plant with Ants Identified

Tags: ants, flowers, planter, Planting Beds

A few orange Iris’ spawned on the road edge by the highway, they’re pretty nice looking as well.   Additionally some more blue and white ones have shown up, and look exactly like the ones shown earlier this month.
We had some timed exposure fun tonight out in the yard.  I’m surprised one of us wasn’t mauled [...]

Continue Reading More Long Exposure / Slow Shutter Fun and Yellow-Orange Iris’

Tags: fireworks, flashlight, flowers, laser, led, Light Art, Photography, time delay

I hope everyone in the US is having or had a good Memorial Day weekend.  So far I’ve been doing yard work and flying, and tomorrow will probably be grilling as well.
I’ve been a bit slow this week in uploading photos and updates on the new patch I put on the lawn on monday, 7 [...]

Continue Reading Memorial Day Weekend and Another Weekend Update

Tags: ants, BBQ, flowers, Helicopter, Lawn