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Monday Morning Musings~Tending the Garden

The musings this morning are where the heck was I yesterday for my Sunday Traveler. Not able to make myself sit down at a computer, feeling antsy, anxious, at a standstill. I’ve had days since our “shelter in place/social distancing” … Continue reading

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Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge ~ Macro in Red

Bougainvillea. The flower seen tumbling over walls and in the gardens of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Observing in the macro viewfinder of my iPhone, I’m further enraptured with the etchings and striations of the flower. Photo taken with an … Continue reading

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Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge ~ Nature Tucked In Glass

A terrarium filled with wonder. An almost magical looking glass to see the miniature of the family that surrounds it on the outside. Photo taken with iPhone 6Plus, and edited in Mextures and Snapseed. Thanks to Sally Donatello for sponsoring … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday~White Anthurium

 

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Phoneography Challenge; Black and White Coleus

I’ve always loved coleus plants. My first memories of them are from Mexico when I was a kid. The design on the leaves of this one, in black and white, reminds me of some Maya drawings I saw in Yucatan … Continue reading

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Cactus Flower

Blooming only once a year, this cactus down the road from where I live has done its duty. I took these photos of the sole remaining bloom yesterday. As I drove by today, it had closed up shop. The show … Continue reading

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Phoneography Challenge: Just Another Bird in Paradise

Nature is a siren calls out to me brings me to my knees makes me crawl upon the rocks to reach paradise ~~~ Our phoneography leader at Lens and Pens by Sally is back from a little R&R, and brings … Continue reading

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Phoneography Challenge: The Nature of Small Things

Nature can be expansive; the sky in its brilliance at daybreak and sunset, and at night in its moon and starlight. Trees that shimmer in their new-found spring greenery, and shiver in their nakedness in winter’s frost. But look into … Continue reading

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Dancing In The Wind

A succulent sends a torrent of its flowers spilling carelessly over the top of its blue pot. They reach down, they don’t care, and dance in the wind.

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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Spring

Warm daytime sun shines gently snuggled under the patio Cold nights look for victims

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