Leaves in Cup with Pinecone. Photo: TLClark, 12/6/2020.
Sometimes I pick up “treasures” when walking through a park. Usually I just take a closer look then leave them where found. Occasionally I carry them home for Another LQQK.
These two leaves and pinecone were collected while walking at Pioneer Park in Billings, Montana.
Pinecone in Cup with Leaves. Photo: TLClark, 12/6/2020.
The cup and saucer are souvenirs from my visit to the Huntley Project Museum. Both were made by Katie Redfield of Open Sky Arts in Butte, Montana. Visit openskyartsmontana.com to see more of her work.
Cup & Saucer with Pinecone and Leaves. Photo: TLClark, 12/6/2020.
Posted in response to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – Close Up or Macro.
Judy, Julie and Snickerdoodle. Photo: TLClark, 11/10/2020.
It’s another photo challenge and I get to pick the topic based on a picture! Click on this link to see the picture and the guidelines of Cee’s challenge.
Walk. I’m visiting my parents and we walk with dear friends every day. The picture above is definitely a candid shot, another possibility for the topic of the day.
Fence. More than one fence keeps folk on the foot bridge and out of the water. I’m intrigued by stripes and the grid in the shadow.
Orange. The only orange I could find outdoors in central Montana in mid-November is on Snickerdoodle’s scarf. After I looked a the challenge photo again, the topic for this picture could also be fuzzy.
Snickerdoodle. Photo: TLClark, 11/21/2020.
Posted in response to Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – November Pick a Topic from [her] Photo. Such fun!
For my parents, it’s a walk and a visit with longtime friends. The walking started as rehab for Mom. In this time of social distancing, it’s grown into a (nearly) daily habit – good for body, mind, and spirit.
Tom and Don. Shiloh Conservation Area, Billings, Montana. Photo: TLClark, 11/6/2020.
The gals stay on level ground. The guys take a longer loop. The dog would like to go with both but is forced to choose.
Snickerdoodle. Photo: TLClark, 11/12/2020.
Posted in response to Nancy Merrill’s challenge “A Photo a Week Challenge: Joy.”
Much to my surprise the flash went off when I took this picture and I figured it would be a throw-away. But I rather like it just the way it came out – no editing!
Is it brown or deep red? Is it a Velvet Queen variety or a Moulin Rouge? Or something else? How long have brownish sunflowers been a thing?
I don’t generally think of conifer trees as growing new leaves. But they do – every spring!
Fir? Photo: TLCark, 5/20/2020.
The contrast in color and the variety startled me when I saw these trees around a church in Ankeny, Iowa, U.S. My camera was in the car so I put it to use.
Photo: TLCark, 5/20/2020.
“The needlelike leaves may be long or short, flat or round. … Most species are evergreen, keeping their needles all year. Needle leaf trees are also called conifers because most of them bear fruits called cones.”
– George A. Petrides, Peterson First Guide to Trees
Spruce? Photo: TLCark, 5/20/2020.
In order to identify the trees with any certainty, I need to take the guidebook with me and go take a closer look at the trees. Using broad categories, I’m pretty sure there’s a pine, a spruce and a fir among these pictures.
White Pine? Photo: TLCark, 5/20/2020.
Thanks, Cee, for the FOTD Challenge … flowers, leaves, berries and such!
I don’t know about you, but for me these days of COVID-19 pandemic seem to run one into another. Just the other day I said something about going to a niece’s High School graduation. My best beloved asked, “Where?” He was genuinely disappointed when I said we would go virtually like we go nearly everywhere else.
Stepping outside the house helps keep – or restore – some sanity. Even on overcast, gray days the natural world is keeping its beautiful annual transformation.
THREE CONSECUTIVE SATURDAYS
One set of Ornamental Flowering Pear Trees.
Along 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa. May 2, 2020. Photo: TLClark.
Along 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa. May 9, 2020. Photo: TLClark.
Along 36th Street, Ankeny, Iowa. May 16, 2020. Photo: TLClark.
The trees are pretty when driving or walking by. But I think the individual blossoms are prettier!
