Saturday, July 31, 2010

Stand out in a crowd


Sometimes, it pays to be different...

Friday, July 30, 2010

Avondale Lake


Avondale Lake
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Cherry Tomatoes


Cherry Tomatoes
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
The regular tomato plants aren't doing ANYTHING this year, but at least we'll have cherry tomatoes!

Posted via Flickr.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Hypnotized!


Hypnotized!
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

What a slug!


What a slug!
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Clematis!


Clematis
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
And to think, two months ago I had given this vine up for dead.

Posted via Flickr.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Ring around the Rosies


Coneflower 2010
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Lexi - 5 months


Lexi - 5 months
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Bee Balm


Bee Balm (Monarda)
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Fountain of Fire


Fountain of Fire
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Yellow Daisy


Yellow Daisy
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
These beautiful yellow flowers came from my neighbor, Judy, last year. They are one of my favorites.

Posted via Flickr.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Rock Garden

You're seeing lots of the flowers in the rock garden because it's the only garden still in the sun when I get all my chores done.

Posted via Flickr.

Monday, July 19, 2010

The Protector


The Protector
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Well, of Scott's herb garden, anyway.

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Colorful!

This is what summer is all about to me: a garden FULL of color.

Posted via Flickr.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Peppermint


Peppermint
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Another scratch-n-sniff candidate.

Posted via Flickr.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Ladybug, ladybug

Taken with my X4 Macro Filter on my 200mm lens.

Taken with my 200mm lens and cropped.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Ghetto Macro

Took my X4 Macro Filter out for a spin...







Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Good Enough To Eat


Good Enough To Eat
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Garden Tour


Daisies - backlit
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Today was Garden Tour day and we were at (in my opinion) the most beautiful garden in the Coeur d'Alene area. And even though I took my camera with me, we were so busy that I didn't take a single picture while we were there. Not one.

So you get this one, from my garden, taken after we got home.

Posted via Flickr.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Dragonfly!


Dragonfly
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
I finally got my dragonfly photo! I've been wanting one forever.

Yesterday, our photo walk at Turnbull Wildlife Refuge, was amazing. The sky as the sun rose in the early morning (I was up at 4:30 - [grumble]) was breathtaking, and the rest of the morning was every bit as good.

We saw a yearling moose, although I didn't get any good photos - he was just too far away. But I did get photos of dragonflies & bees, and a dove that let us walk right up, close enough to touch, before she flew away. And of course LOTS of photos of the wildflowers. Click on the dragonfly photo to go to my photostream on Flickr and see all the pictures.

Posted via Flickr.

Friday, July 9, 2010

A herd

A herd of turtles...
(even though you can only see one)

A knot of toads...
(that's really what you call a group of toads -
I looked it up!)

And one singing frog!

All in preparation for the Garden Tour,
which is Sunday.
Got to have lots of cute little critters.
And we're leaving tomorrow at the crack of dawn
for a photowalk with my camera club, so these get posted early.
And I do mean CRACK of dawn. My alarm is set for 4:30a.m.
[GROAN]



One Fish, Two Fish


Blue Fish
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Red Fish, ...

Posted via Flickr.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Towards the Sun


Towards the Sun
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Posted via Flickr.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

On the Forest Floor

We went for a drive around Hayden Lake, looking for a place to fish.
We ended up on a dirt road, heading away from the lake and
stopped to stretch our legs. We could hear water,
so we hiked down to the creek.

It's amazing, all the life on the forest floor.
There was moss and lichen and plants and flowers.

Some so small it's easy to miss.
Others, like this daisy, shout for your attention.

And, because of all the rain we've had,
everything is very green.
Beautiful.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Or not...

No 4th of July images to share this year.
I took my point and shoot to the parade, then didn't take a single photo.
And we didn't go to the lake for fireworks.
The animals were freaking out about the illegal fireworks
going off all around our house, so we opted to stay home.

Here's the first rose of the year, bloomed on July 4, 2010.
I still can't believe what a weird weather year we're having.

Kota & Nicole came for a BBQ in the afternoon.
Kota likes grapes. :-)

Happy Birthday, Danny!

Posted via Blogger,
which has fixed it's photo upload problem.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Happy Fourth of July, Everyone!


Ivy Geraniums
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
Since I started the last Project 365, I've been posting my photos early in the morning. This means today's photo was taken yesterday. Which works well, until we have a day like today. :-) We're going to the parade and then fireworks tonight, so TOMORROW's photo will have an Independence Day theme. What can I say? The best laid plans and all.

Enjoy your 4th of July! I know I'm going to.

Posted via Flickr.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Keys of Heaven


Keys of Heaven
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
It rained all day - and then the sun came out just so I could get a photo.

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Friday, July 2, 2010

Pink & White


Dianthus
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242
First, I would like to know what is making the pin sized holes in my dianthus.

Second, I cannot believe it's July and we've spent so little (read: none) time in our yard.

Posted via Flickr.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Bagels and ...


Bagels and ...
Originally uploaded by Sandee4242

This sign has been up on my way to and from work for a couple of weeks. It makes me laugh every time I see it. And after this long, I'm starting to wonder if the misspelling was on purpose.

Happy Birthday, Dad! He would have been 99 today.

Posted via Flickr.