Flowers

The garden we planted last spring. The bluebird's a sculpture/ornament, not a real bird. Photographs can distort reality, despite folks claims to the contrary. This photo makes the garden look far more densely-packed than it actually is; it will be a couple years before we're fully satisfied with the arrangement. On the other hand we only lost one plant over the winter; we've replaced that.

We've got roses in three places: An old, impossible-to-kill climbing rose beside the garage, a pair of rose bushes in the new garden we expect to decorate the trellis, and a small backyard rose garden I planted shortly after my mother passed away (then expanded again last spring). This was this year's first blossom in the backyard rose garden. Very pretty, methinks.

Better in larger size.... Joan's yucca looks just glorious today. This pocket camera isn't half as capable as my Nikons. But any camera which can take this photo is worth carrying around.

Our trellis.

I've posted pictures of roses from this bush before, but it's the best rose in our garden. So here's another....

We have lots of gaillardia.

Taken at Harbor Springs, Michigan. Camera: Nikon D70 Photo by Joel Dinda Also on a dabbler's journal

This is a few miles from my home. I was aiming to photograph the daylilies but the entire picture came out quite nicely. I particularly like the corn fields bracketing the road up ahead. I've spent the last three days in nearly continuous meetings at a convention in Toronto; it's been an excellent weekend, but you've already seen my best shots of Toronto and I'm sure you don't want to see the pictures I've been taking of seminar presenters and committee chairmen. I'm ready to head home, and ride the bike again.

The front yard garden at its best.

Growing on the edge of the parking lot at Seney Wildlife Refuge in Upper Michigan. Sorry, haven't got the slightest idea what it is.

A Blue Flag, spotted & captured by the nature trail at Seney Wildlife Preserve in Upper Michigan. Perhaps the prettiest iris I've ever seen. Credit where due: Joan spotted it first, and took a similar photo.

Another trailside flower from our visit to Seney National Wildlife Preserve in Upper Michigan. Yes, I am crazy about pink roses. Camera

In our garden.

These live in a hanging basket by our front porch. They were glorious earlier this year, but our vacation nearly did them in.

Camera: Nikon D70 Photo by Joel Dinda