Flowering Trees

Coming down to the South, we saw hundreds of flowering trees. The transformation from Winter to Spring took us only a few hours on a freeway. It will still be many days in Annapolis, Maryland before Spring begins with flowers.

Camillia

I found this lovely Camillia in my son's front yard. We could never grow a flower like this in Arizona where I lived for so many years. I had to come to Georgia to see such a beautiful flower. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Washington Monument with the Sun

I think the best place to take this photo would have been in the middle of a very busy Washington, D.C. street. But this one came out just fine. I have been taking all my photos with my iPhone 8 plus lately if you have been wondering about the various shots. It is certainly a lot more convenient to carry a smartphone than a camera. Especially one that weighs about ten pounds. There are a few shots I miss because of the limitations of the camera, but I make a lot more because I am carrying it everywhere I go. Oh, the building is the Smithsonian National History Museum.

The Glow from Annapolis

At first, I thought that this might be the rising moon, but closer inspection showed that it was banks of bright lights. It turns out to be the Naval Academy Football Stadium. But this turned out to be an unusual photo even knowing that it wasn't the moon rising.

The Promise of Early Spring

Due to a family emergency, we traveled from Annapolis, Maryland to Georgia. The trip was like seeing a time-lapse movie of the change of the seasons. By the time we got to Georgia, the temperatures were in the 70s and the trees were blooming and leafing out. The blue skies and balmy weather helped to ameliorate the serious reason we were there.

Swampy Reflections

Over the years, I have been fascinated with certain photographic views. One of these is the patterns made by light reflecting off of standing water. This pattern comes from a Florida swamp. Don't get the idea that my photos necessarily represent where I am located at any given time. I make it a habit of going back into my archives to find photos that I didn't use at the time. But if you see a number of photos from a specific location, you can assume I just made a trip to that location.

Duckweed

Many plants that are considered to be invasive weeds are beautiful. Duckweed is usually classified in the Lemnoideae family. Here is a description of the plant from Wikipedia: Lemnoideae:

These plants are very simple, lacking an obvious stem or leaves. The greater part of each plant is a small organized "thallus" or "frond" structure only a few cells thick, often with air pockets (aerenchyma) that allow it to float on or just under the water surface. Depending on the species, each plant may have no root or may have one or more simple rootlets.