Day 431

Today, we went to Busch Gardens. The butterflies and flowers were abundant.

Day 420

Today was my friend Elizabeth's birthday. We went to Maymont for a bit. While laying under a large shady tree, I took a few photos of some sunlit leaves.

Day 419

Today, we went to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens to see the plants, and the new butterfly house.

Marigolds

Camellia

Hydrangea

Hydrangea

Devil's Tongue

These flowers have grown between an emergency exit gate. They were covered in ants.

Water Lily

Hydrangea

Monarch butterfly

Monarch butterflies

Day 417

Today, John and I went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art while the Scalin family headed to a different museum and the Eastern State Penitentiary. On the way to our destination, we came across a small butterfly garden. There were two wrens being noisy. After observing them, I realized it was a mother bird feeding a baby bird bread. Behind them were tall lilies and even taller sky scrapers.

Also in the garden were a few beautiful pigeons. The photograph doesn't capture the irridecent purple and teal of their wings.

Later, before we headed to dinner with the Scalin family, rain started pouring down. This is our hotel window.

The rain had stopped by the time we returned back to our hotel room. The clouds were breaking up, which allowed the full moon to shine through.

Day 412

We had a picnic at Maymont for our daughter's birthday. While laying under a large shady tree, I took a few photos of this majestic tree.

Day 405

Today, we took our nieces, daughter, and John's mother to the zoo in Norfolk, VA.

Day 404 - Easter

Today was Easter, so we went to my parents' house for lunch. While Alex was hunting for eggs, I took photos in the back yard.

Day 403

While looking around for plants to photograph, I noticed this Japanese Maple had several inch worms living on it. The leaves had many holes in them, from their hungry residents.

Day 398

Today, we went to Maymont with friends.

Day 397

Despite the snow the other day, we've had a mild Winter, which means the flowers bloomed early. We've also had more birds around, which is always nice.

Some type of rose, or the larger form of Camilla

Vinca vine

Robin

Daffodil

Day 388

This morning, I woke to a beautiful sunrise. I took a photo of it with the holly leaves backlit.

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.