Week 21

Picture 142: This is a Tiger Swallowtail getting some nectar.  It is a bit worn so I hope it already did its parenting thing 

Picture 143:  We went to the park on Sunday.  Owen wasn't big on the swing this time.  He did LOVE the slide.  At least, I think he did.  What do you think?

Picture 144:  A rose is a rose is a rose.  Then I look at the rose in our planter and think maybe it is more than a rose.  It is a beautiful sight.

Picture 145:  The yellow roses have bloomed this weekend also.  We are very lucky to have such good luck with our rose bushes.  Good job Brady!  

Picture 146:  Two toads were checking out the freshly turned dirt by the planter.  This toad seemed to be a bit calmer.  It just sat there while I snapped a ton of pictures.  Now I just need a picture of Frog.    

Picture 147:  Yes, this is an iris.  However, this is a different one.  Also, I did the "Holga-ish" tweak.  Check out my flickr stream for the original to compare.  he yellow roses have bloomed this weekend also.  We are very lucky to have such good luck with our rose bushes.  Good job Brady!  

Picture 148:  I am ending this post the way Owen ended his trip to Londonderry this weekend--by falling asleep.  My beautiful baby boy!   

  

And, as always, for the photos that didn't make the top 7 this week, check out my flicker stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonyacarlson/ 

Week 20

Picture 135:  A roasted red pepper.  I turned it into roasted red pepper dip.  It was AWESOME! Just think spinach artichoke dip but with roasted red peppers instead of spinach and artichokes.Yum.

Picture 136:  A fly in the garden roasted just hanging out on a flower.  It let me take a bunch of pictures and didn't try to bite me. That was nice.

Picture 137:  A strawberry in the making.  Hopefully this one will be big, red, and tasty.  There are about 200 strawberry plants out there.  We should be getting some serious harvest this year.  

Picture 138:  A very long worm in the garden.  I couldn't get all of it in the picture.  It was about 8 inches long when it stretched out.  It was just resting in the dirt, then something spooked it.  That was when the worm moved super fast into a hole and was gone in about 1 second.  

Picture 139:  We have two lupine plants this year that survived from 2 years ago.  We put out seeds in 2010.   A few plants sprouted then and last summer.  This is the first year we have flowers.  PRETTY!

Picture 140:  A bit closer to the lupine.  Look at those water drops.  Look at that COLOR!  They are totally awesome flowers.  YEAH! 

Picture 141:  And, because I just couldn't get enough of a good thing, I had to put in another iris picture.  Yes, Owen is a good thing too, but he was way too wiggly this week.  I will have to focus on him when he is awake with better lighting conditions. 

And, as always, for the photos that didn't make the top 7 this week, check out my flicker stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonyacarlson/ 

Week 19

Picture 128:  Owen is looking one way, Papa the other.  There are so many interesting things to look at in the traveling barnyard.  

Picture 129:  Goats are pretty cool.  I love the horns.  The novelty might wear off after a while, but it sure would be different to have a pair of horns on my head. 

Picture 130:  This goat has had enough.  Just take her home.  Enough with the petting and picture taking and little kids.  Let's go!  

Picture 131:  Early morning dew on a tulip.  If you look close, you can even see some fuzz on the petals.  Such gorgeous color in this flower. 

Picture 132:  Iris flowers are so complicated.  I love the many parts of the flowers.  I just have to keep looking at them.   

Picture 133:  Another look at the iris.  This time really looking at the petals and how they curve.  I am a bit bummed we have only had three iris flowers so far. 

Picture 134:  The iris in context.  There are lots of green plants around the iris. I also love the light coming across the petal on the bottom right.  This is the last photo of an iris for this week.

And, as always, for the photos that didn't make the top 7 this week, check out my flicker stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonyacarlson/ 

Week 18

Picture 121:  The only moose I've ever seen in Concord.  It will have to do for now.  You can find this moose on Broadway.     

Picture 122:  Owen and Papa pre 5K.  I don't know that either one of them was all that smiley after 3.14 miles, but they did survive.     

Picture 123:  I think these are azaleas. These aren't in our yard, but it would be nice if they were.  Maybe next year.      

Picture 124:  A transplanted strawberry looking very happy on the back forty of Hidden Farms.  And, just to be all official, we now have a motto: agris in urbs. If you can't read Latin, the motto means "Farm in the City".  It really is.

Picture 125:  Using just a bit of post image processing, I was able to make this tulip look the way it does when the sun hits it just right.  It seems to glow.      

Picture 126:  Or maybe this is the way to make the tulip stand out.  I am going back and forth here between these two.  So close, yet so different.

Picture 127:  Owen doing what he does best right now-standing by climbing onto something.  This is a chair in the MUB at University of New Hampshire.  For Owen, this chair was much more interesting than Ira Flatow.  

And, as always, for the photos that didn't make the top 7 this week, check out my flicker stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonyacarlson/