This Painted Lady butterfly was so taken with our purple butterfly bush that she let me get really up close and personal with my macro lens.
Category: Plants
Bungle in the Jungle
Our yard has gone from a parched desert in the beginning of July, when we had less than 9/10 for an inch of rain for the entire first half of 2013, to a colorful jungle since we have received over 6 inches of rain since the beginning of July. I took the photos just after sunrise, before I spent the day pulling morning glories off of rose bushes and other plants, clearing paths, laying cardboard on the paths and spreading mulch on the cardboard. It’s still a jungle out there, but at least we don’t need a machete to cut our way from one end of the garden to the other.
Japanese style
René was hanging out in a rose bush in front a a fan we use to filter the sun. The scene had a Japanese look to it.
Light Forest
Dandelions become a forest of light through a macro lens.
A Very Small Array
New Mexico has the VLA near Socorro – a very large array of radio telescopes for viewing the cosmos. We have a VSA in our garden – a very small array of cosmos. Speaking of the cosmos, the low sun shining through the clouds on I-40 was quite a scene.
Sun Bees
Bees enjoying a sunflower and the sun.
Yellow and Green
The little yellow butterflies, brown eyed Susans and sunflowers are coming out in force. The two tiny butterflies in the last photo lined up for takeoff on a leaf — I told them they weren’t cleared for takeoff until I finished photographing them.
Hummmmmm
A hummingbird was foraging on one of our butterfly bushes in the late afternoon light.
Between Rainstorms
Nice light between the rainstorms.
Enchanting
As the sun hung low behind the cloud cover, slivers of light crawled across the dark shadows in the foreground.
Off Center & Not Even 