My Spring Collection
May 6th, 2009. Published under boredom busters. 10 Comments.
Eight years in the US but I’ve never really experienced spring until now. Where have I been all along? Cooped up in my apartment while the flowers bloomed, I guess.That’s what usually happens when you’re a city-dweller. You live life vicariously, limited to second-hand experiences that are culled from books, movies, internet, etc. Carrying a camera everywhere makes you look around more. You get to see things you never bothered with before.
This spring I am looking at ordinary plants in a new light. It’s amazing how they all seem to compete with each other for attention. Daw mga karandagan kag mga kiatan nga mga babaye. Masako ang pulopasunshu. Gapa sapak-sapak.
dreamy yellow trumpets
red sea urchin or exploding fireworks?
Oops, this isn't a plant but there's a lot of these creatures nowadays, I just can't ignore them(esp. since my daughter screams everytime she sees them).I didn't know that these things hibernate like a bear. They don't go inside a cave to keep warm, but huddle together by the thousands on tree trunks. Incredible how they don't freeze to death.Is it because they're cold-blooded? And when predators try to stir them up, they leak yellow fluid that emit a stench so terrible. Who else would want to eat them? They're the skunks of the insect world.
Toilet brush or bottle brush?
Snacking bee.I feel happy everytime I see one because I read from the back of an ice cream carton that bees are disappearing by the millions all over the world. No one knows why. Experts fear that it may wreck havoc on our food production. No bees. Less plant pollination. Would it help if we plant more gardens?
10 Comments
chiqui on May 7th, 2009
How about according to your BS Bio expertise? Hehe. Really? Namian ka sang pictures ko? Coming from you that’s something.Thanks.
Joe Linton on May 9th, 2009
beautiful pictures! that top one is the flowers of the feijoa (or pinapple guava) tree – the flowers are edible – and the fruit (in September) is good too.
donditiples on May 9th, 2009
Nice pictures, tuod. You should open an account sa stockphotos.com, so that if they get downloaded, you get a commission.
PS. I especially like the yellow trumpets against the blue sky.
romelyn on May 13th, 2009
Chiq…nami gid mga pics mo…bongga gid kaw mega! Miss u! Mwah…
chiqui on May 14th, 2009
Thanks for liking my photos. my favorite is the bee picture. wouldn’t it be nice to have a more powerful camera so you can capture all the details of tiny things?
Thanks for the info, Don. Indi ina yellow trumpets ngalan nila, akon-akon lang ina.
Joe, if you eat the flowers, how do you prepare them? Put them in a salad? I’ll keep an eye out for the fruits.
Romz, thanks for visiting. Regards to Peter and the kids. And Tito Pedong, too. Hidlaw man ko gani sa inyo dira.
rikki on May 21st, 2009
daw nami pictures mo a…tahum ang colors. did you invest in a good digital camera?
chiqui on May 22nd, 2009
same old camera i had when i was there.better eye lang seguro. hehe
Lorena Jotis Gallaza on August 31st, 2009
chiq…ikaw gid ini nag shoot sang mga picture?pwede ka na matawag professional photographer.regards to all and TO Manang DAKU.
chiqui on September 16th, 2009
lorena, thanks. I don’t think I’m a professional photographer. hehe. that’s too much
pinggoi on May 7th, 2009
According to mommy bees are disappearing because they cant stand the heat anymore… Nameh pictures mo chic ah.