After The Rain

A rainy day yesterday and I thought I would take out my camera and play around with the "creative control mode" that has some neat effects.  

 I just love the buds on the pincushion flowers.  

Having a nice quiet Sunday working on a small sewing project.  I hope to share soon.

Hello March and A Full Moon

 Wow, a new month already.  In my little garden patch the pansies and nasturtiums are still looking pretty.  I think this is the first time I have had them do so well in my garden.  It may be due to us here having the perfect winter weather for them.    The colors just pop.

For us in Southern California we have been having some very chilly weather.  This week we had 39 degree mornings and the days have been in the high 60's to low 70's.  That is cold for this So Cal Girl. But it makes my spring garden last longer.  I hope it stay this way through spring.

 Last night the moon was beautiful and bright.  It looked pretty full to me but according to the calendar, the moon should be at it fullest tonight.  If it rains tonight, we may not get to see it.  So I'm glad Hubby took the photos of it last night.

 The Panasonic Lumix camera is one amazing camera.  I am so impressed with it.

Happy March!

With Love

The pansies are doing so nicely right now. I thought doing something creative with them.

Sending good vibes to all of you today.

New Life

 I never get tired of seeing this amazing sight.  

BEAUTIFUL!

Pincushions and Nasturtiums

 Along the parkway, there are a few flowering plants and at the moment, the white Pincushions are blooming. I cut a few to mix in with the pretty orange Nasturtiums for a mini bouquet.

They look amazing at sunset too.

Confection JACute Roses

A new Month and it is the month of Love.

What an appropriate time for this beauty to have started blooming.  

 She speaks love, sweetness and yes, Valentines too.

Her name is Confection JACute

 I am blessed to have 3 that are very happy in living in containers.  I repot them every other year.

She never disappoints.  She greets me every time I step out in to my patio.

 I am having fun with my the cameras Picture effect (filter) adjustment display.  This is one of them that adds sparkles.  I just recently found where the exposure button was located too, took me long enough.

Thank you for visiting and wishing you a beautiful day.

December Gardening

The last of the Elves Blend sunflowers is starting blooming.

This one has a lot of buds on it also.

 The last of the Monarch cocoon for the season.

 Sorry to see the summer season at its end.  But I can't wait for next year and see what that may bring into my garden.

Chasing Butterflies and Bees

  Yesterday, I took my camera out into my little garden. 

I noticed on the three Mexican Sunflower plants, were a lot of butterflies and bees on them.

 It seems the Painted Lady butterflies were out in number yesterday.

Here you can see I tried to get all three. The two butterflies and one bee.

 I spent a while outside trying to get these photos but it was really fun and beautiful to watch.

 I am trying to get use to my new camera.  It is a Panasonic LUMIX ZS60.  A much heavier camera for me, but Hubby thought this would be the right camera for me to use for my garden photos.  I was so use to using my light weight my mini CoolPix S600.  The LUMIX has a lot of neat features which I'm going to have to sit myself down and try and learn how to use them.

I was very pleased with the photos.