I’ve been around the internet long enough to be familiar with the importance of cats. The internet loves cats, which is why it was no surprise that when Monopoly was looking to the internet for a new piece to use in the board game, the proposed cat won by a… Read the rest...
Category: Photography
I spend a lot of time photographing flowers. There’s something wonderful about capturing them, preserving something that’s so ephemeral. Here one day and gone tomorrow, but the pictures will always be here. Or until I suffer a major hard drive crash after forgetting to back them up, anyway.These yellow… Read the rest...
When I was a child, pink was my favorite color. Then when I was older, about 10 or so, I no longer liked it at all. I spent many years hating pink, but that changed suddenly when I was about 19. I don’t know what precipitated the change, but I… Read the rest...
I mentioned before that my older brother was married in the Chinese garden. Here’s a peek at what it looks like – It’s truly a beautiful place. I was fortunate that they allowed me into the garden to take this picture, during my springtime visit. The garden was closed for… Read the rest...
Fourth installment already!We’ll start March off with a splash of color. Today’s photo is from my first trip to the Missouri Botanical Gardens, in the spring of 2008. It’s hard to believe it’s already been that long! This is the flower of the unusual-looking Indonesian wax ginger plant.I took a… Read the rest...
There were few flowers growing during this trip to the botanical garden, not a lot blooms in September. This was one of them. In the background, you can see the pagoda in the Chinese garden, which is where my older brother and my sister-in-law were married. It was a small… Read the rest...
Today’s picture is another shot from the Missouri Botanical Gardens, taken after my brother’s wedding. I have no idea what these flowers are, but I really liked them. I took a lot of pictures of them. They were pretty, but didn’t smell like anything. Whatever they are, they were inside… Read the rest...