Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala
Ot - a few flower shots from Dad's garden
Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:39pm
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My dad turned 81 this year and he still lives in his house and has amazing flower gardens that he does all by himself. There is not a weed in sight! I thought I would share some of his hard work with you.
Part of his backyard flower beds...
And some closeups of the flowers...
And finally one last one of my little monkey Kala post grooming.
Thanks for looking.
Part of his backyard flower beds...
And some closeups of the flowers...
And finally one last one of my little monkey Kala post grooming.
Thanks for looking.
- I'm very impressed. How absolutely lovely. — Kate and the "Y" Girls, Sun Jul 29 9:14amBless his heart too. I love the pic of the tour guide at the end. Teehee.
- Just beautiful!! I love gardening, too, and I appreciate — Judy and Maggie and Lucy, Wed Jul 25 1:05pmseeing such beauty! Your photos are spectacular! What lens did you use for those sharp closeups?
- Thanks Judy. I used a 200 mm — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Wed Jul 25 1:26pmNIkon macro lens for those shots. I love that lens, it allows close-up shots without having to get super close, which tends to scare the insects.
- "which tends to scare the insects." You — Vicky & Jamaica, Wed Jul 25 2:20pmmake that sound like a bad thing....
- While very beautiful I have one complaint — Kate and Maci, Wed Jul 25 7:39amwhere is Isha (lol). The garden is absolutely stunning. You dad sounds like my dad, who is 82. I swear he goes out and combs his grass every morning - always picture perfect and no weeds, crab grass. ... more
- Isha is down below in another post. — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Wed Jul 25 1:24pmI groomed her Saturday so she got her own posting. Your dad sounds like a lot of fun. My dad used to drive my mom nuts too. He does have his quirks and seems to be getting quirkier with age, but... more
- what an amazing flower bed! your pics are — Scott, Kaz n Whitney, Wed Jul 25 12:33amexceptional and always such a joy. And as for Kala and Isha, no words for how precious their pics are.
- Thanks Scott. Dad is a wonderful garderner. — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Wed Jul 25 1:28pmI am lucky to have those flowers to practice my photography. Isha and Kala are precious, even if I do call them Devil Dogs.
- It's a long shot but the house in the — Emilie B, Tue Jul 24 6:50pmdistance looks a lot like the one I grew up in! PS Baeutiful flowers!
- Pretty long shot indeed, unless you — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Wed Jul 25 1:29pmgrew up in Winnipeg, lol.
- No, I didn't. LOL. But it was just the — Emilie B, Wed Jul 25 5:08pmstyle of the house.
- Lovely garden your Dad has... — Laurie+Truman, Tue Jul 24 6:05pmKala's haircut looks great. I think that you're improving ;)
- Thanks Laurie, another 20 or 30 groomings — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Wed Jul 25 1:27pmand I will have this down pat, lol.
- What a BEAUTIFUL garden! But what is it with — Vicky & Jamaica, Tue Jul 24 12:06pmyou and close-ups of insects/bees? (lol) And Kala looks wonderful ~ I take it everything went well.
- lol, I was going to post pics of spiders — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Tue Jul 24 12:15pmbut I thought the bee was cuter. It must be the biologist in me, I'm obsessed with bugs. Grooming Kala went well. She is a bit more of a challenge than Isha, she squirmed a lot and hates having her... more
- OH! I completely forgot about the — Vicky & Jamaica, Tue Jul 24 12:19pmgeeky side. Kala looks great ~ you did an amazing job for the first time. I joke about, "it will grow back", but when I started on my Cockers years ago, it really takes a LONG time to grow back....... more
- Ah, my favourite lunch! — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Tue Jul 24 12:24pmI wish I could be there. I'm not sure if it is geeky or nerdy. I sort of think I prefer nerdy, lol. How did Jammers' grooming go?
- Beautiful garden and beautiful pictures! (nm) — Kit & Travis, Tue Jul 24 8:23am
- Thanks Kit. Dad does have a green thumb. (nm) — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Tue Jul 24 12:18pm
- That is a beautiful garden! — sue & tanner, Tue Jul 24 8:10amI have garden envy now. Do you know what the flower is in that second picture? I love it!
- Thanks Sue. The first closeup is a Cone Flower, — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Tue Jul 24 8:15am(Echinacea), the second close up is a Globe Thistle (Echinops). They are two of my favourites.
- Oh how beautiful !!! I love that last Flower LOL (nm) — Peggy(NJ), Tue Jul 24 7:39am
- She's the prettiest of them all! (nm) — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Tue Jul 24 7:49am
- Good for him! They are beautiful. — Ken, Ziggy, and Maya, Tue Jul 24 7:31amAnd you got some nice shots. You have the same macro inclination I do, hard to shoot "the garden" and not "the flower". And you did a good grooming job too.
- The shot of the actual garden — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Tue Jul 24 7:49amwas actually a second thought. I realized I had shot all the closeups and I didn't take one shot of the actual gardens. Thanks, I was pretty happy with my first grooming attempts.
- Beautiful garden — SD&B, Tue Jul 24 12:46amI don't know what that style is called, but I like it. And, of course, Kala is also beautiful. Nice grooming job.
- Thanks Deb. I actually kind of — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Tue Jul 24 7:50amenjoyed grooming them. But I am sure the novelty will wear off quite quickly, lol.