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Category Archives: Nature
Memory quilts
I was busy today cutting out lots of squares for a rag quilted memory quilt made from men’s shirts. I’m going to rag quilt mine, but there are lots of different ways to make a memory quilt. Like the ones … Continue reading
Posted in Country By Design, Etsy, Nature, photography, Quilting
Tagged etsy, Memory and T-Shirt, nature, quilt, Shirt
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Ladybird beetles
When I posted a photo of this little fellow the other day, I wasn’t sure if it was a lady bug or a Japanese beetle. It is a picture perfect lady bug, or more properly a ladybird beetle, with bright … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, photography
Tagged beetle, Coccinellidae, Japanese beetle, photographs
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Photos from the golden hour
The hour before sunset is my favorite time of the day to take photographs. Even though my flower bed runs east to west, I can usually get some good shots. Here’s a few that I took tonight. I’m always on … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, photography
Tagged beetle, bugs, flowers, insects, iris, lady bug, nature, photographs, photography, pink, pink flowers, spider
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Tuesday’s nature walk
It was finally warm enough today that I wanted to go outside and take a walk, with my camera, of course. I didn’t get far off the road, but I still brought a couple of hitch-hikers home. I found two … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, photography
Tagged clouds, dewberries, landscape, nature, photographs, photography, rural
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Spring flowers and vegetables
I tried using Firefox to open WordPress tonight and it still won’t work, even after I tried a couple of fixes. So I tried IE, and it works, but it freezes all the time. Very frustrating. So I’m back to … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, photography
Tagged blogging, Browsers, close ups, dew, Firefox, flowers, Google, Google Chrome, iris, lettuce, Web browser, WordPress
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More shots from my world
I have an assortment of photos that I’ve taken recently. Nothing earth shattering, but interesting. We have several pairs of killdeer who come to our area every year. They are ground-nesting birds, but their nests are hard to find. This … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, photography
Tagged bird, Bird nest, dewberry, Killdeer, mullen, nature, plants
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More crabapple blooms
I have tried to write this post three or four times, but this page was stuck. I could enter my title, but not write anything or upload photos. I found some more crabapple tree photos to share. It was cold … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, photography
Tagged blooms, crabapple tree, nature, petals, photography, watercolor, white
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More flowering plum photos
I’m going to try to catch up on posting some pictures. I want to sew, but can’t until I get my sewing machine light. I started a little pocket pillow, but need my machine here, too. Here are a few … Continue reading
Posted in Country By Design, Nature, photography
Tagged blooms, flowering plum, flowering plum tree, nature, photographs, pink, sewing, sewing machine
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Four images accepted by iStock
Four of the series of images of the flowering plum that I submitted to iStock last week were accepted. I uploaded nine images. That is a 45% acceptance rate. Much better than my usual rate, especially with flower photos. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, photography
Tagged flower photos, flowering plum, flowering plum tree, flowers, garden, istock, nature, photography, spring, trees
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Pansies and Petunias
I don’t have very many flowers that are blooming right now, although I should have one iris that is open by tonight, at least a month early. I did catch a pansy and a petunia yesterday in the evening. We … Continue reading
