[Taken 27 April 2014]
Category Archives: photography
Seeing the world through my viewfinder.
Snowy Front Walk
[Taken 13 February 2014]
The strata of multiple snowstorms are visible in the wake of the snowblower.
Butterfly Bush in Winter
[Taken 1 January 2014]
Switching the theme — instead of looking forward to Spring, today I start celebrating the insanely snowy winter we’ve had this year.
Grape Hyacinth, April 2013
[Taken 15 April 2013]
Grape hyacinth blooming in the bed behind my house in mid-April.These and the pink hyacinth were some of the first (very welcome) color that popped up after we moved in last spring.
After they bloom this year, I’ll be dividing them and transplanting some (if not most) to the front fence, where they can be properly enjoyed next year.
Hydrangea paniculata, August 2013
[Taken 3 August 2013]
I have three varieties of hydrangeas growing on my property: several mophead (Hydrangea macrophylla) ‘Nikko Blue’ hydrangeas (which I only identified so specifically from a long-ago nursery tag I found); one purple lacecap (Hydrangea macrophylla normalis) hydrangea, and this Hydrangea paniculata, which is probably about 8′ tall and just as wide.
The flowers start out a light greenish color, then bloom full to white, and take on a dusty rose-colored cast in the fall. Around Thanksgiving this year, I cut a few of the dried flowerheads to put in an autumn/winter vase with some decorative pebbles.