Drama Queen
Drama Queen, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This is a Papaver somniferum---yes, the poppy from which opium is made--being beautiful in my garden. This particular variety of…
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May 27, 2006
Luminous Lily
Luminous Day Lily, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Luminous---emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light. Surely this day lily from my side yard is luminous.…
May 19, 2006
Garden Sculpture
Garden Sculpture, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Some people have bird baths, plastic gnomes, wishing wells, or pink flamingos in their garden. We have this remains of…
May 17, 2006
Wing
Wing, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Looking at this apparent celestial meteor through my macro rig, I wasn't sure what had fallen to earth. Actually, it is…
May 17, 2006
Worlds without End
Worlds without End, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Everytime I point my lens at water drops on a spider web, I think of worlds within worlds and…
May 15, 2006
Being in Clover
Being in Clover, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Friends with benefits. That is kind of the way I feel about a side effect of poking my macro…
May 11, 2006
Poppy in the Morning
Dawn Chorus 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This is this first flower from this papaver, poetically (and aptly) named Dawn Chorus. View this photograph larger. Usually…
May 10, 2006
Don’t Park under the Passionvine
Eye of the Passiflora, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Everyone who knows me---or who reads my blog---knows that I garden to photograph and photograph to garden. Oh,…
May 8, 2006
Purple Gleam Poppy Popping
California Poppy Purple Gleam, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This is a California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica "Purple Gleam," in my garden. I photographed the first bud on…
May 5, 2006
Columbines with my Nikon D200
Columbine 1, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Columbines are wonderful flowers, with delicate lines and strong shapes and colors. They are difficult to photograph. Facing the earth,…
May 3, 2006
The Snail and the Lenten Rose
Hellebore Gone to Seed, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. The hellebore, or Lenten Rose as it sometimes called, turns out to have a pretty weird life cycle.…
April 30, 2006
Pimping for a Plant
Venus Fly Trap Digesting, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Parenthood has led me down many unexpected avenues: towards emotional and spiritual growth, endless nights without sleep, hospital…
April 29, 2006
Mallow, Mucilage, and Bokeh
Mallow, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. I've been watching my neighbor Brett's mallow tree with great interest. Not because I covet a mallow tree, or his mallow…
April 28, 2006
Upside-Down, Face-Up Columbine
Columbine, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. This columbine in my garden is unusual because it is upside down, for a columbine. Upside down for a columbine means…
April 25, 2006
Where Did the Ladybug Lose Her Spots?
Ladybug, photo by Harold Davis. View this photo larger. People keep remarking about the "spotless" condition of this ladybug. (Actually, I can see one or two small spots when I…
April 24, 2006
White Anglo Saxon Protestant
Wasp 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. OK, well not really! This is a wasp of the insect kind, of course. This guy (or more likely, gal)…
April 23, 2006
Love in a Mist
Love-in-a-Mist 2, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Love in a mist, the common name for nigella damascena, is a beautiful but scary-looking flower up close and personal.…
April 20, 2006
Sunshine in the Gazania Forest
Sunshine in the Gazania Forest, photo by Harold Davis. View this photograph larger. Gazanias, also called African Daisies, are easy to grow around here and gourgeous. The flower, which is…
April 20, 2006