Category Archives: flowers

I don’t know why I like doing these, but I do… part 1…

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I totally cheated on these flower photos: here is how you dew it…

Lovely, a dew-kissed flower in my mom’s garden. The dew makes the pictures come alive. Yeah, that isn’t dew. You, too, can do the dew. It is just water in a small spray bottle. That little bottle is going in … Continue reading

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 5… the final chapter…

I know I am doing too many post today, and I am sorry, but I want to finish. Because I am going to try to wake up at 3:30 in the morning tomorrow, and go on a real adventure… just … Continue reading

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 4… now with no words typed in to interrupt your enjoyment of the pretty flower pictures!!!

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 3… starting with flesh-melting carnivorous flowers of doom!!!

Okay, the title might be a little over the top, but these pitcher plants do indeed lure insects into their vases, and then slowly dissolve them in a pool of digestive juices. We are now officially in the part of … Continue reading

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Today, I traveled all around the world, and all I got you was a bunch of lousy flower pictures… part 1…

Hey, I did the best I could. I didn’t actually travel around the entire world, but I did see plants from all around the world. I went to two very large botanical gardens today. Both are within just a few … Continue reading

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A photograph of a naked lady…

Hey, don’t judge me, that is what those flowers are called. I am opposed to this. Here is why: I guarantee that at some point, it has either happened, or will at some time happen, that a male driver of … Continue reading

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How I am going to take the most awesome rose photos ever, the next time I take rose photos, even if I have to cheat… and also, I am pretty drunk right now, so… uh… yeah…

So yeah, I am back in the Bay Area, my mom turned 95-years-old, and I just got back from the pub where I shared a pitcher of fine English ale with my childhood friend, Andy. We also drunk-called a bunch … Continue reading

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Roses are red… I mean, except when they aren’t…

I see a little red on that one, right at the tips of some of the petals. Okay, I admit it, that one is red. And those are certainly red. That is red… fading to pink. Red with yellow highlights. … Continue reading

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Lit-up clouds, crows in an oak tree, an invisible city, and some roses…

Back in the Bay Area, a cool sunset from my mom’s deck last night. The sunset wasn’t much, but there were some clouds that were lit from below and seemed to glow. These photos don’t really capture the opalescent quality … Continue reading

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