01-02-2023, 12:08 PM (This post was last modified: 01-02-2023, 12:50 PM by Dave.)
Good day, FF friends.
It was cold here (for coastal SoCal) overnight, and still in the low 40s when I took today's early morning walk. But the rising sun was strong and if the sky stays free of clouds it should be a pleasant afternoon.
Another of Ron's roses that I shot during light rain on 12/31/22...
On today's walk, I noticed that many of Ron's flowers were gone - sad to see that.
Lorell, you wrote about Detroit's win yesterday. They must beat Green Bay next Sunday to make the playoffs (and end Green Bay's season), and that will be a challenge. But I'm rooting for them!
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
Nikon D7500 with Nikkor 18-300 mm; PSE2021, PSCS5 Ny Flickr Albums
Good morning Dave,
As always I admire your flower images. But thse are exceptional loaded with rain drops.
All I have is winter. I have to coax the colour.
Maybe I went too far SO
I backed off on the red tones.
Dave, another beauty! Water drops really add to the photo as does your signature dark back ground! I hope the roses make a come back!
Grant, I am right here with you, not much but white outside. Major winter storm today. Now saying 11-18 inches.
Here is one from an Oregon trip in 2005 near Florence. Heceta Head lighthouse in the way back!
We finally got some sunshine today after many days of dreary skies that brought light rain morning, noon and night. Everything is soggy, but thankfully NOT snowy or icy. But we are ready for that snowstorm, Rich, that you are getting bombed by right now. I will be expecting some views from the balcony soon. I wish we would get a little, I am anxious to take my TWO cameras out for a walk in some fresh snow and see how I do with the load resting on my shoulders with my new DOUBLE camera strap.
Dave,
It almost looks like icy pellets surround the Rose. It is really pretty. If it were mine, I would be tempted to snip it off and place it in my freezer to see what photos I could take after the droplets froze. I remember that was a challenge from one of the FLICKR sites, to take a photo of something frozen. It was not an easy thing to do, since when the water freezes, it turns whiteish and then you lose sight of the thing behind the ice. It does not turn out crystal clear like when mother nature does it sometimes.
Grant, your icy-encrusted branches are beautiful. You did a great job by pushing the color to warm the photo and create depth. That is a lovely framed composition. I sure feel your cold!
Rich,
Keep looking at that gorgeous photo as the storm drops its load around you. Thankfully you have images like that to distract from the cold wet stuff. The bad thing about snow is it is NOT, "here today, gone tomorrow". It lingers longer than appreciated. It is the newly fallen stuff that one enjoys the most. Luckily you do not have to shovel it. Your image is amazing. Gosh, I love the waves rolling in, the trees and greenery on the cliffs and I am glad that you pointed out the lighthouse. Wow, it puts things in perspective.
So, I decided NOT to submit the snow globe for Macro Monday's in FLICKR but took a photo of something else. I felt that I overprocessed the globe and it was not a good representation of pretty it actually looked. The theme is something new. So, I may be going with the photo below.
The most recent hobby that I started in 2022 is quilting. I quickly learned that "we quilters" like are gadgets and this is one that my daughter bought me from a small quilt shop. We like to support small businesses, now more so than ever since they continue to struggle and more and more are having to close their doors for good. I heard this morning that they have now come to the point where they must raise their prices to keep afloat due to the higher cost of staying in business, like heating, their cost of merchandise or ingredients to make products, etc.,
This is a new PIN holder. It is a tiny (1.5" tall, 2.5" wide) cup with an extremely strong magnet at the bottom. What makes this special is that you can drop the pins from 5-10" overhead and they land sticking straight up in the cup. So what, you say. Yes, I heard you! Well, when you go to retrieve a pin, all the pins are sticking straight up, if you turn the caddy over or if it gets bumped, the pins stay inside and do not spill out. Unlike a pin cushion where you have to press the pins into it. It is difficult to explain why this works so well, so I think I shall stop before I bore you anymore. But the darn thing really works great.
Have a great day, all.
LORELL
ps. Grant, you posted while I was writing my story. That looks like a sea creature. The lighting is wonderful. Thanks for reminding me about the plusses of a nice big snowfall.
Friday:
Lorell, Sorry you caught covid.....I have avoided going into crowds, don't want to get sick! Hope you are vacinated and that the symptoms are mild....Love the lighthouse shot....made of marble? really? WOW!
Dave, that peachy rose is beautiful...on my screen, I see very little difference....glad Don's roses still going strong!
Hi, Peter, Rich! and Lorell! Hope the storm coming your way is less than predicted. For both of you. Sat and Sunday:
Dave, that is a wonderful selective focus on the yellow flower...well done! That red juicy rose is awesome!! You got a great shot in the rain!! I want to sniff it, I bet it's a strong scented one!! Like the Lincoln rose.
Rich, I like your shots of the old cabins.....fields of lost dreams....makes me wonder what happened to all the families? That Nikon did a decent job back then!!
Lorell, again, a great shot of the 1225! So dramatic smoke!! I can almost hear it roaring down the tracks!! I would not have guessed your deer shot was in a snow globe but boy did that work out to your advantage!! I love it! Especially those little flecks of glitter snowing down!!
Hi, Don!
Peter, Happy New Year to you, too. Щасливого Нового року! in Ukrainian!! Yes I can speak it (colloquial and everyday language) My grandparents spoke no English. I also can read it. Whole different alphabet, though.....
Is that fringy purple flower an orchid, also? So pretty!! I bet it's tiny, too!! I like blue flowers, and it goes well with the yellow. Hard to think it's warmer where you live....but hey, It's actull 66° F here today!! Big change from 10° F on Christmas.....
Grant, that's a wonderful motion shot! Ah, youth!! Monday:
Dave, your pink juicy rose is pretty, but the red one really grabbed me!!
Grant, love all that snow and frozen ice on the branches....the color is okay, but doesn't look real....I think B&W might be better for me.....I really like the snowy grass fronds....with shadows....nice! Now that hoarfrost in the branches with the blue sky is my favorite!! Well caught! We don't get hoarfrost often so several years ago when we had it, I spent all morning freezing my buns off shooting it, trying to get a good shot! Even on the ground, but I cannot get down on the ground anymore or I can't get back up!
Rich, that is a most beautiful scenic shot....WOW! It has a lot to offer the viewer!!
Lorell, I DO understand about the pin cushion! I can't tell you how many times I spilled my box of pins and had to pick them up and even got one pin in my foot cause I missed finding it. Having them all drop in correctly is a dream!!I like the pins, too. Unusual.......I haven't quilted in 25 years, but we hand quilted all winter when my mother in law was alive....the church sent the quilts to relief auctions to help the needy....I pieced them on the machine and we hand quilted ( I had bloody fingers to prove it!) Somewhere in the closet is a quilt I made for myself 25 years ago, but never finished quilting it....about 2 feet left to quilt. I doubt I will ever finish it....and the bad part is, I left some pins in it, and they have rusted.
01-02-2023, 06:08 PM (This post was last modified: 01-04-2023, 06:34 PM by Man From Ironbark.)
Natalie, The Fringe lily is a lily. Belongs to the Asparagaceae family.
Plants tufted, to c. 35 cm tall. Roots with elongate tubers 2.5–7.5 cm long, c. 7–10 cm distant from rootstock. Leaves few, subterete, 6–15 cm long, usually withered at time of flowering. Inflorescence erect, usually simple, rarely few-branched, with one terminal umbel and several sessile umbels along scape below; umbels 1–4-flowered; perianth segments spreading, 7–12 mm long, pale mauve; fringe on petals 2–3 mm long; stamens shorter than perianth segments, anthers curved, 3 outer c. 3.5 mm long, 3 inner c. 6.5 mm long. Flowers Oct.–Jan
The local indigenous name is difficult to spell (sounds like durummellin)and the name is different to each tribe as they have different languages but it means, standing on one leg. Because the leaves tend to die off as the spring turns to summer and the flower spikes stand out.
There are some subspecies and as usuall the taxonomy hasn't yet been fully described for these and many other species in Australia.
My local ones are shy about flowering. Conditions have to be just right. They will flower from October on and I've photographed them as late as February. They may only have one flower and stop. They may continue to produce flowers at the rate of up to more than a dozen on some days, other days they may be almost impossible to locate even though they flowered yesterday. I photographed one plant which had several flowers where I had not seen a plant in that spot beforehand. Took she who must be obeyed to show it to her and it couldn't be found amongst the umbrella grass. The next day I found it because one flower had opened. photos below. The white flowers in the background are Scaevola humilis, a ground cover with small white to blue flowers shaped like a hand or fan as a common name is fan flower.
Grant your photo would make a great Sumie painting. I was into that for a while.
Thanks Lorell. This was a great trip to Oregon. The coast is beautiful and as Grant mentioned, lots of seafood. So you get to double you pleasure, double your fun with two cameras!
Interesting quilting device, good photo of it!
I plan on having progressive photos of the storm tomorrow.
Grant,
Hoarfrost is best shown off just like your photo, a nice blue sky. Grey sky not so much.
