Day 360

The varying colors of leaves on the trees are perfect for panoramic photos. In addition to that, my husband decided to stop on a road that went over the James River. There was low traffic and a side walk. I wanted to take another photo of the river, but from a different view.

Day 304

Near 821 Cafe, I noticed the black eyed susans had dropped almost all of their petals, leaving spiky centers.

Day 299

Today was rainy all day. I took some photos of reflective puddles and rain drop distortion.

Day 251

After picking up something from Gallery 5, I took photos of the lush Crape Myrtle beside my car.

Day 234

Today John and I went to a river overlook that is famous for the origins of naming Richmond.

Female Tiger Swallowtail butterfly

Cicada

If you look carefully on the left flower, you can see a light colored bee.

Gerber daisy bud

Overlook

Crape Myrtle

Sign explaining how the city was named.

Day 208

This morning, I met up with my friend Amanda Erickson to take some photos at Maymont. I haven't been to Maymont since March and the temperature was about 80, so it was a great excuse to go there.

Yoshino Cherry

Hemlock

Some type of pine tree maybe?

Southern Magnolia

In the Japanese gardens, there were a lot of dragon flies...

...and bees on these purple flowers.

Water lily and pads

Day 199

Today, I went to Shockoe Bottom for a baby shower. Afterwards, I took photos of the tree beside my car.

Day 197

Today, I went to Gallery 5 to drop off my skull sculpture for our Skulls exhibition for Skull Appreciation Day. Well, in this case, Skull Appreciation Month...

Ivy covers part of the side wall of the Gallery.

The trees lining the sidewalks near my car, were the same type, but of course each looks a bit different. These next 4 photos are of one tree.

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.