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| White Hibiscus |
Between rallies, family reunions and last minute weddings, I have been an extremely busy little blonde these past couple of weeks. And though I wouldn't trade a moment of that busy time, especially helping to make that last minute wedding a success, I was more than ready for a little down time this weekend. Saturday I decided to play perpetual tourist/photographer, and set for a day of sightseeing. My first stop was the
Wildseed Farms at Fredericksburg. I had yet been there, and was hoping there would still be plenty of flowers in bloom this time of year.
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| Morning Glory |
My hopes were realized, and although I missed the spring blooms, there were still plenty of pretty summer bloomers showing their stuff. I am currently trying to hone my close up photography skills, so I took several very close up shots of some of those summer bloomers. My favorite of those shots was of a purple morning glory with the sunlight behind it. The lighting made the center of that flower look as if it was aglow. I also snapped a good shot of a little lizard along the way.
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| What gorgeous colors |
Then it was off to
Camp Verde General Store, where I got another nice close up shot of some flowers there. I really love visiting Camp Verde! What a gorgeous place to just relax outside on the patio, or shop until you drop. They had a camel statue wearing a scarf there I couldn't resist snapping a pic of as well. I also got a good shot of one of their beautiful patio fountains.
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| Hummingbird in flight |
After returning home, I honed my hummingbird photography skills today as well, and got a pretty good shot of a little hummingbird in flight about to land on the feeder. I'm going to keep practicing and hopefully, even with the slow digital camera, get an ultimate hummingbird shot that will generate a WOW!, factor when people see it.
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| Super Moon |
At 6 am CDT it will be the Super Moon. 32 minutes after that, it become a full moon. Since I don't plan to be awake at that time, I decided to take my Super Moon photos tonight. I went outside just as that magnificent moon began to rise in the sky, and was dutifully impressed by how large it looked, as well as fascinated by the glowing ring around it. I believe that ring might have been caused by the dirt and dust that is currently in the air all around us here. I got one really nice shot where the moon seems to speared by some of the branches of a tree it has risen over.
