Well - it's the third weekend of July and it's time for a garden update. A couple new additions of color have started to enter the scene, purple Astors and Black Eye's Susan's.
"Little" Astors - over 3 feet high! WHO KNEW
Black Eye Susan's just starting to look around at their home
The group of Daylillies are in full bloom but fading and starting to look a little beaten up are the Gay Feathers. I'm still waiting for a few Speedwells to look like that are not pretending to be lettuce and there is a Moonshile Achillea (sp) that just looks sick and I don't think it is going to do anything this year - maybe a little flower but it has struggled all summer with dead leaves.
Moonshine Achillea
THEN there is the Fennel. I purchased a tiny fennel at the Farmers Market. The lady said butterfly caterpillars love to eat it. I thought maybe ONE would but it would be a one meal snack. LITTLE did I know it would grow 4 feet high!! And NO ONE is eating it.
Fennel
Two things about taking outdoor natural light photos of flowers. One, you need good light. This comes in all sorts of different varieties and not ONE type of light is the best. Cloudy is good, blinding sun is good . .. it all depends on the shot.
The big factor is wind. Either you want calm OR a nice breeze for a blurry motion shot. I'm still working on blurry motion shots (perhaps some beer is needed).
Yesterday - blinding sun and calmish.
Without further ado here are some of the better shots from yesterday.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Talk to ya later,
Rod
Oh great- I am the first to post- Yippeeee!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNice flowers Rod! You can come do my yard anytime- I ignore it and it shows. We could trade- gardening for sewing....hmmmmm???
I get to post first!!!
ReplyDeleteWow!!!
The Gardens are looking terrific.
Beautiful shots of the Flowers...
Fennel and Dill grow real tall..
But it look's nice.....
Hope all are having a good weekend!
We must have been typing at the exact same time!!! ha ha!
ReplyDeleteHow do you get a picture in the comment?
You beat me to it!!!
ReplyDeleteGo in your blog and it says edit..
Click on that and you can upload a photo...
Brought over from last blog.
*********I have a question for ya all....
When coping pictures from memory stick to folder, a pop up came on that said: (Incorrect para meter)
What does mean?
It means your para meter is incorrect!
ReplyDeleteGreat (luscious) pics Rod!
ReplyDeleteSorry, can't help you Robbi, could mean a lot of things... Does it happen consistently?
HA HA funny Rod! ;)
ReplyDeleteHere is a picture of my Hibiscus
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Ha Ha~~~~~
ReplyDeleteFunny!!!!
So what does that mean??
And how do we fix it...
It only happened once.
If copying directly desn't work Robbi, try using the software form you camera and downloading.
ReplyDeleteUnless your file is corrupted somehow it should work though...
It is only one memory stick that it happened too.
ReplyDeleteCableman said the other cards worked fine..
Just this one ,,, And then that pop came on and said that it is an incorrect para meter
Yes, Robbi, it sounds like something got corrupt. If it is happening with the same one every time, then you know it's the memory stick, or the files you have on it that are bad.
ReplyDeleteAs to the previous day's post about home remedies for sinus. Get you a nettie pot. They are NOT fun, but they are reeeally good for your sinuses. Basically looks like a little teapot that comes with a saline packet to make solution to run through your nose. Just remember, it's all in the tilt. Once you figure out how to do it and get used to the odd feeling of liquid running through your nasal passages, it's okay. (Also, you will feel like you want to blow your nose hard when you finish. Blow gently, trust me on that). Good luck! I hope you try my suggestion. I think it will be in a smallish oblong box at the drug store and say "SinuCleanse" on it.
BEAUTIFUL flower pictures, Rod &
ReplyDeleteRobbi!!
I've had others recommend the nettiepot; I really must get one and try it!
Some comments about yesterday's posts:
Michelle, I thank PE (and Rod) for bringing me out of my tiny little artistic box too! I'm so glad Rod suggested I do a collage for in the Amtrack Station; I learned so much by doing it!
Rod, I'm sorry I missed seeing you at the James St. Gallery yesterday. I took my collage in to see if she could help me price it (really couldn't) and she told me that you had been there earlier. She told me about the meeting on the 2nd; and I'm going to try to make that. She also told me that she's always looking for other artists! If I only had time!!
Jenny, sorry to hear your check from the insurance company was held up by the bank. A friend finally got an insurance settlement after injuring his back at work (and then was let go). It took three years; and then the bank held the check for a week or better too!
JP, I love the picture of Emma pitching! How do you put a link like that in the comments???? I have some great "action" shots of my grandson pitching too that I'd like to share.
Sue - Julie at the Java House Suggested you make a print out of it.
ReplyDeleteI have not seen the actual art yet but there should be a way to take a good photo of it and then blowing it up to 20x30 is easy and not THAT expensive.
ching ching!!
robbi - nice Hibiscus
Thank's Suz!!!!
ReplyDeleteI do know what a netty pot is...
Cableman thinks it is just the memory stick now..
Thank's Sue & Rod, for the compliment on my flower...
ReplyDeleteI've tried the Sinu-Cleanse product you can get at Walgreens. It has a bottle that you use instead of the Nettie Pot-you squeeze it and it pushes the solution thru your sinus. It works great!
ReplyDeleteMichelle stopped and showed me how to put the picture in, so I added one of some of the things I make here at the Gallery in my Red Thimble Studio (my sewing studio room in the Gallery). they look better than I do!
Sue's collage is awesome! What creativity- prints of it would be a great idea!
Stay cool!!!
Hi, Kim!! I just got back from the Seipple Arts Center; no luck with help in pricing my piece either! Barb Kornelly feels I should have left the glass in the frame (the girls in my art group thought it was better without the glass so the texture shows through) so no one could damage it by touching, or spilling something on it. I then thought that I could get a piece of plexiglass large enough to put over the front of the entire frame (if I could figure out some way to fasten that to the frame then).
ReplyDeleteThe woman at the Seipple Center said I'd be able to get a better price for it in an art gallery than in the Amtrack Station; so maybe prints would be the way to go! Maybe Michelle would take a good photo of it for me?? I think you can get canvas prints too; which would increase the price somewhat, but would look much nicer. Any suggestions on where to get a good quality large print made?? I'm also thinking of making some smaller canvases (maybe 12" square if I can find canvasboard like that) that could be priced more reasonably. What do you think of that idea?
Well if your little insect buddies won't eat the fennel, you always eat it yourself....From Wikipedia:
ReplyDeleteFennel is widely cultivated, both in its native range and elsewhere, for its edible, strongly-flavoured leaves and seeds. The flavour is similar to that of anise and star anise, though usually not as strong. [3]
The bulb, foliage, and seeds of the fennel plant are widely used in many of the culinary traditions of the world. Fennel pollen is the most potent form of fennel, but also the most expensive. Dried fennel seed is an aromatic, anise-flavoured spice, brown or green in colour when fresh, slowly turning a dull grey as the seed ages. For cooking, green seeds are optimal.[3] The leaves are delicately flavored and similar in shape to those of dill. The bulb is a crisp, hardy root vegetable and may be sauteed, stewed, braised, grilled, or eaten raw.
gorgeous photos!
ReplyDeletearlene,
Bainbridge Island florist
Evan and I have a Neti Pot Infomercial we made last year.
ReplyDeletehope this helps!
OMG!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOsh ,
I needed to go get new pants on.
Absolutely Hilarious!!!!!
Thank You for the informercial!
That was Great!!!!
I have been inhaling Eucalyptus and I found some Antibiotics from last time..
So I should kick this with in a couple of days...
Thank's Again Osh!!!!!!
Osh and Evan--the thought of doing that nasal thing makes me cringe. I don't think I could do it. I liked the video, though.
ReplyDeleteI have no flowers in my yard at all, so I LOVE seeing everyone eles's. esp Rod's! I LOVE the close ups on the flowers!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots Rod!
Vicky
OK Robbi - here's one more thing you can try with your faulty memory card. Try rubbing the contacts with a stif erawer and if that doesn't work a Q tp with a little Isoprob Alcolon on it. Sometimes the contacts get dirty after a while..
ReplyDeleteGood idea Shakes!!!!! Thank's...
ReplyDeleteCableman did get it to work on my desk top.
but would not work on his Lap Top...
Go figure..
But great idea....
Hi Blazn!!!!!
AHHH, I feel like a such a B****!
ReplyDeleteThe other day when I was trying to remember everyone who came to Kurth, I forgot to include Ruth, Movie Star Wife and her husband the Movie Star!!!! :(
Did I forget anyone else??? :(
Sue,
ReplyDeleteI have a professional lab I am using for my photography business. I could get you pro quality printing large size, and they do the canvas also...
I will check into prices. You and I would need to work together..you have to be a professional photographer (means I have the sales ID number etc...still working on being "a professional photographer") to get the prices and such...but let me check into it and get back you...once you have cost of print...then do a comparison on the net of other who sell prints in that size range to find your price.
the kitty at the end that actually drinks the snot water is the best part of the video I think.
ReplyDeleteEvan and I do lots of fun stuff at home AND in public.
Jenny wrote: B*****
ReplyDeleteBlonde? ;-D
-Mary
Sue - I know where you can get some pretty good deals on 20x30 poster prints on photo paper.
ReplyDeleteIt's where I get my posters printed - I've some 6 so far on the Columbus scene.
Thanks, Cricket and Rod!! Prices
ReplyDeletewelcome! I'm hoping large orders aren't required (so we can see how they sell first). Do you think the prints should be available framed; unframed? Both??
food for thought...
ReplyDeleteWith such a talented group of photographers between Rod and all the subscribers how about a photography arts show in Columbus. We could use an interesting new downtown event. Maybe like an art show but photography based. Maybe go with a Public Enemies theme the first year. Everyone brings out their best photos from the movie and shows them off publicly. Might also incorporate a downtown photography competition the day (or days) of the show. Photos must be taken in the historic district during the event. Plenty of subject matter I would think.
20 x 30 Archival lustre prints are $33.95. (seems to be the only option for this size print) That's at cost..add $2.95 for shipping and handling to get it to my house and probably $2.95 for me to ship it to you.
ReplyDeletecanvas on a stretcher bar is $106.00
That all seems pretty spendy..but it's meant to last forever...Rod might have more affordable prices...
If you are interested let me know...glad to help.
Thanks for beautiful flower.......
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Julie
"BEST PRICE for the BEST ENTERTAINMENT"