A Morning of playing photographer. September 15, 2020

 

For the last 3 to 4 years I have usually walked around the gardens

once a week.  This year it's been more like once every other week.

I finally had some time to just stroll about and pretend to be 

a photographer. I love photography.  

This flower just looked so cool and I loved it's colors.

Something that I love about gardens is all the different

colors, shapes and textures of the plants found in them.

The bees were very busy today.

I loved this grouping of flowers.

This is a fig plant.  I don't think I've ever seen

a fig plant before.  I love how they have a learning garden and every

year they plant new plants.  I never realized how big a fig leaf was.

I got a lot of photos of bee's bottoms.

This is an interesting looking flower.  I love the

purple color with the green background.

Black Eyed Susan Vine.

This has become a favorite spot for me to photograph.

I want to put a book together with the different 

flowers.

Their Victorian meaning and possibly a poem

about the flower.

I'm always thinking up projects, someday

I will actually do them.

I was happy to get a photo of the humming bird.

Birds are not easy to photograph.

They move around pretty fast, so when I get a nice

photo It makes me very happy.

I was thinking one thing I like about fall is all the different

grasses that are in bloom.  They have a look and texture that

I really like.

With the Covid Virus still here, and needing to wear face masks everywhere,

it's nice to get out in the fresh air and for a moment feel like life is "normal".

I have come to the point where on my days off I want to be places where I don't have

to wear a face mask. I work hard to do all my shopping before my days off so I don't have

to go to stores.  One thing I have been doing more often is family history research.

I have found so much more information lately.  I find it amazing that I have been doing

family history research for 20 plus years now and I can still find new information.

I love searching through old records and finding family connections.

What have you been doing during this pandemic?

Have you been working?

Have you been avoiding crowded places?

I have also been exercising a lot.  I started doing a very moderate pace walking on my treadmill

 and it took me an hour to walk 3 miles, now I'm jogging and can do 4 miles in an hour.

It's so nice to have a way to decompress after work.  I've realized just how not in good shape I was.

I might have looked ok, but my body was not in top shape. Each month I set new goals

for my physical, emotional, and spiritual well being.  It has been a really

good experience for me.  

Well I hope you are all doing well.  Keep safe and healthy.

G.G.