A three-image collage of Texas flowers — pale violet Texas baby blue eyes with a honey bee on one bloom, a coral-red prickly pear cactus flower among spiny blue-green pads, and tall purple mealy blue sage spikes with an American bumble bee in flight.

MNOtably Floral

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The time has come for another edition of Flora ABCs. This week, Terri’s Flower Hour #44 reaches the letters M, N, and O. No matter where one goes in springtime in Texas, one will always be presented with a diverse … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #333 – Complementary Colors

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Since the Lens-Artists Challenge started in 2018, we have had several themes involving colors: warm colors, cool colors, monochromes, colors of autumn, etc. Are we ready to have more fun with colors? Let’s get our crayons and see how we … Read More

A Moment of Serenity: Lady on Blue

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The American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) is a fascinating butterfly closely related to the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui). Distinguishing them can be difficult. A significant difference between the two butterflies is the underside of their hindwings. As you can see … Read More