Lilac

When we redid the landscaping in front of our house, one of the best decisions we made was to plant a lilac bush.  In the years since it has filled out, spilling out into the lawn, and on spring evenings its scent fills the air and comes in through our open windows.  I look forward […]

Forget-me-not

Forget-me-nots are one of those small, friendly flowers that I remember from my childhood.  They grew in my mother’s garden, and they grew wild along ditches and fringe areas, where they had long-since escaped from planned landscaping. I took this photo at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens, using the Panasonic Leica 9mm.  It’s the widest lens […]

Summer Wildflowers

BRENT PENNINGTON – Birdsfoot Trefoil blossoms at the Eales Preserve on Moosic Mountain, near Scranton, PA, on the evening of 21 July 2023. BRENT PENNINGTON – A Queen Anne’s Lace blossom begins to open, still showing pink petals around the edges, at the edge of the model airfield at Lackawanna State Park, PA, on the […]

Blackberry Blossom

Blackberry blossom in the warm evening light.  When they are first getting ready to open, there’s a faint pink tinge to the blossoms, which quickly fades to white.  Weeks later, the flower is replaced with the fruit, which is the quintessential summer berry.  I have two blackberry bushes in my garden, rescued from the home […]