Zooming - July 2015

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I enjoyed traveling over the past month and many of the places provided ample opportunity for some close photography. Some highlights in this set of zoomed images are:

  • Bluebird
  • Hollyhocks
  • Bees
  • Cone flowers
  • Milkweed
  • Butterflies
  • Dragonfly
  • Poppies
  • Red yucca pods
  • Swan

Enjoy!

Red Yucca

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Red yucca is a popular landscaping plant in the area around Dallas where I’ve been the last few weeks. This time of year they are blooming and seed pods are beginning to form.

The long stalks with blooms lean over and move with each list breeze. They add color and motion in gardens that require relatively little water.

I managed to get a picture of the same branch on July 1 and July 6. Notice how fast the purplish seed pods developed. Soon they will be green….and along their growth to split open in the fall and spill their seeds.