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A succession of several chickadees flew down from the Contorted Filbert tree to this bird bath to get a drink and splash around in the water. By the time I ran in and got my camera, attached the telephoto lens, and focused, the last one had just finished and was taking off. Oh well, almost.
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Last year, I was thrilled that the very scarlett blooms of Tropaeolum speciosum had finally made it to and climbed the very blue foliage of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Pelt’s Blue.' The old pink rose nearby blooms in June and the Tropaeolum blooms after the rose is finished. Except this year when they decided to bloom together.
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Red on the orange side combined with pink with blue undertones is not a combination that I would have chosen. Thank goodness I'm a master of averting my eyes...
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which comes in handy while walking through this amorphous mess o' plants in which I live.
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A succession of several chickadees flew down from the Contorted Filbert tree to this bird bath to get a drink and splash around in the water. By the time I ran in and got my camera, attached the telephoto lens, and focused, the last one had just finished and was taking off. Oh well, almost.
Last year, I was thrilled that the very scarlett blooms of Tropaeolum speciosum had finally made it to and climbed the very blue foliage of Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Pelt’s Blue.' The old pink rose nearby blooms in June and the Tropaeolum blooms after the rose is finished. Except this year when they decided to bloom together.
Red on the orange side combined with pink with blue undertones is not a combination that I would have chosen. Thank goodness I'm a master of averting my eyes...
which comes in handy while walking through this amorphous mess o' plants in which I live.
