01/12/24

 Happy Friday, TGIF!  Today's image is another from the frost event we had a short time ago.  My Teasels make for interesting subjects due to how the frost clings to them.  I liked the subtle bubbly bokeh in this image as well.  Sharing it today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious! 

12/15/23

 TGIF, it's Friday!!  Today's image is another I took during the day we had some lovely light hoar frost in our area.  The dried Teasels in the yard looked like they had a nice coating of sugar.  Sharing this image today due to the lovely bokeh behind because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!

2/3/23

 It's another interesting digit day!  😁  It's also Friday, TGIF!  Today's image is from my garden a couple of weeks ago.  I have some Teasels that dried and they had snow hats on.  LOL  I chose this image for today because of the nice bokeh in it created by the other Teasels and dried foliage behind because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!

2/3/22

 We are experiencing actual winter again so my thoughts are going to warmer days.  I captured this Black Swallowtail enjoying one of my Teasel's this past summer.

7/28/21

It's Wildflower Wednesday!  I posted a butterfly on one of these recently.  These are a group of my Teasels in bloom.  They have a lot of character in my opinion, very interesting flower heads.  They always seem to attract bees and butterflies.  They spread a lot so if you plant, be sure not in an area where you don't want that.  I see quite a lot of them growing by road sides.

7/23/21

 TGIF!  It's Friday and Friday's Are Bokehlicious.  Today's photo with some nice bokeh is of a Black Swallowtail butterfly that I captured recently on my Teasel flowers.  The leaves from the trees and grass behind made for some lovely bokeh for this image to set off the butterfly.

8/5/20

It's another Wildflower Wednesday on the Blog!  Today's flower is Teasel.  This is another one that I first noticed a lot of in West Virginia but then noticed they were growing in Missouri and Kansas as well.  I love their shapes and think they are even more photogenic after blooming when dry.  I planted some in my garden and then realized that was a mistake as they spread like crazy into areas where i didn't really want them.  I have moved some to an area where I hope they do spread.  Butterflies are attracted to the blooms of Teasels so a good one for that.

7/24/20

It's Friday and Fridays Are Bokehlicious!  Today's butterfly with some lovely bokeh behind it is a female Black Swallowtail enjoying a Teasel flower in my garden.  As you can see from the last couple of days pictures, wildflowers are a great attracter of  various types of nature and allow for great photo taking material.  They are usually busy feeding so you can get an image of them somewhat easier than other times.  A zoom lens works best so you don't have to get too close to them and scare them off.  Plus, the zoom then creates the nice bokeh background because your subject is in focus but the background is not.

9/27/18

I grew some Teasels in my garden.  I find the flowers on them interesting and they draw bees and butterflies.  I find that after the blooms have faded and they dry they are even more interesting.  I shot this with the sunlight really back lighting this dried one and it really shows off the details.  I also liked the muted colors of the image. 

8/31/18

It's the last day of August already.  Wow.  My image today is of some back-lit Teasels that had bloomed and dried.  I got them to grow in my garden, maybe a bit too well and I may regret it but for now I am enjoying them quite a bit,  Skippers and butterflies seemed to enjoy the blooms as well.  I love the flower head shapes when they dry.

8/15/16

Well, we are going to have nice cool mornings all week.  I like it.  Only highs in the 80s as well.  Great!  My image today is a Teasel bloom that I played around with the processing.  I think it made the texture more noticeable.  I was trying to grow these and this was the third year they were in and finally bloomed.  However we are having road work done at the edge of our property and they bulldozed them over so I will have to try again.  I think they are cool and interesting flower heads.

1/15/16

Wow, yesterday was quite a lovely day.  Now we are heading into bitter cold again for a bit and I am not looking forward to that.  I'm thinking warm thoughts with a photo I took in southern Missouri on a trip we made a while back.  We were stopped for gas and I saw this lovely group of Teasel flowers growing on a hill across the road.  I loved how they were back-lit and that it showed off the detail of them.  I have tried to grow these and the plant came up but so far they have not sent up a flower.  Maybe this year.