The abysmal attempt at growing this year's flower garden isn't all my fault. Nope, I blame it on the drought and the scoundrels (rabbits). I've done my part to abolish the weeds in the dust and to water the dust. Every bug-stinking day! I absolutely cringe when I see morning glories and zinnias abscond overnight.… Continue reading How An Abysmal Garden Bed Leads Me to Photograph Bugs Instead of Flowers Summer 2023
Tag: Bugs
My thoughts on photography composition
For the longest time, I struggled with composition. I guess, in a way, I still do. I've been green with envy of photographers who just get composition. It is easy now for me to grab my camera each moment I think I see something interesting. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. I was looking… Continue reading My thoughts on photography composition
Bugs galore and flowers we adore
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. - Henry David Thoreau A random Sunflower plant is growing in my rocks - must've been a mouse or a vole that planted it there? I love the tiny… Continue reading Bugs galore and flowers we adore
Don’t bug me, please…you nasty bugs
Bugs of all shapes and sizes are simply part of life for a gardener. This year, being a newly revived gardener, I've seen my share of bugs that I had no idea existed. There are that many bugs around, I even saw a new one I still don't know what it is. Despite all the… Continue reading Don’t bug me, please…you nasty bugs
My hummingbird adventures
There I sat, enjoying my dinner, minding my own business, and I heard them arrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZXLHNFkJxw The pleasant chirps and hums of the hummingbirds fighting over who gets to drink from the feeder first. Their thin little beaks are so impressive. The birds weigh in at 1/10 of an ounce themselves and consume twice their… Continue reading My hummingbird adventures