Category Archives: flowers

I don’t know why I like doing these, but I do… part 2…

These are some of those flower pictures I took when I went up to the Bay Area to visit my mom for her 95th birthday. There is just something about removing most of the color from an image that makes … Continue reading

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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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