Lazy, pleasant day even if it did include my monthly trek to the salon.
Today the two regular mallards were joined by a third on their zoom run over the yard. If this expansion continues, I’ll have a flock of 33 in a month. 😱
A few of the petunias I planted for color outside my slider, and my view from my permanent seat on the couch. (All reasons I rarely leave the house.)
Sitting beneath the cherry tree and listening to the steady roar of the bees in the blossoms is one of the things I enjoy most about spring in #Minnesota.
What’s blooming today? Spring #flowers arranged in my water globe. It’s a bit tricky to use but I love the way it looks. Rose, ranunculus, pinks, and osteospemum. #Bloomscrolling
This is one of my favorite lenses, a Voigtlander Apochromatic wonder. So sharp, and also reasonably pretty. It's pretty much always in my bag. However, maybe not quite as pretty as a vintage lens…
Rubus, possibly a caesius, commonly known as Dewberry.
"Rubus" is Latin for bramble, which it is related to, presumably a reference to the thorns of many plants in this genus when derived from an Indo-European root *reub- (to tear), meaning a bush that can cause injury.
Planted around homes and gardens, it was thought to ward off malicious spirits – everyone who has had any form of Rubus growth can relate to that notion; those are impassable!