The Doodle Zoo! - Thanks Sue. The first closeup is a Cone Flower,

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(Echinacea), the second close up is a Globe Thistle (Echinops). They are two of my favourites.

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Ot - a few flower shots from Dad's garden — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Mon Jul 23 11:39pm

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 ... more
- I'm very impressed. How absolutely lovely. — Kate and the "Y" Girls, Sun Jul 29 9:14am
  
  Bless 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 1:05pm
  
  seeing 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 1:26pm
    
    NIkon 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 2:20pm
      
      make that sound like a bad thing....
- While very beautiful I have one complaint — Kate and Maci, Wed Jul 25 7:39am
  
  where 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 1:24pm
    
    I 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 12:33am
  
  exceptional 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 1:28pm
    
    I 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 6:50pm
  
  distance 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 1:29pm
    
    grew up in Winnipeg, lol.
  - - No, I didn't. LOL. But it was just the — Emilie B, Wed Jul 25 5:08pm
      
      style of the house.
- Lovely garden your Dad has... — Laurie+Truman, Tue Jul 24 6:05pm
  
  Kala's haircut looks great. I think that you're improving ;)
- - Thanks Laurie, another 20 or 30 groomings — Anne-Marie +Isha +Kala, Wed Jul 25 1:27pm
    
    and I will have this down pat, lol.
- What a BEAUTIFUL garden! But what is it with — Vicky & Jamaica, Tue Jul 24 12:06pm
  
  you 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 12:15pm
    
    but 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 12:19pm
      
      geeky 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 12:24pm
        
        I 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 8:10am
  
  I 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
- 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 7:31am
  
  And 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 7:49am
    
    was 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 12:46am
  
  I 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 7:50am
    
    enjoyed grooming them. But I am sure the novelty will wear off quite quickly, lol.

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