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Sunday, February 9, 2025

Photo-a-Day Week 6


Day 34-
This week's photos started with a picture of Fiona with her toy, coming down the driveway. I used the app on my cellphone called Prisma to change it up. 

Prisma Filter

Day 35-
Remember the crystal in the cabinet I shared on Day 23? Well, the setting sun shines through the dining room window and creates rainbows across the room. 

Rainbow

Day 36-
A lone pinecone on the driveway, the sun shining behind it creating a perfect shadow.

Pinecone

Day 37-
On the drive into town, I noticed a group of dead pine trees. I was surprised they were still standing after the hurricane that came through at the end of September. I used a black-and-white filter to enhance the photo. 

Dead Trees

Day 38-
This one was a challenge as I was walking the dog when I saw this snail. If I paid too much attention to the snail a rather nosey puppy would have interrupted the photo. 

On The Move

Day 39-
Every morning I enter our closet off the master bathroom and check the progress of the Camellia blooms. When I planted this Camellia the deer sampled its buds on the front part of the shrub. Over the years the buds have increased front and back. It is a no-name shrub I purchased years ago. I do not like it when plant tags just say "Camellia" no further information. 

View from my Window

Day 40-
The Prunus mume 'Hokkai bungo' is starting to lose its flowers. I was worried the freezing temps we had when the blooms first started opening would kill all the flowers. The tree bloomed in abundance this year to my pleasure. 

Fallen Petals

This wraps up another week. See you next week!




©Copyright 2025 Janet. All rights reserved. Content created by Janet for The Queen of Seaford. Words and photos by Janet, The Queen of Seaford.

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Photo-a-Day Week 5

Another week in the books. Trying to keep the photo offerings interesting. Also don't want to be too repetitive. 

Day 27-  
Two dogs who think their job is to keep the squirrels at bay and away from the bird feeders on the deck. Wish there was a way to discourage the squirrels from coming on the deck, but think that is a lost cause! 

Squirrel Patrol

Day 28- 
Making bee fondant. Yes, we keep honey bees and in the winter we feed them with a solid sugar cake that is called bee fondant, not to be confused with culinary fondant. Once this sugar/water mixture is cooled we put it in the top of each hive. At current time we have three hives.

Bee Fondant

Day 29-
Our front room has a southern exposure, the only room (except our closet) with windows facing south. My houseplants winter in this room. With the low angle of the sun and our trees, even this window doesn't provide enough sunlight for the plants. Was able to find a plant light that has a timer so I can give the plants a good amount of light.

Plant Light

Day 30-
A very cloudy day. This is a view of our driveway. I play with the dogs every day, tossing a ring or a disc up and down the driveway. They love it. As I write I have a white fluffy dog bothering me to go out again. 

Winter Sky

Day 31-
Our driveway is lined with rocks, kind of like bumpers at a bowling alley to keep us from going off the edge. Some parts of the driveway have a bit of a drop off. Sprouting up between the rocks are some Spleenwort fronds. This one is Asplenium platyneuron, Ebony Spleenwort. 

Ebony Spleenwort

Day 32-
I have a number of daffodils in my woods, field, and gardens. They vary in bloom time from early to mid to late season blooming. I believe this one to be Narcissus 'Grand Soleil d'or'.

Raindrops on Daffodil

Day 33-
One shelf of gardening books. I have a good collection of books. When I first graduated from my Master Gardener class in Virginia I bought the A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. It was my first 'big' book to better learn plants and how to identify them. 

Garden Reference Books

Many thanks for joining me again this week for the photo-a-day images. Have a great week.



©Copyright 2025 Janet. All rights reserved. Content created by Janet for The Queen of Seaford. words and photos by Janet,The Queen of Seaford.