This is my first attempt at growing a hydrangea. Looks like I haven't killed it yet!

Taken in College Park, Maryland

Spring Tree Buds

My two boys decorating cupcakes at the local shopping centre. I love the chef hats and matching aprons

One day maybe she'll have her own flickr pages like Grandpa

University of Wollongong Research Showcase Event

The healing garden in Chamchamal is a project by Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights in cooperation with Roswag Architects (www.zrs-berlin.de) and the Faculty of Construction and Design at TU Berlin (www.code.tu-berlin.de/about.php).

Learn more about our project here: www.jiyan-foundation.org/programs/children/healinggarden

More Spring season color at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum this morning.

Some flower profile that caught my eye in Iowa this summer. Also on the site www.lifethroughlight.com

June 21

Growing along the fence line.

Unaccountably, Sophia is dead keen on trains. While she currently works as a train steward on the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway, she'd really like to be on the footplate - preferably the steam footplate. Here, she's in the secondman's seat of No 37 227.

A single bud on the Portuguese squill plant in my wife's flower garden.

Maumee Bay State Park

Oregon Ohio

3 1/2 year old grandson William demonstrating his music prowess on his new guitar.

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Macro shots of things around my yard

yashica a + kodak portra 400vc

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amazing how orderly these branches are growing out of the stem...

Click this Blue link to view a video on YouTube..

A Borough Market video in August 2015 showed local school children learning to grow food from seed and then selling their produce in Borough Market traders for a day.

The project was run by a charity: School Food Matters.

Filmed by Keren Ghitis

My son has become more and more interested in photography lately. He's getting some pretty great shots for an eleven year old, too! I am especially impressed that although his point and shoot has an LCD on the back for framing the photo, Kol chooses to use the viewfinder instead.

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budding plum tree for cee... hmmm, kinda makes me want some plum wine!

The vines around Tsilivi are budding early - it is not even the end of March, and green shoots are evident in the vineyards. These vines are called "Korinthiako", from where the English word currant is derived, and are used for making raisins

New versions from the past

Rose bushes are often planted at the end of a row of grape vines to act as an early warning signal for infestation by diseases and insects like aphids. If the roses have black spots or root rot then the grape vines can be sprayed before damaged.

Chateau Grand Traverse

Shot on APO Elmarit 100mm macro

Cole and Brady helping Granny make pies

Took my Pen for a spin with its kit lens to test its macro capabilities. This was taken at 42mm f/5.6.

Curves adjustment and some sharpening, otherwise this jpeg is straight from the camera.

Botanic garden in Bayreuth, Germany

The jasmine vine or the mulla plant as it is called in malayalam seems to like this combination of sunny monsoon weather and is producing copious flowers, which will open in the evening to release their heady scent.