A collection of my photos of flora and fauna, and maybe now and then,
something else that catches my attention and just will not let go.
Maybe even with little verbage, which is pretty hard for this gal.
While I was out playing with the camera and taking photos all over the yard, for some reason I wandered over to the circle with about 6 mugos and noted that that little pink flower/bud thingy was there, and some pine cones and other neat stuff, and I started shooting photos.
Then, to my dismay, I discovered these nasty varments on my mugos:
These ickies will defoiliate a mugo in days, even hours. I have only had them one other time since 1972, at another home we owned. Nasty, nasty, nasty. The damaged areas on those mugos never really grew back.
After photos, I went digging in my arsenal of bug killing chemicals, and found something that had a little malathion in it, sprayed and sprayed. Not sure if the malation got em, or if I drowned them, but, as far as I can determine, they are all gone now.
Who knew the side benefits one could realize from macro photo shooting??
I have found I am having so much fun with the camera that there are many more photos taken than will fit on my blog, Reflections From the Fence.
I post flora and fauna photos here. One subject a day, a flora and fauna 365 project. I managed to get past the first 365 and started the second year of this daily exercise. I made it till sometime in November of 2011. And, now, Flora and Fauna is just a regular ole blog, posting when I have something to share and the time to post it.
Some posts are wordy, some are wordless. My goal is to make them as wordless as possible. However, if I find something interesting during the posting/research process, I may share, ok, I will probably share. I hope you find the words and photos to be interesting.
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A favorite photo from Bellingrath Gardens, near Mobile Alabama
Things I love: Family, Grandchildren, Rving, computers (sometimes, but not when they are being bad), family history, yorkies, techy toys like my iToys, photography.
I am all of these, so I write about them all, and more.
3 comments:
Carol, I've never seen anything like this. Is it a flowering plant or a tree, and does it bloom further? Great colors. Thanks.
Never noticed those pink blooms in the mugo before. Great detail....as always.
Barbara, this is what I consider an ornimental shrub, here is a link, photo is not too hot, but, will give you some back ground:
http://landscaping.about.com/od/evergreenornamentaltrees1/p/mugo_pines.htm
While I was out playing with the camera and taking photos all over the yard, for some reason I wandered over to the circle with about 6 mugos and noted that that little pink flower/bud thingy was there, and some pine cones and other neat stuff, and I started shooting photos.
Then, to my dismay, I discovered these nasty varments on my mugos:
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3032
These ickies will defoiliate a mugo in days, even hours. I have only had them one other time since 1972, at another home we owned. Nasty, nasty, nasty. The damaged areas on those mugos never really grew back.
After photos, I went digging in my arsenal of bug killing chemicals, and found something that had a little malathion in it, sprayed and sprayed. Not sure if the malation got em, or if I drowned them, but, as far as I can determine, they are all gone now.
Who knew the side benefits one could realize from macro photo shooting??
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