After The Storm

It's been raining a lot this summer. The last few days were no exception. Here are some of the flowers in the garden after the most recent storm.


Mexican Sunflower

Rose of Sharon

Mexican Sunflower

Mexican Sunflower

Lookng Back

I retired 9 years ago

I've been going back through old photos, here's a "baker's dozen" of my favorites from that first year.



Heron, Laurel MD

When They Were Little And Full of Wonder

Azaleas, National Arboretum

Omaha, Nebraska

Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, Omaha

Rock House, Hocking Hills State Park, OH

Waterfall, Hocking Hills State Park, OH

Zebra Swallowtail Butteryfly

The Inaugural "Blink" Cincinnati

Old Milford Novitiate (Jesuit Cemetery), Milford, OH

Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC

Clifty Falls State Park, Madison, IN

Tulip Poplar Leaf in Fall

Spring Time is Portrait Time...

...for iris.
I've kept very busy this month between a photography workshop in the Smoky Mountains, a few charity photo gigs, and some personal things (like family birthdays etc)

But it is spring in southwest Ohio, which in my mind means...
Spring flowers... and especially Iris portrait time. Here are a few:

Woodland Poppy

Iris #1

Iris #2

Iris #3

Daffodil

Iris #4

Iris #5

Iris #6

Iris #7

Iris #8

Iris #9

Iris #10

Iris #11

Iris in Profile and more than one too many

I like Spring and the Flowers it Brings

Daffodil portraits from springs past.
Daffodil

Daffodil

Daffodil

Daffodil

Daffodil

Daffodil

Daffodil

More Flowers

and busy, busy, busy. Falling further behind in processing due to the volume and actually having a deadline for some event photos. Here are a few of my favorite from the past couple weeks.


Riverboat on the Ohio, Cincinnati Ohio

Krohn Conservatory

French Lavender

Mock Orange

Bearded Iris

Bearded Iris

Bearded Iris

Spring and Summer Arrive Earlier and Earlier

I've been taking photos of flowers, bugs etc consistently since I retired and moved here permanently 7 years ago. At least for south western Ohio, the Ohio River valley outside of Cincinnati, spring and summer seem to be arriving earlier and earlier. Here are photos I've taken in the past few days. Hellebores have been blooming since at least Feb 1 and are still going strong. Many daffodils are still blooming whie the grape hyacinth are at their peak. The tulips and woodland poppies are blooming a week earlier than they've ever bloomed before. Today I noticed some iris about to bloom (a good freeze will kill them). I know 7 years is an inadequate sample in the scheme of things, but it's still a sample that gets one thinking.


Grape Hyacinth

Daffodils

Hellebores (aka Lenten Rose)

Tulips

More Tulips

Honeyberry

Woodland Poppy