Happy Easter!

Just for fun!

Some crocuses in my yard, a couple of secondhand bunnies, and a tiny watering can I bought at a garage sale a few years back.

Happy Easter, Everyone!

Black Rose?

Just for fun! A little Photoshop Magic! I came up with this while practicing some Photoshop tutorials.

There's no such ting as a real black rose yet, though horticulturers may be getting close. But not to worry, Photoshop can fix that!

Below is the rose as it really looks! A bright rosy red Canadian Explorer Rose called Henry Kelsey.

Lilac Close-up

The above close-up of a lilac is because I wish spring were a bit further along.

Lover's Moon

This picture is just for fun. Obviously I moved while trying to photograph the moon. But it's kind of neat that the moon now looks like it's shaped like a heart. LOL

Showy Goldenrod Seedhead

This is the seedhead of a Showy Goldenrod, played with a bit in Photoshop. I don't think the flowers are as showy as the seedhead.

Frosted Rose

In our corner of the Adirondacks we've already had our first hard frost.

First frost pictures are always dramatic! Like this one here of a rose bud covered in ice crystals.

Autumn Sedum and Ant

In honor of Fall and the ant kingdom, here are a couple of pictures. The first is of an ant walking about on a plant that's called an Autumn Sedum. There's a close-up of the ant below. I love nature pictures that include tiny wildlife like this. This ant was pretty easygoing about posing.

I once photographed a bumble bee for several minutes on a flower where he had probably just spent the night. New queens and males leave their original colonies at some point later in the summer to begin the cycle over again the following year. During that time they will often spend the night on a flower and are generally pretty patient about being photographed. This one time, though, the bumble I was taking pictures of grew tired or it and started waving a foreleg at me as if it was say, "Aw, go away! I'm trying to sleep!"