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Rhododendrons are blooming

The rhododendrons in the yard are starting to open. When we were in Vaughn last weekend I saw a lot of rhododendrons that haven't quite gotten even this far yet.

Day 18

Big and purple

There are a bunch of macro style photos that I took early in the year that have a lot of little mistakes compared to what I'm doing now.

Still a lot to figure out.

Day 16

Big looking bug

I don't know what this bug is, but it stayed still long enough for me to practice with it.

Alliums are still blooming

I'm trying to stay a little ahead of the curve, about a week, with scheduled posts. It's not cheating because I make the rules.

Day 15

The Pool has Water!

I pretty sure that I was this bee in my younger days leaning on the wall in a pub bathroom.

Early Crocus

I was going through some of the pictures that I took in March/April and when the snow melted (there wasn't a lot of it) the crocus started to pop up everywhere.

From the year of flowers series it will really look like you stepped back in time, but they …

The Pool has Water!

After supper last night we went for a walk around the common, and I finally got to see the progress on the new swimming pool, and it looks awesome!

They have started filling the pool, probably for commissioning, and I'm very excited to get over there to use it this …

Ants everywhere

Something that I am excited for this year is more insect macro photography. I'm really starting to figure it out, and really enjoy getting up close.

I haven't been out with my camera when the bees are active, yet, but I except to have a lot more bee pictures in …