Evening primrose...

Lily look...

Coneflower close-up...

Wild lilies...

Pretty from a distance but not so much close up...

A different perspective on a common wildflower...

This is butterfly milkweed, purchased, not growing wild around here...

This is a mural on the wall of a building.  I snapped a shot of it as we drove by awhile back.  The shrubbery and flowers happened to be there, too.

I recently spied this wild carrot begiinning to bloom, 

also known as Queen Anne's Lace...   

Last evening the sunset illuminated thunderheads in the distance.  The moon was in view, too, and I didn't have the heart to crop it out of the scene.

Saw a butterfly this morning, one I'd never seen before.  I snapped several shots, finally getting a clear one...

Photoworthy skies, courtesy of recent stormy weather...

Ho-hum, another flower photo.  'Tis the season.

Photos taken this morning.

This photo was taken yesterday.  If it doesn't look quite realistic its because the colors and contrast were edited a bit.

This morning I googled my blog's name.  One of the links that came up was this one leading to a post I wrote way back in the summer of 2007.  It reminded me of the reason I had started blogging in the first place, to have an opportunity to do some writing.  Later on, I discovered the fun and ease of taking digital photos and putting them on the blog.  Obviously, that has taken over.  I guess it doesn't matter---one can put whatever they want on a blog.  Maybe someday I'll decide to write again. 

Here's some close-up shots taken yesterday.

Anemone...

Spiderwort...

Milkweed leaf...

 Wild rose...

Rue...

Another chance to take drive-by photos happened the other day.  

I did some adjusting of the temperature, hue, and saturation 

of the colors in this first one...

Dramatic clouds were in view for awhile...

And, this shot received a painting effect just for fun...

Believe it or not, this is an alfalfa blossom...

I had a chance to shoot some drive-by photos yesterday, mostly of random trees and farm fields.  To this one I added a chromatic effect, whatever that is, resulting in it looking like this which I rather liked...