Category: photography

Yesterday the Japanese magnolia had only buds on it; today most of the buds have bloomed. So I walked back to the tulip magnolias that grow by the fence to the back pasture, to find that I’d almost missed them blooming entirely. The camellias — double and single blossoms — are budding and blooming together. Our place looks like a park. I practically expect to see one of the ladies from Cypress Gardens to appear in all her hoop-skirted, pastel finery.

I took these photos this afternoon with my new Canon digital camera. It’s cool. So far, I barely know how to use it.

Yesterday we had a dinner party for eight. A good time, good people, good food.

I like to take our dog, Quixote, for a walk on the conservation easement near our house. The land is a pleasant combination of fields and woods, and this old barn is on the property. We went for romp yesterday afternoon. Q discovered a hawk dozing on a low limb, and there was some excitement for a bit. I took a lot of photographs, but the beautiful late-afternoon light proved difficult to translate in the lens. Here’s one of the more successful(ly Photoshopped) shots.

I photographed Quixote in the early morning in our barn. He’s a 9-month-old Leonberger.