Sunday in the Garden

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More images from a brief visit to Longwood. The weather finally allowed for time outdoors - the past few weeks have been miserably hot and humid. Today was a clear, blue-sky day, with low humidity and a cool breeze. So there I was with hundreds of other garden enthusiasts taking in the sights at Longwood. Oh joy - Is it very selfish to want these tourists to pack up their annoying spawn and leave??


A few days ago, I purchased a 1 gig SD card for the my Nikon Coolpix. I've been dealing with a 128mb SD card that I bought along with the digital camera - talk about applying conservative values! I brought my Canon SLR along only to find out I left the film at home and the batteries were drained. Grrr!


I took most of my shots at the outdoor watergarden. A patio within the confines of the Conservatory that displays various types of water-lillys from April to October. I did find out that the pond water is treated with a black dye to 1. prevent algae from growing. 2. provide a dark backround in which the colorfull water lilly blooms will contrast dramatically. Hmm..think this might work with a container water garden?

Viewing a slideshow of the pictures, there are instances where the sunlight reflecting off the ponds looks like stars. An interesting effect that I have no clue as to how to duplicate - guess that would make me a poor reuters photojournalist.

Oh yes, of course the butterflies were out in force today...

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