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Weekly Photo 6/52 for 2013: Almond Blossoms

Today’s weekly photo post is of one of our two almond trees which has begun to blossom. The crows tend to get all the nuts before we even have an inkling that they might be ready. Apparently, almond trees are a lot of work to harvest and require quite a bit of pampering so that…

Weekly Photo 5/52 for 2013: Purple Daisy

Spring has sprung here in sunny SoCal. Today’s post for my weekly photo is just one of the many flowers that has decided that the combination of scattered showers and warm weather we’ve been having mean it’s time to poke their heads up and get their bloom on! I was good this week and didn’t…

Weekly Photo 3/52 for 2013: Silk Floss Tree

Today’s weekly photo is of one of two Silk Floss Trees (Chorisia speciosa) on our property. This tree is holding on to its blooms as long as it possibly can, despite the lows in the 20s and frost several mornings in a row last week. I haven’t been able to get an interesting picture of…

Weekly Photo 2/52 for 2013: Early Gazania Bloom

Today’s entry for my weekly photo challenge is one of the confused Gazanias in the back yard. The temperatures this week have been unusually cooler for SoCal. The highs have been in the mid-50s and the lows have been in the upper 20s. Yes, the natives think it’s parka weather. I’m happy in shirt sleeves….

Weekly Photo 1/52 for 2013: Camelia

As some of you know, last year I started a 365 project where you take and post a picture for every day of the year. I stalled out in September and even though I tried to pick it up again in October, the momentum was gone. This year, I decided to take a lot of…

2012 Photo Challenge: Week 42

Week 42 of our 365 Photo Challenge. I spent most of the past week in an allergy med-inuduced fog. So, I’m afraid it wasn’t a very interesting week photo-wise, but I took ’em! What you see below are links to my flickr set for the photos I’m posting for this photo challenge. Click on any…

2012 Photo Challenge: Week 41

Week 41 of our 365 Photo Challenge. It’s been hard getting back in the habit this past week. I’ve had to resort to using pictures from my phone and have a VERY wide variety in subjects this week. But hey, I’m hanging in there! What you see below are links to my flickr set for…

2012 Photo Challenge: Week 40

Week 40 of our 365 Photo Challenge. I fell off the wagon in a big way during September. Everyone here was sick at the end of August, just in time for the school year to begin. It took about 3 weeks to fully recover from the plague that descended upon our house, and even then…

2012 Photo Challenge: Week 34

Week 34 of our 365 Photo Challenge. Back to school, a plague upon our house, what else could go wrong? Kind of a variety of subjects this week. Some with the dSLR, some with the iPhone. Even played with Photoshop a little with one of them. Can’t believe this week will be September already! What…

2012 Photo Challenge: Weeks 32 & 33

What you see below are links to my flickr set for the photos I’m posting for this photo challenge. Click on any photo below to go to flickr and then you can navigate through the set with the “Previous” and “Next” arrows at the top. It’s been a busy couple of weeks here as we…