New rose blooms
The roses that I transplanted before Thanksgiving have leafed out nicely. ‘Tuscan Sun’, ‘Simply Marvelous!’, and ‘Black Cherry’ are even trying to bloom!
Rose bud
A winter ramble around Bok Tower Gardens
Bok Tower is one of my favorite places to go. The gardens are beautiful, the wildlife is fun to watch, and the trip is a nice escape from the real world.
Today we saw hummingbirds! They are wintering at Bok Tower!
Ruby-throated hummingbird
The swans were posing, and I had fun playing with my new diffuser filter.
Swan
I also had fun playing with my new split neutral density filters. I really liked this picture of the tower with the swans.
Bok Tower
Extension tubes
Christmas present experimentation: diffuser filter plus extension tubes plus spider posing on the tip of a hibiscus stamen. Result: scary closeups with nicely blurred backgrounds!! (Thank you Rich :))
Hibiscus close-ups