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Someone has been visiting my garden and nibbling on my flowers and vegetables.
I have been keeping an eye on it and sure enough Saturday morning he visited again, and this time eating my marigold flowers. He saw me and was trying to hide behind the flower bush.
The chipmunk was there also, Bo said that he was the one responsible for stuffing the furs into the bird house. When I saw him my light meter was off since I was shooting in Manual mode and it came out too dark. I had a little help from Photoshop and the photo came out decent but still some digital noise. So the rabbit and the chipmunk live in my garden.
My backyard is a busy gathering place for birds also, this Robin was perching on a flower pot.
It’s a typical Saturday at my dad’s house. I can’t wait till our next camping trip and we are counting down the day.
My dad’s Asian corns are getting taller, pretty soon I won’t be able to see Lee sitting on the other side of the backyard.
The weather was in the 80s and perfect weather for a cookout.
My sister has to help the Snow Peas climb the teepee trellis at the beginning and now they can help themselves.
Beans and Snow Peas
Long string beans
Cucumber plants
The Thai eggplants were big enough to plant, I still have yet to find a place to plant mine. My sister gave the young plants to me last week and there’s no more room in my planting beds. I do have to move some of the plants around.
Cherry tomato plants
I never knew what they look like after the white flowers disappeared.
I bet you can clip this off and plant the bulbs in the ground for a new spring onion plant.
The Kaffir Lime tree grows new leaves in the Spring.
The Pomegranate tree produces many flowers this year, but so far I have not seen a fruit.
It is Spring cleaning at my dad’s house, Bo helped my dad pressure wash the storage shed.
The white fence has mildew over time.
And the wooden bench.
Don’t ask me what’s Lee doing, I guess a karate move or something.
All photos were taken with Canon T2i, and EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens.
Such small grill you might think. Bo is testing it out to see if it will work for our next camping trip.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/250sec, ISO 400, focal length 73mm, evaluative metering
It’s not cooking fast enough, and our dinner wasn’t done until 7:45 pm (19:45). I think he might have to add some charcoal to speed things up.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
Lee is enjoy roasting her marshmallow. That’s one thing she is looking forward to camping.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/50sec, ISO 400, focal length 159mm, evaluative metering
And we had grilled shrimp, chicken and mushrooms for dinner.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
My garden is still very colorful in comparison to my dad’s garden.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/200sec, ISO 400, focal length 109mm, evaluative metering
The Brussels sprouts are thriving in the hot and humid NC weather.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/80sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
My Thai eggplants are abundance and beautiful this year.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
After cutting back the overgrown mints last month, they start to grow back again.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/250sec, ISO 400, focal length 180mm, evaluative metering
I spotted a frog hanging out by the bridge. S/he even turn around to pose for me.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
Perhaps I’ve said this too soon but if you were to ask Lee she would tell you that Summer is over. Lee went back to school last Thursday. As for me, I think Labor Weekend marks the end of Summer, so Summer is not over yet. We still have this week to enjoy.
These photos can qualify as a Saturday Random Photos post, something that I have not done in a while. This frog has been living in my sister’s fishpond. It got away before I could get another clear shot.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/100sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
My dad’s crab apple tree bears many fruits this year. I had some with hot sauce on Saturday and it was delicious.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/60sec, ISO 200, focal length 78mm, evaluative metering
My dad’s Asian pumpkins grown on trellis. I guess you can grow almost any kind of climbing plants on trellis, this made me think of watermelon. I wonder how it would do on trellis, maybe the fruits will be too heavy.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/160sec, ISO 200, focal length 81mm, evaluative metering
This is a late bloomer for his string beans.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/400sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
It’s kind of fat for chili peppers but they taste the same, extremely hot.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/400sec, ISO 200, focal length 122mm, evaluative metering
What is left of the cucumber.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 200, focal length 109mm, evaluative metering
The Thai eggplants produce few fruits and far in between the last few weeks. This one is saved for next year’s seedlings.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/500sec, ISO 200, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
My sister’s Jasmine flowers.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/4, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 184mm, evaluative metering
The nights are a lot cooler.
Canon T2i, EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 0.6sec, ISO 200, focal length 31mm, cropped, evaluative metering, tripod mounted
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This is going into the twelve week of rice planting. The rice paddy sits near a busy road and the sound of cars passing by was real loud that I had to mute the video clips this time. I was on my way to work Friday morning and saw that they were already out there harvesting and worked late into the evening.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/11, 1/100sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
It is the second week of harvesting, and the aroma of the rice crops are so nice.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/200sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO 400, focal length 109mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 159mm, evaluative metering
Some sections are still too young to harvest.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 94mm, evaluative metering
They have a huge garden in their backyard and also raise their own chicken.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 70mm, evaluative metering
The rice paddy is a healthy habitat for the little critters and it’s a bug life out there.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/6.3, 1/400sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, closeup cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/7.1, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, closeup cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/7.1, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, closeup cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, evaluative metering
This one is a strange looking grasshopper.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, cropped, evaluative metering
The garden spider is still there from last week.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, cropped, evaluative metering
The damselflies normally come out late evening and they are so tiny and could easily be missed.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/125sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, cropped, evaluative metering
I almost didn’t see this one.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/5.6, 1/250sec, ISO 400, focal length 118mm, evaluative metering
I Google for the name of this moth and couldn’t find any that would ID it. I think it is an orange leopard moth and has a beautiful burnt orange color.
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 180mm, cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, closeup cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, cropped, evaluative metering
Canon T2i, EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens, Manual, f/8, 1/160sec, ISO 400, focal length 200mm, cropped, evaluative metering
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