A flower for you!

A day's Lily
Battle Creek Michigan
16 June 2007

Camera: Nikon D70, EX/Sigma DGMacro 105mm 1:2:8
Software: iPhoto

a spring's confirmation
life is here after a dull's earth tone

This flower is called "Day Lily". Each flower only last a day hence the name. These flowers can be found on roadside, meadows, borders, and blooms from May through July. It reproduces from its roots, and the entire plant is edible. The flower buds (the green buds, not the open flowers ) taste like green beans when cooked and served with butter.

Tropics in St. Louis

Indonesian Wax Ginger
7 June 2007
St. Louis Botanical Garden
Camera: Canon Ixuss55

This on is called TAPEINOCHILUS ANANASSAE, native in Indonesia and Australia, taken at St. Louis Botanical Garden at the Tropical Plants display. This plant is sometimes called Indonesian Wax Ginger, resembles an upside down pineapple.

Father of the Country

The Obelisk As It Stands, 122 yrs later
Washington DC
22 January 2007
Camera: Canon Digital Ixus55
Software: Apple's iPhoto
Editing: No alteration done

The Obelisk, popularly know as "The Washington Monument" was completed in 1844 constructed for George Washington recognized as the father of the country. The photograph was taken on January in the middle of winter.

Where the bear lies!

Sleeping Bear Dunes
Saturday, 2 June 2007
- took this photo while waiting for the sunset
- same camera

The park is named after the Chippewa legend of the sleeping bear. According to the legend, an enormous forest fire on the western shore of Lake Michigan drove a mother bear and her two cubs into the lake for shelter, determined to reach the opposite shore. After many miles of swimming, the two cubs lagged behind. When the mother bear reached the shore, she waited on the top of a high bluff. The cubs, exhausted, drowned in the lake, but the mother bear stayed and waited in hopes that her cubs would finally appear. Impressed by the mother bear's determination and faith, the Great Spirit created two islands to commemorate the cubs, and the winds buried the sleeping bear under the sands of the dunes where she waits to this day. The location of the "bear" is a patch of dark sand, which once covered the entire bluff top and was visible from the lake. Wind and erosion have caused the "bear" to be greatly reduced in size over the years. Visit Wiki for more info.

Aerial view of the Sleeping Bear Dunes
Photo borrowed from Wiki.
More info in www.michigan.org
Click image for bigger view

Out of Town

I should have more photos later when I get back. I have left the web world for a while to fulfill something "important" he he he he . . .