Nothing extravagant for this week’s Floral Friday. Instead, I thought I’d share this little mushroom. It may be the tiniest one I’ve ever seen. I was rolling up the garden hose the other day and happened to look down. There, amongst the brown and gray fallen leaves was a little…
Tag: Nature Photography
Dogs
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Photography Moment – Morning Mist
We took the dogs out for a drive early Sunday morning, before the traffic picked up, and headed down to Miller’s Landing on Lake Jackson. The lake has been a subject of previous photos, but this time I was able to capture some early morning mist on the water. Lake…
Nature
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Poetry Moment – Beautiful Sunrise
I snapped the photo above on Saturday morning. I was looking south, towards the Gulf of Mexico, and was mesmerized by the colors in the sky. I was also impressed with the large thunderhead building down on the coastline (that’s it in the lower-right corner of the photo). Pink…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – August 7, 2026
Today’s photos are of a butterfly bush that grows in front of my house. Google Image Search claims that this is a type of Lantana (it was’t sure if it’s called Orange Lantana or Lucious Marmalade Lantana…who comes up with these names?). It’s been a hardy plant, surviving both extreme…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – July 31, 2026
When we moved into our house nearly 30 years ago, the previous owners left us a cluster of Jewel of Thailand plants in a small flower bed. Jewel of Thailand are related to ginger, although these aren’t edible. However, they have wide, green leaves and the most beautiful flowers. Click…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – July 24, 2026
With all the recent rain we’ve been having (thanks to Tropical Storm Bertha), I’ve been able to capture rain drops on some of my plants. This week, I want to share rain drops on roses. Let me know if there’s a particular photo you like. RB
Gardening
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Floral Friday July 3, 2026
A few more recents snaps from around my house. This week, I had several interesting mushrooms pop up (I have no idea if they are edible and I’m not brave or stupid enough to try!). Additionally, I’ve been harvesting some blackberries and more tomatoes. The interesting thing about the tomatoes…
Gardening
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Floral Friday – June 19, 2026
Here are a few of the flowers blooming around my house this past week. I’m particularly proud of the sunflowers. Yes, that is six flowers on the top of one stalk! I had no idea sunflowers would bloom like this. Let me know if any of these caught your eye. …
Mental Health
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Poetry Moment – Early Morning Outing
We stopped by one of the boat landings at Lake Jackson to catch an early morning moment of Zen. Usually, there aren’t any people around, so I roll the windows down and shut off the motor, then the five of us gaze out the windows and take in the landscape. …