Crape Myrtle

Festival of Leaves 2022: Week #8 – Crape Myrtle

Perhaps my favorite Autumn colors, captured on the small Crape Myrtle tree on the property my sister and I inherited from our dad. Linked to Dawn’s Festival of Leaves 2022

I have a huge Crape Myrtle tree on my property, but it’s not blooming yet, as it usually blooms in mid-August. However, smaller Crape Myrtle shrubs are in bloom everywhere. This one borders the property in town that my sister and I recently inherited. Linked to Cee’s Flower of the Day

On the Hunt for Joy: Week 1 – Get Outside

Every day now I greet the morning by going outside to have my second cup of coffee on the front porch. I often look at the treetops, and the other day I photographed the tops of several trees I can see from the porch… See more photos taken outside or join the Hunt for Joy…

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Trees

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. ” (Kahlil Gibran) See more trees in black and white or join Cee’s challenge here.

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Through a Window

Flowering Crape Myrtle through the upstairs window Look through more windows or join Cee’s challenge here.

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Trees

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. (Hal Borland, Countryman: A Summary of Belief) Join Cee’s challenge or see other monochrome trees here.

Now Blooming In My Corner of North Georgia: Crape Myrtle

A couple of days ago Silver Threading posted some lovely photos of the deep pink crape myrtle blooming in her corner of Northwest Florida. I commented on the beautiful color of the blooms, stating that ours here in North Georgia are also blooming but are a paler pink color. She has prevailed on me to post…

A Surprising Pale Iridescence

In the aftermath of yesterday’s ice storm I went outside to take a few photos and was quite surprised when I viewed them just now. In two of the photos there are lovely iridescent colors, pale yet quite distinguishable, that I never saw while I was outside. A trick of the light? Something strange in my camera…

Travel Theme: Brown

This week’s travel theme sponsored by Where’s My Backpack is “brown”. Quite a few things are brown this autumn season: For more shades of brown, see http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/10/18/travel-theme-brown/ Related articles Travel Theme: Brown 10-19-13 Travel Theme: Brown Travel Theme: Brown Travel theme: Brown Weekly Travel theme: Brown Travel Theme: Brown Travel Theme: Brown

Betwixt and Between

“WELCOME TO NOVEMBER IN AUGUST” That was the newspaper headline that greeted us this morning. We’re a little over halfway through the month of August, traditionally the hottest month of the year, the “dog days” of summer here in the Deep South, and it’s cool enough for a jacket. Never seen anything like it. The…