Our butterfly garden is struggling in all this rain. We’ve had only a few flowers bloom from the spring planting. I hope the butterflies like the red and white poppies.
Red & White Poppy
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Morning Glories: Black & White
I am a minimalist when it comes to editing photos, mostly because I don’t know how. Changing a photo from color to black and white is a common edit and I use the standard selections (portrait, landscape, etc.) to see which one looks best. I rarely choose infrared, but in this case it was the most striking image for these morning glories.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Closeups
Thistle
We’ve had quite the rainy month of May in central Texas. The weeds are loving it and are growing like . . . well, weeds.
Ice Cream with Sprinkles
Story #25 for Story A Day Challenge May 2016
Ice Cream with Sprinkles
“Ice cream with sprinkles!” Jasper turned his head as his mother carried him down the sidewalk past the Magnolia trees.
“Jasper, those are flowers, not ice cream with sprinkles. Magnolia flowers. Mag-no-lia. Can you say Mag-no-lia? Here,” she said, walking across the grass. She hoisted Jasper up a little higher. “Smell them. Don’t they smell good?”
He leaned over, touching his nose to the white petals.
“Careful,” Angie cautioned, “there might be bees. Bees take the pollen and make honey.”
Before Angie could stop him, Jasper plucked a petal and started eating it. “Ice cream with sprinkles!” Jasper happily announced.
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Sunflower Forest
Story #23 for Story A Day Challenge May 2016
Sunflower Forest
“Look, Daddy, a sunflower forest!”
“You’re right, sweet pea, it is a sunflower forest!”
“Why are they all facing that way?”
“To get as much sunshine as possible. That’s helps them grow.”
“Can we stop and see?”
“Sure, sweet pea, we have a little extra time.”
“One day, Daddy, I’m going to be as tall as a sunflower tree.” She reached up her arms, spreading them wide. “Look at me, Daddy, I’m growing!”
“Well, right you are! Why, look how much you’ve grown just since you got out of the car.”
“You, too, Daddy, you too. Don’t you want to be a sunflower tree?”
“An excellent idea, sweet pea. Anyone in their right mind would want to be a sunflower tree.”
Father and daughter smiled at each other as they stood at the edge of the sunflower forest, reaching up.
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