I’m having a lot of fun being home with Sylvia during the days. First, it’s much easier with one child than two, and second, Sylv is just so much fun to spend time with…especially when our activities get to circulate around her!
Last week, we spent a little time at Olbrich Gardens. Sylvia was completely wrapped up in a make-believe dialogue while clambering over and under the giant hosta leaf sculpture. So I took the opportunity to play around with some foliage photography.
Before kids, I photographed my dog and cats. And before the furry ones, I photographed my plants. A lot. And I even featured them on my first website.
[Aside: if you go to that 2000/01 website, you’ll note that all my plants were named. Yup, I named all my plants. Anita and Joyce are still with me. The others have perished. But that’s OK. I kinda don’t care about my plants anymore:) Also, is it odd that in reading my old website that I kinda crack myself up? I guess it’s good that at least I find myself funny!]
These first two pictures are of the clematis vine that is growing up and over our front balcony. So pretty this time of year!
If you make your way alllll the way to the end of this photo extravaganza, you’ll be treated with a few images of my silly daughter being a little over-the-top in a questionable outfit.
Oh, also, if you want to use any of these pretty flowers as your desktop background, you can download the high resolution version from Flickr. Directions are at the bottom.
Photo downloading instructions:
Click on the image you like, and you’ll go to my website’s photo page. Under the picture, there should be a link that says, “View this photo on Flickr” Click on that, and you’ll be on the photo’s page on Flickr. From there, click on the “Action” button just above the picture. One of the options should be “View all sizes.” Click on either “Large” or “Original” (depending on the resolution of your monitor), and then download. Voila!
What lovely photos! There’s a conservatory five minutes from where I live, and I love to go take pictures of the flowers and plants.
Yay, I’m glad mom and daughter are getting to spend some one-on-one time. I love the silly expressions at the end!
I don’t remember naming my plants, but I was very into spider plants when I was about middle school age. I think maybe I brought a baby one home from school or something. Later, I had an African Violet collection. At one point I subscribed to the African Violet Society magazine and was getting interested in plant shows (to browse different varieties– my own plants were nowhere near show quality).