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Test with a used barrel of an old lens, with built in aperture and different simple lenses (exchangeable). Nothing to notice, but some are quite funny. So enjoy them and excuse the humble quality of them.
By Catherine Boeckmann
February 9, 2024
The daylily is an amazingly low-maintenance perennial. It’s virtually disease-free, pest-free, and drought-resistant; it’s also not picky about soil quality. Plus, the flower has a long bloom period! Here’s how to plant and care for daylilies in your garden, as well as how to easily propagate them for more plants!
About Daylilies
The daylily’s botanical name, Hemerocallis, comes from the Greek hemera (“day”) and kallos (“beauty”). The name is appropriate since each flower lasts only one day! However, each scape has 12 to 15 buds on it, and a mature plant can have 4 to 6 scapes, which is why the flower seems to bloom continuously.
Originally from Asia, these plants have adapted so well that many of us think of them as natives. Imagine the excitement of a 16th-century explorer cruising the Orient and finding these gorgeous plants! European gardeners welcomed daylilies into their gardens, and when early colonists sailed for the New World, daylilies made the crossing with them.
Despite their name, daylilies are not “true lilies” and grow from fleshy roots. True lilies grow from onion-like bulbs and are of the genus Lilium, as are Asiatic and Oriental lilies. In the case of daylilies, leaves grow from a crown, and the flowers form on leafless stems—called “scapes”—which rise above the foliage.
There are thousands of beautiful daylilies to choose from. Combine early, midseason, late blooming varieties, and repeat bloomers to have daylilies in flower from late spring through the first frost of fall. If you see a height listed alongside a daylily variety, this refers to the length of the scape. Some can reach 6 feet tall!
For more information please visit
www.almanac.com/plant/daylilies
These Daylilies were photographed at Pashley Manor Gardens. At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
This was the top of an eggnog coffee cake I baked last night. Oozing with deliciousness! Made with Wildowsky Diary eggnog.
Chur, the oldest town in Switzerland is always a treat to visit. The city is located in the Swiss Alps, and is the regional capital of the Canton Graubünden (Grisons.) We had dinner in the old part of town near the Obertor, a gate to enter the old town.
I processed a paintery and a balanced HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/4.0, 16 mm, 1/4, 1.3, 4 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC0679_0_1_hdr3pai5bal1h.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
this old house is going to file a restraining order, i can feel it.
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Engine 1095 located in Confederation Park, Kingston Ontario was built in 1913 and fully restored in 2013.
Sir John Alexander Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada. Amongst his many accomplishments was his role in the completion of the transcontinental 'Canadian Pacific Railway' or CPR. connecting Eastern Canada to British Columbia, completed in 1885...see first comment below...
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This CRQ SD40-2 is hitting the grade with its freight train in tow.
This is of course a 1:29 scale model I renumbered, customized, and weathered to resemble the real 6427 in a sort of the late 1990s feel.
Jet lagged, I woke up early, and started an hike before sunrise up the mountain from my hometown Schuders, located in the Swiss Alps near the Austrian border. I reached the top of the mountain ridge shortly after sunrise.
I processed a realistic, a photographic, and a paintery HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/10, 16 mm, 1/125, 1/500, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC0573_4_5_hdr3pai5rea1pho1j.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Spending time with friends while sitting on Liberty bridge enjoying the sunset over Budapest became a thing during the past couple of years.
Budapest, Hungary
Mali in Veliki Draški vrh, seen from the ski tour ascent on Debeli vrh. The technical quality of this picture was very poor and also after I tried some corrections, it's still not adequate. A lot of information was somehow lost in the past :(
Sono solo un paio di alberi ed una strada...
però la qualità e l'intensità della luce sono quelle giuste, e tutto sembra combaciare nella composizione.
Foto scattata sull'isola di Reunion, mentre aspettavo le stelle della sera
#reunion #luce #alberi #tramonto #street #road #strada #tar #trees #car #macchina #perfectlight
Monterey at the California coast is always a treat to visit. We went for dinner at the Inn at Spanish Bay, an upscale resort and golf course.
I processed a balanced, and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
-- ƒ/8, 50 mm, 0.3 sec, ISO 200, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC5642_hdr1rea1pai5f.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Quality 'Me Time'
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Headphones // Backbone / Gamer Girl's Headphones [Gamer Girl's Set] // Mainstore
Text Above Head // E.Marie / Mind Glitch // Mainstore
Hand Held Game // HAZEL / Pretendo Glitch // @ Kustom 9
Eyeshadow // Warpaint / Nocturnum Eyeshadow [Abyss] // Mainstore
Cuts & Bruises // ROUXS / BadGuy // Mainstore
Body Marks // ROUXS / Rope Marks [Complete] // Mainstore
Lips // Someone / Valentine Lipgloss [Black] // Mainstore
Tattoo // CORAZON / Poison // @ Black Fair
Fingers // aii & ego / Demonic Touch [bom/fingers] // Mainstore
Finger Tapes // . i i c i n g . // wrapped fingers - clean (4 finger){EB} // @ Disturbed Event
Top // Imbue // Nora Sweater // Mainstore
Panties / Sacrilege // Gremlin Panties // @ Sabbath
Fishnet // Freya / Basic Fishnet Set [Plain Highrise] // Mainstore
Boots // Phedora / Savin Boots // Mainstore
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Inside the 2008 Mohammad Al-Amin mosque, the biggest mosque in Lebanon.
I am no Muslim but it looked so nice so I just walked in. Calm down, calm down.... I took of my shoes and washed my feet. I'm no animal.
It is very pretty inside. Very impressive. Shiny chandeliers, soft carpets, all very high quality.
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