One Word Sunday: Vertical

Debbie S. at Travel With Intent has a challenge called One Word Sunday. This week the word is vertical. You know spring is coming when you see vertical shoots emerging from the ground in your garden! Des Plaines, Illinois, USA Vertical columns at the ruins of Caesarea, Israel Upright slab (stela) with vertical symbols at […]

Last Spiky Square!

For this last day of Becky’s Spiky Squares month, I am posting another photo taken in the desert greenhouse at the Chicago Botanic Gardens. I found this month’s challenge to be fun and interesting. I didn’t have a chance to participate as much as I would have liked because, well, LIFE intervened! My spiky desert […]

Spiky Squares: Cactus

I liked this twisty, spiky cactus at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, and am posting it for Becky’s Spiky Squares Month photo challenge.

Spiky Squares: Desert Spikes

Another spiky plant from the Chicago Botanic Gardens for Becky’s Month of Spiky Squares today. Join the fun by posting your spiky photos to this challenge!

Spiky Squares: Cacti

Becky’s Month of Squares in March is spiky. Here are some cacti I saw at Chicago Botanic Gardens the other day.

Spiky Squares – Desert Greenhouse

Becky has begun a new month of squares – yay!! This month the theme is spiky. On my visit to the Chicago Botanic Gardens the other day to see the orchid show, I also went into the desert greenhouse – I love cactus and succulents and there are plenty of “spiky” examples there! Here’s a […]

FOTD & Dec. Squares: Time to Bloom

It’s Christmastime, time for a Christmas cactus to bloom! Here is one that is blooming just as it should, taken at a friend’s house last Monday. Posted for Cee’s FOTD 12/13/18 and for Becky’s December Squares: Time.

CFFC: Look Closely…

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is macro or close up photos. Flower Dried up soap Buddha face Hibiscus buds spider prairie grass

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.

CB&WPC: Reflections

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is about reflections. Egrets on the shore of a lake, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania The gleaming new Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Water lilies and lily pads, Chicago Botanic Gardens Trees over a stream, Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona