106/365 Oleander

Once again, up early and since the wind was calm, I was drawn outside to the few flowers that have opened. This is on our oleander tree. Remember the fuzzy pods from a couple weeks ago? That was the oleander tree pre-bloom. We have wind advisories for later in the day so I'm glad I got my picture taken early.

Dan will be home from Kingman tonight and I'm SO looking forward to having him home for the weekend.

105/365 Patterns

Just this morning one of my photography newsletters was making the suggestion to watch for patterns for photos. I went to the Strip to meet a friend for a drink and voila! while I'm sitting in traffic (again) I notice patterns and whip out the trusty camera. Luckily I had the telephoto lens and was sitting there long enough to catch a segment with no cars or people in the way. This is the fence between the Strip and Bellagio shot across a couple lanes of traffic.

Since I was in the neighborhood, I wandered into the Bellagio conservatory - tulip season is past so they'd filled most of the garden with daisies and azaleas - not nearly as pretty as all the masses of tulips. But I was able to get this little "fountain" that was off to the side with a few little tulips and hyacinths left.

104/365 Bottlebrush

These are the coolest looking flowers with those bright flourescent green tips - and a big draw for hummingbirds. Used my macro lens for this closeup. Tried a variety of DOF options, this turned out the best.

82/365 theme #300: Spring

Spring is starting to show a little around here. This is from the lemon tree in the back yard. It's been SO windy this week and I had to wait several days for it to be calm enough to capture this close enough. And it smells heavenly - strong like lemon pledge.