Sunburst
I stood under Mom’s avocado tree today and took this artsy shot of a sunbeam streaming through the foliage. Click on the image to enlarge.
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Archive for March, 2009
Vincent Thomas Bridge
Sunday, we took a scenic drive down to San Pedro. It was a blustery day and we wanted to see the ocean and the waves. Entering the area, you can see the Vincent Thomas Bridge. I took this photo (click to enlarge) just before we exited to Harbor Drive.
We didn’t drive over the bridge this time, but we have many times in the past on our way to Long Beach and beyond.
For most of my life, I remember the bridge being there. Bob, on the other hand, remembers taking the Terminal Island Ferry from the Long Beach side with his folks before the bridge was built.
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UPS Truck 3D
I am always looking for photo ops when I take my after-lunch walk. Last week this UPS Freight Truck was parked behind the Movie Studios. I stood about thirty feet away from the truck with the sun at my back and snapped a pair of images to be converted to a 3D image.
You can see the studio buildings beyond the truck. Click the image to enlarge.
As always, if you don’t have your 3D glasses yet, you can see the image in 2D here.
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Neoporteria Senilis
A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Cactus Show and Sale. We bought this little beauty when it was just barely sprouting little pink buds. Today, they’re out on full bloom. It’s called ‘Neoporteria senilis’ or ‘Eriosyce senilis’ but I couldn’t find a common name for it.
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A Tiny Flower With a Huge Name
Argyranthemum Red is an awfully big name for these tiny flowers. Measuring only ¾ inches (2cm) wide, these little guys add a lot of color to the garden in spring and summer. There are only a couple of these in the patio today, but there will be many, many more soon. In this close-up, you can see that this is a very popular flower with the pollinators due to pollen on the crimson petals. Click image to enlarge.
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Yellow Ranunculus Showing on the Patio
These beautiful yellow flowers came from some bulbs we purchased from Lowe’s this winter. I planted them in January and they are now coming out. I’m expecting other colors (red, orange) to come out as well.
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Crème Upstar Tulip
The tulip bulbs I planted over the winter are now blooming in the patio garden. These are Crème Upstar tulips. According to the package:
‘Crème Upstar’ is a double, late-flowering, fragrant, peony-shaped cultivar. Petals are buttery-yellow and cream, blushed with rose-pink edges. The tulip has been the favored spring bulb for centuries. Thriving where summers are dry and winters are cold, this bulb is treated as an annual where summers are hot and long.
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