Tag Archives: garden
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
More sewing: Glasses case and tooth fairy pillow for Etsy
Here’s my version of the Martha Stewart tooth fairy pillow. His smile is lopsided, but I like it like that. I’m getting pretty close to coming up with a pattern for large sunglasses that I really like. This one is … 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
Missouri Botanical Gardens, cont.
Here’s some more of the photos I took a week ago Tuesday at Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. My daughter and granddaughters and the kids got ahead of me while I was taking pictures of something else. I like … Continue reading
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Last Tuesday 6 of us went to the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. It was a beautiful, sunny day, warm enough for short sleeves and no jackets. Here are some of my favorite pictures from that afternoon. Since … Continue reading
Late summer petunia
IMG_1565.JPG – Petunia – Vox Most of my petunias and other flowers have had it for this year. This one is in a hanging basket on my porch, and I try to remember to water it every time I get … Continue reading
Knee surgery update
No photos this time. I got my staples taken out this morning. It was a weird sort of cool. I couldn't have made myself not look. Now it's off to physical therapy. I wanted to go back to the same … Continue reading
Photos from Tuesday on Thursday
I took some photos on Tuesday that I didn't get posted yet, so here goes. 2010_04_13 – Tuesday 010 Last fall I sent Emjay some iris and other bulbs in exchange for some peonies. Here's one of them, lookin' … Continue reading
More July flowers in the country
2007_07_24 – Friday 018.JPG – Vox The color of this hot pink zinnia is stunning! It was sort of overcast when I went out with my camera this afternoon. I am going to plant more zinnias next year. They are … Continue reading
Another picture perfect day in the country
Three of our grandchildren came out this afternoon. The weather was perfect. We went to the garden to pick vegetables to send home with them. Then we played in the yard. If I can get it to load, here is … Continue reading
