Flowers, just flowers

So I have a lawn.  Well, I share a lawn.  And flowers.  But I planted many of these and grew them from babies.  Well, not really but some of these are from seeds which is pretty cool.   It is so cool that I am actually blogging after almost forever.  I would have done this sooner, but it takes a long time for flowers to grow, you know.  Maybe I might even try this again before fall leaves are as colorful as these flowers.

I have no idea what most of these flowers are.  I tend to identify growing things into larger grroups, like "grass" and :"trees" and, of course, "flowers."  Please click on the phtos to see larger images.  All were taken with a Canon 7D MarkII and a 100mm 2.8 Macro lens.

London, 2018-19

We had a wonderful trip to London over Christmas and New Years.  There is always (at least for me) the question of what I am to do with all the pictures.  Normally, I would readily post them to this blog, but I know that it is sorely neglected.   That is fine, I suppose, though I know my audience dwindles as I dawdle about and never post.

None-the-less, this is my home and where I do things like this.  The people that matter will see, and maybe, I will resurrect my blogging efforts.  Here are the first of the London photos.  If I do this correctly, you will be able to follow chronologically from our arrival on the 23rd to when we left after the New Year.

Oh, Happy New Year to you and yours.  More to come

Bees, bugs, and other things...

Once again, it has been a bit since I have posted any photos or words.  That happens, I guess.  I have a friend who hasn't posted in his blog for far longer (Steve) so actually I feel almost virtuous.  At least about blogging.  He is a minister so he has me on that virtuous thing.

None-the-less, here are a few photos.  We really have had a pretty good summer--the weather has been pretty good, no violent storms, and it hasn't snowed yet.  So here are some flower and bug photos.  As always, click to make the photo a bit bigger.

It has been a year since I have physically gone to work each day, and I have to say that I miss it.  I have more than made enough to live on and then some in this gig economy so that is not a worry, but I am thinking that it is time to seriously think about finding gainful employment.  It isn't that I am not looking--I have applied and earned the "thanks for playing" second place award several times.  Let's just say that community colleges are not a growth industry right now--it is a good overall job market but lousy in the college world.  That is where I want to work, but not where I have to work.  I just don't fully know where I can work and still maintain some sense of purpose in life.   

Stay tuned--the adventure continues. 

Cone flowers and butterflies

Yes, I  know it has been a long time.  Life has been a bit complicated, I guess.  I will go into more of that in the next few posts but for today, just some flowers and stuff.  I did not have the right lens on for butterflies but now that I know where they roam (and there were a ton of them!) I will try again.  But you get the idea.  It is after the 4th, so maybe more will come forth.  Watch this space!