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BoomerBrowsing/RegretCrawling
I call it BoomerBrowsing, something old codgers do at two in the morning when they can’t sleep. I wonder what happened to John Smith who always wanted to fight when I was in the third grade? Back then I tried to stay away from him; but, strangely enough, now I wonder if he is in…
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The Ancient Nativity
Every year during the Christmas season the morning sun in the east fortuitously shines through the glass of the transom window above our front door. The Nativity Scene that permanently resides above our door is projected during the month of December across the room onto the door of our coat closet. Perfect timing!
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Desiccated
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What is a mushroom?
These beauties appeared like magic in my lawn the other day, no doubt stimulated by our recent rains. I wish I knew their name. After looking through my guide books, I’m still not for sure of their identification. Photo made with Leica M10 and an old 135mm f 4.0 Tel-Elmar lens What is a…
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Looking at a Photo…a Summer Photo!
Leica M10 W/ Leica Summicron-M 35mm f/2 ASPH What is a good photograph? Sometimes it is hard to be objective (these little ones are my grand children), but I think this image is not bad. First criticisms: 1) Why not crop out all the extraneous beach and gulf water? We would be thus closer to the…
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Horticultural architecture
Elephant’s Ear Alocasia macrorrhiza … Plants are often feats and triumphs of fantastic design. Leica M10 with/35mm Cron.
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Plant Blindness
From my favorite newspaper The Wall Street Journal The country has a growing case of ‘plant blindness’—a term used by botanists to describe the inability to identify basic plants. Even biologists struggle.” Douglas Belkin Aug. 14, 2018 11:17 a.m. ET Organizations such as the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management can’t find enough…
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Prickly Pear( Opuntia) With Portulaca
Several years ago I bought a pad of Prickly Pear (Opuntia sp.) at the fresh produce “Mexican Section” of an area grocery store and rooted it in a 1/2 pot. It has been happy as a meadowlark even though it grows on our west wall where it roasts in the afternoon sun. I’ve taken…
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Flowering Crab Apple
Flowering Crab Apple Malus spp. I do not know the name of this cultivar. There are hundreds of species and hybrids. This double flowered version is, I seem to remember, a French hybrid. There is a native East Texas species- Malus angustifolia. Crab Apples need a cold winter to flower well. …so they are blooming well in Deep East…