CFFC: Summer Scenes

Cee continues her season theme in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and this week is summer scenes. I could include many more, because summer is my favorite season!

FOTD: May at Chicago Botanic Gardens

I am not sure what these pink flowers are, but if anyone can enlighten me, I will add that information as an edit to this post! Cee’s FOTD 1/20/20

FOTD: Hidden Behind Squash Leaves

Cee’s FOTD post for 1/16/20 (a rose in hiding) inspired me to post this photo I took last August at our community gardens. There is a red flower (a zinnia, I think) hidden among these squash leaves, and there’s also a partially visible ripe butternut squash (my favorite)!

FOTD and CFFC: Tulips & Spring in Des Plaines

All these were taken in May in Des Plaines. Tulips – mine and my neighbor’s My garden in nearly full bloom Spring is the season for gardening! Neighborhood spring scenes Cee’s FOTD 1/15/20 CFFC: Spring Scenes

CFFC: Winter Scenes

Sometimes it snows here in winter; sometimes it doesn’t. But it always gets cold! Fall, winter and spring can be unpredictable! Here are some of my favorite winter photos, posted for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – winter scenes. This is our new house on Halloween – our first major snowfall of the year (that day […]

FOTD: Flowering Bushes in Israel: Church of the Beatitudes & Capernaum

Again, I am posting flower/plant photos taken exactly one year ago. On January 10, 2019, we visited several places in northern Israel, including Capernaum, a village where Jesus spent much time teaching and healing. Archaeological excavations have revealed two synagogues, one built on top of the other. This second photo was taken in the gardens […]

FOTD: Bath’s Pink

The sign at the Chicago Botanic Gardens informed me that these small delicate flowers are called “Bath’s Pink” or dianthus gratianopolitanus. Cee’s FOTD 1/8/20

FOTD: White Clematis

I found these clematis flowers so striking – I’d never seen them in these colors. Posted for Cee’s FOTD 1/7/20.

Lens-Artists #78: Special Spot Shots

One of my favorite spots to visit in the Chicago area is the Chicago Botanic Gardens. It’s nice to visit during different times of year when different plants and flowers are featured. And in December, there is Lightscape – a light show that takes over the gardens four nights a week during the holiday season. […]

FOTD: Calynopsis

Calynopsis is also known as Yellow Pocketbook Plant. It is a member of the figwort family. See dazzling dahlias and other beautiful blooms at Cee’s FOTD 12/24/19.