Getting to grips with the 250 page instruction manual for my new camera I struggled through the garden snow to find this winter-dried flower head from a PG Hydrangea. Interestingly, it was better (to my eye) in monochrome than colour … anyway, colour original below.
Wild carrot (Daucus carota) after sunset
Canadian Elder … or whatever common name happens to be used in the area you happen to be
** For anyone interested in photography, this image was composed from seven separate photographs at different stacked focus planes to achieve without any out of focus features. Some of the new computer tools are simply remarkable.
Two days later Day (1 April, but this is real) – welcome to Canadian spring
There is a large cattail marsh close to home full of these stately spires
The first cherries of the 2020 harvest are starting to ripen – the birds will be so pleased.
To the left Amelanchier canadensis and to the right a sour cherry tree just coming into blossom. The bench between is for morning coffee and pondering.
