Category: Nature

Newcomers Posing for Pics

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First seen as an anonymous “red blur.”   
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I’ll call it the Red Blur Rose.     There was a bright red Cardinal that exited the tree when he saw me before I saw him.   No time for the camera.

 

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love Daisies….
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but they are prolific and persistent…off the “chop” list though until the blooms are finished.
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The Winterberry I call Gentleman Jim
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recognize this tree?
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unidentified perennial
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Clematis
lily buds
Future Day Lilies
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The obligatory Cat

 

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I swear this Lantana was originally pink.  

 

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Tall Ageratum
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Dad’s Plant lives in the house all winter. A remembrance from my ex’s funeral in 2001.

a glimpse of life…passing by (Daily Post Entry: Blur)

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above is a shot taken years ago, in early 1980s, through the window of a van traveling at high speed along a rural road in Yucatan, near the archeological site of Chichén Itza, Mexico.     At first glance it is just a ruined photo, which is often what an amateur photographer gets when shooting on-the-fly from a grimy vehicle window, speeding down a road.    However, on close inspection, the camera apparently focused automatically on the village scene in a clearing beyond the surrounding jungle and captured this candid scene.   (Cropped close-up image below.)   Image by Robert Dreger, ©Sometimes 2017.

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Flowers next in planting order

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Pink Gerber Daisies.

 

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Yellow with Pink Million Bells. (genus Calibrachoa) my favorite hanging plant…prefer the Red, but for some reason there aren’t any this year.

 

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Waiting to be planted.   Tall blue Ageratum I haven’t seen before. 
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Lantana and Red Gerber Daisy 
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Pink and yellow Lantana.  
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Lantana varieties

Science lesson for today…ants at work

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1. walking along on my subject search…a team of ants moving an item
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2. an unidentified object that was obviously important
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3. something blocking the way
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4. over or under?
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5. get er’ up above
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6. (center of photo) a major hurdle
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7. upsy daisy
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8. let’s go under this leaf
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9.  whew!  good job so far
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10. here’s the tricky part of the job
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11. down under the long green leaf, near the flower
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12. out of sight alongside the stone

Airport traffic

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Afternoon traffic from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.     Jet trails against picturesque cloud cover.   We always have a ring side seat on airport activity.   These photos are facing southeast.    ©Sometimes,2017)

 

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