We have been fortunate to get so much rain in our area, and I didn't have to water as much the last 2 months. The Asian string beans cover the fence trellis, I like to make spicy green bean salad. I didn't take a new photo and the one below was taken several years back of… Continue reading Garden Update Mid July
I would love to have a butterfly garden in my own backyard, but that's not realistic since it's so costly to have one, and space is an issue for me. When I heard that Catawba Science Center were bringing the butterfly garden back this year I was so happy. They have several local businesses that… Continue reading Butterfly Garden
The Autumn colors are beautiful at this time of the year. My Ginkgo tree leaves are turning yellow. The Japanese maple tree leaves are turning red, it was green about 2 weeks ago. This is the last sign of Summer. I was surprised to see the butterfly fluttering while taking a picture of the falling… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
I've been admiring my neighbor's butterfly bush this summer and I'm amazed of how it attracts so many butterflies. I was testing out the P mode on my camera, the picture below was taken at f/4, 1/100sec, ISO-250(set at Auto ISO), Exposure bias -1.3 step, focal length 73mm, pattern metering mode. My camera is canon… Continue reading Butterfly Bush
I was surprised to see how lush and green Grandma's garden is at this time of the year. She has rows and rows of soybeans. And her Thai eggplants are so beautiful. The okra has such a pretty flower. She gave me a pot of the sawtooth or Pak Cee Farang, also known in Lao… Continue reading Grandma’s Garden August 8, 2010
My progress of adjusting to a manual mode has been very slow, I guess I stayed in the comfort zone for way to long. At first I wanted a better zoom lens, but then I realized that it's not so much in the gear but more so in the technique and understanding of your camera.… Continue reading Saturday Random Photos
This is going into the ninth week of rice planting and a huge transformation from last week. Again, I visited the rice paddy after work. It was very hot today but not humid like last week and what a beautiful sight! The aroma of the rice plants and the sounds of the rice paddy are… Continue reading Rice Paddy July 30, 2010
We went back to see the Butterfly Exhibit on Saturday. The sound in the video is the actual sounds, minus the background music. The music is by Ottmar Liebert, song: This Spring Release 10,000 Butterflies. It was very hot on Saturday, must be in the 90s and the temperature in the Butterfly Exhibit is the… Continue reading Revisit to the Flutter-By the Butterfly
This is my seasonal favorite, we visited the Flutter-By Butterfly Habitat at the Catawba Science Center on Saturday May 22, the first day that the butterfly exhibit opens. The last Flutter-By exhibit was in 2007 and I called to check in 2008 and 2009 and learned that they didn't have one, not sure if it… Continue reading Flutter-By Butterfly Habitat
This is my submission for Scott Thomas Photography's Assignment 7: Creative Exposure. My niece did a high jump for me. I used a fast shutter speed to capture and freeze motion quickly. I still don’t feel comfortable using the manual mode on my DSLR, so I used the sports mode to capture this image. The… Continue reading Creative Exposure
My second sister's flower garden near her front porch attracts many butterflies, especially the big Yellow Swallowtail. This is not the first time I've seen the Yellow Swallowtail visiting her flowers, I also saw the black blue one several weeks back. I do have to say that taking picture of the butterfly is a lot… Continue reading Yellow Swallowtail
We had a chance to visit Dan Nicholas Park again this past weekend, the park has a nice walking trails. I saw many critters by the lake area, one of my favorites is the Butterfly. The stick looks like a part of the Dragonfly's body. It's so hard to capture the Damselfly because it's so… Continue reading A Day at the Park
I had a chance to visit Plant Delights Nursery again on the weekend, the last time I visited this place was with my mom and dad, it was May 2006, the Mother's Day before her passing. The garden sits behind this house, I believed the owner lives here. I took so many pictures, might attempt… Continue reading A Tour at Plant Delights Nursery
It has been a while since I updated my dad's garden. I took this picture on June 28th, got up extra early before sunrise. Things have changed since then. My visit yesterday started out with chasing this butterfly, Lee did most of the chasing. My dad and second sister never saw it but luckily I… Continue reading My Dad’s Garden in Early July
Summer time at Biltmore... It’s nice to see the canopy at the side of the Biltmore house covers with Trumpet vines, a great shade to sit and relax in a hot summer day. The canopy is also covered with the Chinese Wisteria plants that produce beautiful purple flowers in late April and early May, I'm… Continue reading Summer Garden at Biltmore
