Old Family Photo

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I believe this is my great grandmother and grandfather on my mother's side.  I found this photo cleaning out some of my grandmother's things today in preparation for my move.  It's a real roller coaster of emotions cleaning out all these old things.  This photo is in a vintage frame with lovely rounded and domed glass.

Bearded Iris

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Taken at another iris bed in my neighborhood.

Bearded Iris

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Spotted in a neighbor's yard.  I took pics here last year too.  Such beautiful flowers!

Luna Moth

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I was pulling up some vines from Donnie's yard yesterday when I discovered this Luna Moth.  Sweet gum is a host plant, and there are quite a few sweet gums in Donnie's yard.  I was careful not to disturb him/her except to take a few pics.  Donnie said he hasn't seen this moth before.  I have but not in my yard or Donnie's yard, so this was a wonderful surprise.  

Purple Beauty

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Donnie and I ran errands all day yesterday, and everywhere we went I tried to take a few pictures.  These irises were in front of  a doctor's office.  I used Picasa to crop and add a light purple vignette.

I loved this tulip flower bed in front of the credit union too.

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Compositionally, I find these mixed beds with tall and short flowers nearly impossible to photograph the way I really want.  They are incredibly beautiful, but I can't blend the flower colors together like I'd like.

Big Rock

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A long time ago I hauled some BIG rocks from way behind my house down by the creek up into my yard.  I used them around the front door area and the walkway on the left side of my house.  You guys all know Donnie is a real gem already but I'm sure you'll be even more impressed that he helped me move all these rocks over to his yard and even had a smile on his face.

The rock in the picture above is probably 300lbs. and the biggest one.

The rest of the rocks are lined up in two places.  One is along the back yard grass/wood line pictured here.

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We've added more since the picture was taken...all the way down past the blue gazing ball.

The other is along the side of the front yard picture here.

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I look forward to adding some plants along the border/rocks.

Iris and the White Fence

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Noticed these beautiful Irises on my way to Donnie's house today with yet another load of boxes.  Made a note to stop on the way back through no matter how much of a rush I was in.  Glad I did!  I stopped and took pics of these last year too.  They were wet and I pp'ed in B&W.  Here is that shot.

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