Saturday in October 2012

Today I want to send some flowers to a beautiful friend.  In my "garden" is an elegant Zygopeladum fragrant orchid in bloom.  Three vibrant flowers with a fourth just beginning to open.  I always find orchids a difficult subject to photograph but here are two for her today.  She deserves something very special.

I also have an Echeveria Ruby, a Mexican succulent, flowering right now.  Mine is a tiny succulent with spectacular colors.  I hope she likes Ruby.

 

 

 

Cattleya Hybrid Blooming in March 2012

A wonderful sight on a cold damp winter evening.  A blooming cattleya hydrid.

I have been studying lighting in close up photography to get a more dramatic effect.  It seems to work very well.

My Christmas Surprise 2011

Every Christmas we seem to have some unexpected visitors and this year was no different.  How I look forward to this company.

New Jersey USA Wild Turkey - Male

For the first time in many, many months, we had a flock of beautiful wild turkeys stop by to say "hello". 

The elder of the clan was quite impressed with himself - ogling his image in our sliding glass doors.  Even a herd of deer seemed to be amazed by the presence of these big birds.  They came close and stood together just watching their antics outside our back door.  They were really curious about these birds, following them through the woods and stopping to stare.

The turkeys were brilliant, wandering about playfully and then one by one hopped on a big tree trunk that had been leveled by Hurricane Irene to roost for the afternoon.   How delightful.