Crocuses in the blowing wind.
Frogs trilling in the muddy ditch.
Three turkey vultures
On the roadside hill.
A pile of torn, outdated hopes;
Rake up a load, take ’em for fill.
Plants
A rose for Valentine’s Day ~
The Neighborhood Co-op had bundles of eight roses for sale for six dollars. What a deal! Happy Valentine’s Day.
Lawn care ~
Lawn outside Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
I blurred this image slightly because the grass in the foreground looks oversharpened, even though I didn’t sharpen it at all. Never have I done that to a photo; my work almost always needs some sharpening. What gives? I don’t know. iPhone photo.
Each to each ~
Plant shadow
Cropped iPhone photo.
Intermission: An afternoon in the Cache River area ~
Water ripple, swamp near Cypress Creek Visitors Center, Perks, Illinois
With luck, I’ll wrap up the Big Trip series this week. This afternoon was a rare day for Southern Illinois: low seventies, sunny, not very humid. Too nice to stay indoors. The shot above was taken from a boardwalk just south of the Cypress Creek Visitors Center. Pentax K-50, 100mm macro lens.
Coleus? ~
I’m guessing this is some variety of coleus, but I’m not sure. iPhone photo.
Sharp! ~
This is a pincushion cactus, I believe. Linnean House, Missouri Botanical Garden.
Green ~
My favorite photo from the orchid show itself (see previous post). I think the trailers may be vanilla, but I wouldn’t swear to it. I can’t decide if the depth of field is too shallow here for the best effect or not. Like much of my past work, even though this photo is representational, it leans toward the abstract. Pentax K-50, 50 mm lens.
VAPOR AND FLOW 