Valfal's photos

A pretty buttercup I found among the grass in my front yard.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Reflections on Water A different twist on the theme: reflection of a fish from underneath the surface of the water.

...Which is what I wish for; this week has been very rainy with no end in sight!

A cropped version of "The Epitome of Tropical". ~ Thank you so much for visiting and sharing the joy of beautiful flowers with me! ~

Saturday Self-Challenge: Nature in Black and White Flowers from my garden; this is my favorite month of the year! ~Color version of this photo in the note~

A Canada goose and her babies enjoy a mild day in the water near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

A beautiful hibiscus flower I found blooming at Longwood Gardens recently. ~Thank you so much for your visits and lovely comments, friends!~

Macro Mondays 2.0: part of our everyday's life - shopping UPC bar codes are on virtually every product we buy.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Invent a Fairy Tale and Illustrate it Once, there lived a tiny boy Kokeshi doll who was very lonely without his parents. They had been lost to him for many years, and he was forced to fend for himself in a china cabinet with many other dolls much larger than he. Then one miraculous day the Keeper of the China Cabinet found his parents! He could not believe his eyes! The world was black and white without them, but now color has returned into the little Kokeshi boy's life!

Saturday Self-Challenge: Circle(s) Since this challenge was about anything circular, I thought it would be a great time to buy one of these glass balls and photograph pictures with it. It's a bit more challenging than I thought it would be. I will be having a lot of fun with this new toy! Two other photos are in the notes.

Detail of a hibiscus bud starting to open. The black and white version of this image is in the note.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Books Two favorites from my personal library.

Macro Mondays 2.0: Spring Spring comes early in the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Bridges A train trestle spanning across the Susquehanna River where it empties into the Chesapeake Bay. Seen from the shoreline in Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Traffic stopped on a busy New York Street.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Mirrors A small collection of glass animals in a curio cabinet with a mirror backing. They are part of a larger collection of glass animals that I have collected since my youth. In the comment box below is a glass rooster and a Chinese dragon that I bought as souvenirs from New York's Chinatown many years ago.

An image I captured of my husband watching TV.