I'm Back!

Well, I'm back and hoping to see how long I can keep this current. I started work in July and I've been hard pressed to get out, take pictures and keep things current on this blog. I really miss sharing my photos here when I finally get a chance to take them. Let's see... what should I post?

I went to Descanso Gardens. At this time of the year there's not much in bloom but I always seem to find something to take photos of there. No roses but plenty of camellias so I could get my favorite fallen camellias in the water shots.

This is the rose garden now - really drab with all of the bushes cut back. Even the trees look threadbare and yet it's still pretty to me.

There were a few birds flittering about but not quite as many as I usually see.


As for the photo below, well.... this is why I think flies are just nasty!

Today's Flowers - Fallen Camelias

Here are a couple more shots from Descanso Gardens, camelias that had fallen from the trees lying in the broken shadows and dying leaves. It won't be long before they've lost their color and what life that remains is as dried up as the leave upon which they landed.




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Monochrome Monday

While at Descanso Gardens walking through the camelia garden, it was difficult not to notice all of the camelias that had fallen from the trees scattered on the ground among the leaves. I thought they made for some interesting shots. One day I'll show the ones in color. Today I'm showing the ones I shot in black and white. I really like these. Hope you do too.




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Watery Wednesday #24

If you haven't visited the Watery Wednesday meme you should check it out. This is my entry for this week. These camelias are definitely watery. They had fallen out of the tree near a stream and were laying in the water.






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Today's Flower #14

I hope I haven't posted these already. In case you can't tell (smile), the first one is a rose. The second and third are camelias.





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