The front landscaping was finished today! It took a bit longer than we thought because we had rain, then we had to wait for the fountain and trellis. We’re just waiting for the light transformer to come in then we’ll be adding some lights to the small half round planter boxes up near the house to highlight the fountain, and trellis.
After
I had carpet roses put in the two big spaces lining the walkway, and there are azaleas in the two half rounds with the trellis, and fountain. I’m going to plant sweat pea to grow up the trellis, and in the little space between the lawn and upper courtyard area I’m planting bulbs of Daffodils, or Tulips. I’ll decide when I go to the garden center.
Next Spring I’ll have a little Bistro table in the courtyard up by the door.
I LOVE the fountain! It sounds lovely.
It’s probably hard to tell in these images, but we added just under 500 sq. ft to the house. It feels HUGE now.
Before
Nikon Df| Nikon 24-70mm| Hoodman Ultra High Speed Digital Film| LR5
OT- My CS6 was somehow turned into PSCS6 Extended Trial, and I’ve been trying to get Adobe to reactivate my CS6 without success so far. I’m waiting for a Senior Technician to call me back since the lower levels of technical help couldn’t fix the problem. It’s been very stressful trying to learn a new workflow in the meantime.
This week’s Monochrome Madness 2 I selected an image from a recent day I spent birding in the Pacific Flyway. The Pacific Flyway is a section of CA. that is part of the Winter migration path used by birds fleeing the cold months in the Winter.
These are Black-necked Stilts, and Long billed Dowagers foraging for food.
I was trying out the Tamron 150-600mm super telephoto lens this week-end for the extra reach which was nice to have, but I won’t be saying much about the lens because I wasn’t able to use it as much as I had hoped. We had rain come in which kept me indoors the following day instead of out photographing birds. I won’t complain too much since we need all the rain we can get. 🙂
I’m really behind reading blog posts, but am catching up ever so slowly.
Too see all this week’s posts in Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2 click here
Nikon D700| Tamron 150-600mm| Hoodman Digital Film| CS6 & Silver Efex Pro
The few Chrysanthemums I have in my yard are in bloom! The yellow ones looked so lovely in the late afternoon light that I grabbed my macro lens, and camera before the light faded.
The plants are super old, so the blossoms are much smaller than in past years. I think I need to add new plants or rip these out and start anew? Anyone know which would be best?
Speaking of plants. We’re having the front landscaping done finally! It should be done by Tuesday. I’ll post images when done. I’m so excited!
Nikon D700| Nikkor AF-D 105mm macro lens| Lexar Professional Digital Film|
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