Day 427

Despite the extreme heat that we've had here, this crape myrtle looked ever lush. This was growing in a median of a parking lot.

Day 402

Some of the trees have been budding and blooming. Here are some of my favorite ones.

Pine

If you look closely, you can see pine pollen trapped in the thread trails from inchworms.

I'm not sure what this is, but it's in full bloom with several buds still growing.

Cherry

Dogwood

Day 365

While I was pumping gas, I noticed these vibrantly colored crape myrtle trees in the near by parking lot. Since today is the last day of this project, there will be more photos than normal. Oddly, this set turned out a lot better than past sets. Maybe 365 days of practice helps...just maybe...or yes.

I've been tracking the moon cycle all month. It's sort of perfect that tonight it's a full moon.

Day 357

Though the weather is getting colder, there are still a few flowers alive.

This large azalea bush is by the entrance to our neighborhood.

I noticed this tree, though bare of most leaves, still had a few flowers blooming on it's limbs.

Day 339

Today, we went to a pumpkin patch to buy pumpkins, gourds and a potted mum.

This pumpkin patch is located below large power lines. It doesn't make the pumpkins any larger...

Pumpkin flower

This are either baby pumpkins or flower buds...or both.

Mum

Day 317

We had planned on going to Busch Gardens or the Norfolk Zoo (Virginia Zoological Park), but the rain dashed those plans. Still, we wanted crab legs, to get out of the house and ice cream. So, we drove to  Hampton, Va...well mostly because of the crab legs from Joe's Crab Shack. There isn't one of those in Richmond.

The restaurant is beside a Bass Pro Shop, which has water lilies and roses outside it.

Back at home, there were more mushrooms. The wet weather has breed them quickly and in many varieties. Unfortunately the mini cluster ones that sprang up smell disgusting when they rot. I need to get rid of those. The rest are fine.

Day 307

I noticed berry like buds growing on the Cherry Blossom trees. The leaves are starting to change colors. By the cherry trees, was a thick blanket of various nuts. Of course, there were a lot of squirrels enjoying the bounty.

Day 290

The morning after the tropical storm, the ground was covered in debris from the trees. There was even a leaf clinging to living room window. Later in the evening, there was a large insect caught in a spider web. One of the large spiders was staying by the roof waiting for it to die. Unfortunately, it wasn't dead when the spider descended and the spider was thrown by the insect while it spun in a panic.

Day 288

There is a tropical storm headed this way tomorrow. The hurricane portion will hit the coast line, but since we are not on the coast, we will just have a severe storm. I'm not looking forward to it, but today has been relatively calm and a bit wet. Since the rain had stopped and the outside temperature was cool, I decided it would be a good chance to photograph wet leaves on the Camellia bush.