California poppies with their golden yellow flower blooms brighten up the local community gardens for sure! The xeriscape gardens have come to the their blooming close for the season. So this is when I gravitate over to the local community gardens for some photo ops. It’s predominately reserved for folks with plots growing their fruits
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Showy Milkweed in another flora subject matter that I did not think I’d be photographing. About the same time you see the start of Foxtail Lilies, you see the beginnings of these plants. With their broad green leaves they’re hard to miss. In select areas they appear to be quite prolific. You’d think you’d see
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Artistic artichoke photos were certainly an unlikely photography subject matter for me. I suppose if you’re a foodie/food blogger, artichoke farmer or the like, photos of artichokes would not be out of the ordinary. However considering what I tend to focus on, it is unusual. Needless to say I do LOVE eating artichokes in their
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The anticipation of the Cholla Cactus blooms are something I’ve come to look forward to since I started this photography journey. With my introduction to them many moons ago hiking in the foothills of Albuquerque NM, they still amaze me. If you’ve never seen them before, they have bizarre looking, long spiny branches that give
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With their distinctive broad, green paddles, Prickly Pear cactus plants are iconic fixtures in the desert southwest summer landscape. They take up residence in mighty dry conditions and thrive. Appearing rather dormant for most of the year, come late May you can see the plants budding. Given room to roam, these cactus plants can spread
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A couple of much needed little summer getaways have put me a bit behind on my flower blooming blog posts. But thankfully I was able to still get photos of most of my favorite flowers. Now it’s time to play post catch up. So let the blooming continue…. Foxtail Lilies and Their Lanky Start As
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