Category Archives: flowers

Flowers and love and stuff…

Back in the Bay Area, back in the house where I grew up, back in the backyard where I played as a child. I know, every time I come back, I do posts about the backyard. I love the backyard. … Continue reading

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A special birthday, a long drive, and a new adventure that isn’t going to be all new…

I am back at my mom’s house in the San Francisco Bay Area, so that means pictures of flowers and dogs and sunsets and lots of other stuff. I drove 500 miles, from San Diego to the place I was … Continue reading

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Oh yeah, a live stage musical comedy, Mr. Eric Idle, and some yellow flowers…

We saw Spamalot last night, after some Mexican food and margaritas! A superb evening of silliness. We saw it at a quaint little theater in Old Town in San Diego. I saw some nice yellow flowers between dinner and the … Continue reading

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Sky stuff… sunsets and hot air balloons…

Just another evening at my new job in San Diego.

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I give you: the finger… wait… that sounds wrong…

The thing is… Hey, thing, it is good to have you back… I am still playing around with macro super-close-up photography. As per the suggestion of my son-in-law, who loaned me the three macro lens spacer thingies that I have … Continue reading

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Back-lit bougainvillea…

Just a few photos I took on my phone… From right outside the guard house where I work… Keeping the rich people in the exclusive private community safe from poor people… like me. That, is a bird of paradise flower. … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 3…

More of the photos I took with those crazy lens-spacing macro adapter lens thingies. The ones I borrowed from my son-in-law. And yes, I do grow orchids, and yes, they keep on blooming. That flower has a tiny flower inside … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 2…

Some more of the photos I took, playing with the macro lenses. I have learned a few things. I have been too reliant on my auto focus. This is forcing me to master manual focusing. Also, I learned that it … Continue reading

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A closer look… part 1…

Did you notice the bee inside the flower? Okay, here is the story. My birthday is coming up. My older daughter asked me what I wanted. One thing was a macro lens for my camera, so I could take photos … Continue reading

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Flower power… part 3… wait… is that a flower made out of waves???

Why yes, yes it is. Made from one of those photos I took in my mom’s garden the other day… You, too, can combine any photo or image with some famous works of art, for free, with just a few … Continue reading

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