I have spent time after dark in two graveyards these past couple days. This is not one of my usual nocturnal hangouts, but I was hoping to catch a great shot of the full moon to use as my entry in the 2013 Level Best cover contest. Well good readers, I'm here to say that such a photo, even with a nice Canon digital camera, pretty much eluded me. Beth reminded me I should have used her tripod, but that would have crossed into the area of common sense. How foolish. Even without getting a winning moon shot, the combined experiences and eerie ambiance were worth having all those cars slow down and probably wonder what the fool with the tiny LCD screen was doing wandering among the dead. There are a lot of solar powered lights placed by gravestones in the Pine Grove cemetery. We often drive past at night, but have missed the fact that many of them change color every 30 seconds or so. The effect up close is quite something and did make for a few keeper pictures.
I had much better luck taking bee and flower photos yesterday in our back yard. When we built the raised bed garden last July, we had to move the frame a few feet away from where the old garden had been. The result this year is numerous clusters of daffodils in varied shades of yellow, white and orange. They provide a beautiful blend of nodding color when the wind blows. The creeping phlox we moved last spring has also flourished at the edge of the wall behind the house. Even the scrawny scrids of plant I expected would wither and die have managed to rebound and now form a rich runner of crimson down to the end of the wall. Apple blossoms are getting fatter and one more warm sunny day should have all 12 trees turn into giant pink and white pompoms. I am amazed by the different shades of apple blossoms, ranging from pure white to an almost red. The most intriguing aspect of spending time in our back yard yesterday was the predominant scent wafting through the air. It came from the massive collection of Johnny Jump-ups that spread all over one corner of the raised bed. They emit a subtle, but far from unpleasant smell.
The lawn got mowed and the upper half of the garden got tilled. Nothing has been planted yet, but peas will be in by Friday and once the lower half of the garden is tilled, I may get daring and put in more seeds while covering them with the white row cloth I bought last year to expand our gardening season
I had much better luck taking bee and flower photos yesterday in our back yard. When we built the raised bed garden last July, we had to move the frame a few feet away from where the old garden had been. The result this year is numerous clusters of daffodils in varied shades of yellow, white and orange. They provide a beautiful blend of nodding color when the wind blows. The creeping phlox we moved last spring has also flourished at the edge of the wall behind the house. Even the scrawny scrids of plant I expected would wither and die have managed to rebound and now form a rich runner of crimson down to the end of the wall. Apple blossoms are getting fatter and one more warm sunny day should have all 12 trees turn into giant pink and white pompoms. I am amazed by the different shades of apple blossoms, ranging from pure white to an almost red. The most intriguing aspect of spending time in our back yard yesterday was the predominant scent wafting through the air. It came from the massive collection of Johnny Jump-ups that spread all over one corner of the raised bed. They emit a subtle, but far from unpleasant smell.
The lawn got mowed and the upper half of the garden got tilled. Nothing has been planted yet, but peas will be in by Friday and once the lower half of the garden is tilled, I may get daring and put in more seeds while covering them with the white row cloth I bought last year to expand our gardening season
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