Tag Archives: flowers
Country By Design projects
I’ve started working on two or three projects at a time in an effort to keep things interesting! Yesterday, I machine quilted this wall hanging. All of the squares are from Me and My Sisters from Moda. I love … Continue reading
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
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
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
Flowering plum tree
I was doing some housekeeping this morning, and decided to check my cameras to make sure I had uploaded all of the pictures I had taken. What a pleasant surprise to find these photos of our flowering plum that I … Continue reading
White crabapple blooms
Our crabapple tree is in full bloom and it is beautiful this year. And there are lots of bees. Last year I didn’t hear any bees, and we didn’t have many apples. Here’s a few of the shots I took … Continue reading
Red bud trees
All of the red bud trees in our area are now in full bloom and they are beautiful. But it is hard to capture their beauty from a distance. Here are a few close-ups that I took recently. Related … Continue reading
Spring flowers
I have enjoyed the show my bulbs have put on this spring. I have lots of these yellow daffodils. I like these daffodils with yellow centers and white outer petals. I like the fuzzy pollen that you can see in … Continue reading
Weekend in Iowa
Well, we didn’t spend the whole weekend in Iowa, but we did have a nice visit with our son Stephen and his family. We went to a school carnival on Friday night. Lots of standing around. Glad I had my … Continue reading
Homemade pies
I have made more pies in the past week than in the past year or two! I’ve made four of these lemon meringue pies. I finally got the meringue made right on this one, but I still need to work … Continue reading
