Category: Photography

This hydrangea’s picture was taken in late April 2023. It had survived the winter intact and displayed the delicacies, details, and nuances which were particularly rewarding since many plants do not remain in such good condition after winter.

One of our many trips to the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois produced this inspiration of retaining a degree of unique beauty after otherwise, harsh and trying circumstances. A survivor.

In Saugatuck, Michigan, there is a park, called Mason Park, that is on the southeast corner of the intersection of Mason and Butler Streets. While not large, it is beautifully intimate with flowers, sculptures, trees, and benches upon which to sit to enjoy the beauty. And though it is right next to one of the busy intersections in Saugatuck, it is a peaceful haven, a get-away, from the tourists, shoppers, visitors, attraction-seekers, and shopkeepers and residents that call this beautiful town home.

Within that lovely park we took this picture of a Stargazer Lily during a brief visit in July 2023. We’ve made several visits there over the years and have always found new and beautiful sights to behold and never-ending new things to discover.

Our nearby community garden offered many great photo opportunities in 2022. This picture of a morning glory, taken in September, shows the detail of the pistil and interior of the flower with the petals being illuminated by the sun.

Another picture, taken that day, that you can find in our Etsy Shop is Flowers – Untitled #32.

An October 2022 walk around Crabapple Lake in the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois offered so many appealing sights.

This milkweed pod that had opened up gave an opportunity for the seeds with their feather-like structures to go airborne to find fertile ground.

A month or two prior to taking this picture, I was driving in the area near our home. I noticed out of the corner of my eye what appeared to be a larger that normal garden area. In the process of time, I was able to locate the area on Google maps and decided to plan a trip to take pictures.

On that October 2022 day, I ended up taking over one hundred pictures at Prairie Walk Pond, in Lisle, Illinois, despite its relatively small area. Of its 4.5 acres, 2 acres are taken up by the pond and a trip around the pond is only 1/3 of a mile. But it was plush with an amazing variety of plants and flowers.

This is a picture of Indian hemp in the foreground and I love the way it contrasts with the, mostly, out of focus purple blossoms behind.
Another version of this picture, Untitled #72, with some Lightroom modifications, as well as Untitled #87, and Untitled #95 are available in our Etsy Shop from that day’s adventure.

This is the same picture as Untitled #77 with some modifications. To read the story about the pictures, please go to Untitled #77.

For those who might like a softer, more subtle version of Untitled #77, we offer this versions wherein we adjusted the clarity and texture.

Other pictures from that day, that you can find in our Etsy Shop, besides Untitled #72 and Untitled #77, include Untitled #87, and Untitled #95.