Photostudy In The Garden: Little Grasshopper & The Althea by: brendasue

Welcome to all Humans.  No Aliens Allowed!


Is it time for your Nature Break?  I invite you to Come On In!

The Althea                by:  brendasue

Let The Class Begin!

(Excuse me, Who Are You and What are You?

Are You An Alien?)

Well, class, it appears this guy is from Wyoming. He was sent by one of the friend's of Kates Cabin, Skipper, to be our guest Class Opener.  I do not know for sure what It Is, but I think

It is a Jack Rabbit!

It is August in Texas and H*O*T*
I have two flowering trees that love this heat. One is a Crape Myrtle.
The other is the Althea. (Some people still call this the old fashioned name: The Rose of Sharon.)

This flower is called a double pink althea.  This particular tree is between the two cabins, so I pass it often during the day while I go back and forth between the two.  Mom's House was 2 story. In her last years it became more difficult for her to walk up the stairs. She would always say when she gets upstairs, she needs something downstairs. Sometimes things she was looking for downstairs, I would find upstairs and vice versa.  Anyway, her dream had been the two story house. I felt it was a nightmare and decided I never ever wanted to spend time going up and down looking for stuff. I never did have a 2 story house. I do have a big set of stairs, but they go to the roof only.
No, the birdbrain here (me), decided to have two houses instead of two stories!  I can tell you I spend alot of time going back and forth looking for stuff. (Must be a certain mental illness that runs in the family;  Look Out Kids!)
Well, On this day, I felt like someone was behind me somewhere looking at me. I turned to find: nothing.  I felt some eyes again so I looked up to see:

This-A little grasshopper looking at Me.

Little Grasshopper, I see you are eating my Althea flower. 
Good thing I have lots of them!

He is kind of cute!

So, our photostudy today is of this grasshopper and this flower

For the photography students: This is one grasshopper and the same flower throughout the photostudy. Note the way the heavy shade affects the pictures.

This concludes our photostudy on the little Grasshopper and the Althea.


Find out the interesting facts about Grasshoppers at the link below:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper

You can learn more about the Althea Flowering Trees at the link below:


http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/788/

....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek. Thanks for stopping in. Have a good day at your work.

If the Answer is blowing in this Wind, it blew on by!    by:  brendasue





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PHOTOGRAPHY NOW IN 2010- COME TO PHOTO CLASS HERE ON RAINBOW CREEK

HELLO:


Let The Class Begin, declares Rambo of Rainbow Creek. This red shouldered Hawk was born here last year and Now has a new nest and is sitting on eggs!

Let us start our Photostudy for today.  As you see above, this is just a peach colored flower growing on a stick in the garden.

This is a somewhat rare flower. It is named: Double Peach Flowering Quince.

The normal flowering quince growing in the area is red. I also have a white. Both of those are single blooms.

This is the first year it has bloomed in the three years I have had the shrub.

I have taken quite a few photos from different views. I will be sending these off to Discover Life for documentation.

To me, this is exquisite. I doubt there is even one photo in the science books of this flower.

There will be plenty of photos for the students now!

I have put more photos here than necessary, but I just could not choose who to leave out.

Can you pick out a favorite?

Each one seemed to be lovelier than the preceding one.

This plant's pollinated flowers will make the little fruit called quince.  I make jelly with them for fresh bread.

So now from the deep woods of Texas, this rare little flower has been shared with the whole world.

To this old Lady it is amazing that I shot this yesterday in my garden, moved the image to my computer to Google Blogger and my photographer friend, Costas in Greece, will see it in the morning with his coffee. So will you!.  Also, my grandchildren can see it forever. I want to encourage all of you to get a site and share your Nature.

There was something special happening while I was shooting this one.

Notice how the sunlight has been dancing.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do. I hope you get ideas for when you shoot your flowers.

And realize it takes really great cameras and equipment to get the National Geographic Quality Photos.

What I am displaying in this blog is that even a Grandma can get some pretty nice pictures of a rare flower with a point and shoot camera on automatic. I follow the natural light. (no flash).

So if I can do this, so can you. I encourage you to get a camera and Go Outside! Photodocument your World or your Garden Journal.  Just the act of walking around with a camera and starting to shoot flowers will connect you to something much bigger than yourself.

There is a great world out here we all need  to know.

We should learn about other living things sharing the planet with us.

I want to have flowers and birds around me.

I want to see the sunrise and sunset everyday; to enjoy what has been placed before all of us on Earth.

For many years I saw nothing but a mirror or T. V.
 I do not have either one anymore.

I have a rare opportunity now to catch a moment in time, a rare flower, a glint of sunshine. (And the jelly)

If you can not get out to see the world,  then come have tea with me and I will bring a little of the sunshine in my world to you. (And toast & quince jelly)!

Sorry if I got a little carried away bringing you flowers today. (it happens)

Could you pick just one?

You can have them all. Share with everybody in the world.

I dedicate this peach flowering quince to a little girl named Peach Brandywine by her Pa Pa.

She grew up to be a fine rare flower, too.

And brings to me a fine flower named Kate. (love you)



This concludes our Photostudy of the Double Peach Flowering Quince. (And how love is passed down through the generations).

Goodnight Rambo, PeachBrandywine and Kate!

Goodnight Everyone, Everywhere!

........brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek

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