Day 405

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

Day 362

Since our camellia bush was the reason I started this project, I wanted to include it in the last week of the project. These were taken at dusk.

Day 287

While we were walking around an outdoor mall, I saw this fuzzy bud on a tree.

Day 258

Today, I went out front to see what new growth and things I could find.

Cloud caused by a plane

Tulip tree leaves

Camellia leaf bud

Rhododendron flower bud. This plant take months (almost a year) to make a flower, which only last a few weeks.

Day 203

Today, I noticed this plant had grown flowers. The leave shape and two toned colors are beautiful.

Day 163

Today's photos are by the stairs and path to our house.

This ant and inchworm where co-existing and occasionally swatting at each other.

This is a strand of oak tree pollen, which is actually tiny flowers.

Inchworm on a twig, with more oak tree pollen.

The rhododendron buds started opening.

On the railing of the steps, were lots of little creatures. 

There were several tiny green insects moving swiftly.

There were about 6 inchworms inching along the rail. I took photos of a few of them.

These were going in opposite direction. When they inched into each other, they had a bit of a fight. I love how the ant is looking at them, as if it's a wrestling match and it's a referee.

Day 160

Today, I went out at dusk to see how much light my camera would pick up without the full moon showing.

These are trees above our path. I love the painterly quality of these photos.

These are trees at the end of the culdesac. If you look closely in the full size photo (click on this photo to see the bigger one), you can see a star.

Better photo with said star.

The Rhododendron is lit by the path light. I like the contrast and shadows of this.

Day 134

I kept my camera handy throughout the day.

On the way to the bus stop, I took a panoramic of Alex walking and some of the trees along the path.

These purple flowers grew within the last few days.

The moon still showed in the sky, as the sun was rising higher.

I forgot this little creature the 1st time I posted this entry. I'm not sure how that happened. Anyway, this squirrel surprised me. It stayed calm about a foot away from me. I didn't notice it was there until I was that close. It hopped about 2 feet in front of me and then to my other side, just watching me. I guess I'm weird to them, because I don't try to threaten them. Look at those little hands, ears and bush tail! So cute!

John and I went to Carytown for lunch. As we were walking from Can Can to Premiere Costumes, I noticed this dead ivy still clinging to the high wall. The ivy below that had been cut away from the wall, but the trails of it still showed.

I bought some dessert at Jean Jacques, and took a panoramic of the clouds, from the parking lot.

On the way to the playground, I took a photo of one of the many buds that fell during the last long storm.

While at the playground, I took a panoramic of the trees in front of it.

On the way back to the house, I noticed this large fly. It was about the size of my thumb. The close up makes it creepier looking.

In the evening, Alex and I went to a photography show. When we arrived back home, the sky had a reddish glow. I used the hand held twilight setting to capture the trees in this lightened night sky.

Day 123

I took a walk in our section, looking for new flowers that have bloomed.

These blue flowers bloomed in my neighbor's garden.

This Robin was among the purple flowers in my yard.

This plant has started to open up it's blooms.

The white flower was looking outwards.

My Camellia has new blooms.

The first Daffodil finally opened.

There are a few little purple shoots growing here. I don't know what kind of plant these will be.

This little insect was moving around on the ties.

These pink flowers are covering this tree.

More pink flowers on the same tree.

These pink flowers bloomed on this bush.