CFFC: Close-Ups of Flowers

Taken in my neighborhood and at Chicago Botanic Garden for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Close-Ups of Flowers.

FOTD: White Peonies

I am adding my photo of peonies to Cee’s FOTD 6/11/19! Most likely this will be my last entry for the month. We are leaving for France later today! Close-up: I had never really looked at the inside of a peony before. These have opened up all the way, revealing their fertile interiors! Long view: […]

FOTD: Purple & White Iris

Posted for Cee’s FOTD 6/4/19.

FOTD: Violas

Last week in a previous FOTD post, I mistakenly identified violas as pansies. Now I know better! So here are some more violas for Cee’s FOTD 5/31/19.

FOTD: Bearded Iris

I’m following Cee’s lead today, with her FOTD 5/30/19. I rarely get good pictures of irises.

CB&WPC: Small Subjects

The topic for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is small subjects. These small subjects were all located within a couple blocks of my house. I like to take pictures of things that strike me when I am out walking. I walk to exercise but also to discover. These are some of the […]

FOTD: Tree

This isn’t a flower and I don’t even know what kind of tree this is, but the “buds”(?) on this tree reminded me of pussy willows. I thought it was a delightful sight for December! Posted for Cee’s FOTD 12/22/18.

Festival of Leaves: Spotty Color (Week 6)

I almost missed this week’s prompt for Festival of Leaves! I was immediately reminded of this photo that I took last week for exactly that reason: the color on the tree behind the tall yellow one was spotty! Some leaves were still green, but most had turned various shades of orange or red. Here are […]

Thursday Halloween Doors

Halloween just passed, and I had fun walking around the neighborhood looking at and photographing people’s Halloween decorations. For this week’s Norm’s Thursday Doors, here are some Des Plaines doors decorated for Halloween. The door of this blue house doesn’t have much but I really like the spider web and the nasty-looking troll-angel on the […]

FOTD: Fall Foliage Arrangement

One of my neighbors always puts out a pretty arrangement of autumn leaves, plants, etc. Here is what she did this year. Posted for Cee’s FOTD, 10/27/18.