What confessions you may say? Well I have not been here for a while. Life is busy and keeping us out of trouble. I am still with Matthew. He is not going to school this year, but next year. I better enjoy this time even more. I know I will miss him.
Oh, I forgot about the confessions. The confession I have is that I started a local blog in our town Living In Aurora. I noticed that over the 13 years lot changed in our town. So for the record, I started to post pictures locally from our town and write. I write my opinions. I try to stay away from politics, as it is very confusing topic to be involve in, but I vote.
I felt like I was walking the streets and trails and saw so much. I started to share. I started to see the growth, so I started to take more pictures. I started to see flaws in our town, so I started to get involved. I think it was time for me to raise my opinions publicly.
I guess you know why I have been absent here. Yes I been spending more time there. But no worries, this blog My Only Photo and Story Blog was born with Matthew and I am not leaving the premises. I may post less, and visit less, but I will be here.
I hope you enjoyed my English garden flower showcase for today.
I admire you for getting more involved in your community, but I'm very glad you will still be posting your marvelous photos on this blog.
ReplyDeleteYou are the Queen of the Macro. I bow to your superior skill and finesse.
ReplyDeleteI will have to go look at your other blog. I'm glad you're writing!
Piękne kwiaty i niezłe macro, maki wyglądają bardzo fajnie, pozdrawiam Aniu serdecznie:)
ReplyDeleteHi Anna,
ReplyDeleteYour expertise with macros and depth of fields is spectacular! I'm an eternal fan of your pictures, all of them.
Its great that you are writing about current issues in Aurora. Blogs are simple yet effective tools to communicate the views of a common citizen. All the best for that project!
Beautiful close-ups. And I reminder that I still have not managed to get to Merlin's Hollow.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful photos! Hope you are having a great summer!
ReplyDeleteExcellent Macros Anna! I think, you got good command over using your new camera. I would love to see pictures of your town.
ReplyDeleteI like the head of flower
ReplyDeleteI prefer the second
Really nice Anna, the flowers are something special.
ReplyDeleteHI Anna, Looks like a great garden to visit... Your pictures are awesome.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe you are starting a 3rd blog. Good Luck..I have trouble just keeping up with ONE... ha
Hugs,
Betsy
Hola Anna,
ReplyDeleteEse jardín es el Eden, las fotos tienen una nitidez muy buena. Un abrazo y feliz verano
Beautiful flowers Anna.
ReplyDeleteI love the second one.
Beautiful flowers. Last shot is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful photos of the flowers. Yes, enjoy little Matthew now, once they start to school, they think they are grown up and seem to grow a little further away from Mommy. Thanks for your visits. I to have been busy, I have to do most of the running and fetching, so that keeps me out of trouble, along with the other things, like grocery shopping, putting away the items, preparing meals, doing the laundry and etc. As I've always said, a man can retire from his job and do more or less what he wants, a woman retires from an outside the home job and still has all the things to do in the home like before and find it takes as long as it did when working a full time job. I say it doesn't really take as long, but it's just by the time we retire we've also slowed down some. LOL
ReplyDeletebeautiful and the details have come out so well!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, very beautiful Anna. As Marvin the Martian said, Queen of the Macro indeed!
ReplyDeleteSimply stunning captures as always Anna dear! And I admire you for being busy with your community's blog too! And of course you should enjoy Matthew while he's still at home. I'll keep viwsiting and thank you for visiting totally-useless too. {{{HUGS}}} my friend!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photographs! It's been far too long since I've made the time to meander through a botanical garden. 'tis good to hear from you again. Stay well. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteAwesome flower show here anna, I admire these beauties... each in unique! It’s wonderful knowing about the English garden and your new local picture blog. Will hop to see how it goes. Hope u all doing great there. Take care dear :)
ReplyDeleteThe last time I went to confession I was living with my parents, and that was a very long time ago - pre kids and grandchildren days.
ReplyDeleteNow that you've reminded me of that fact, I better do something about it before I kick the bucket. And yes, Glorious images once again.
Take Care,
Peter
Anna, these are so fine flower images, really wonderful macros, I've enjoyed them very much!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday :-)
You don't only have a beautiful garden, but macros of a supreme quality too.
ReplyDeletePS Thank you for the nice comment. It was much appreciated.
beautiful shots! they are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous Anna! The colors and details are so beautiful. The lighting is so magical in these images, excellent work!
ReplyDeleteMost beautiful Anna!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy that little one as long as you can - my baby is having babies now - they grow too fast and those grandbabies are the best too!
I will check out your new blog.
Take care, my friend!
Kathy
Very pretty collection of photos celebrating the beauty of the season
ReplyDeleteit is exciting to watch our babies grown and become their own person through stages of life
good luck with all your new plans
fantastic series of photos, amazing colors I love macro world. :)
ReplyDeleteAnna:
ReplyDeleteYou re the best photographer of wild flowers I ever saw. Just wonderful.
The queen and I just returned from Vancouver. It was a fabulous city. It reminds me of a college town. Young people were everywhere, even late into the evenings.
Our youngest daughter just got married and the ceremony was great. I had tears in my eyes throughout the entire ceremony. We just hope that she still comes to visit us in a regular basis. Every week would be nice. We'll see how it goes.
I always love your posts.
Happy trails
each photograph is so lovely, such wonderful portraits!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful psot Anna, and yes enjoy the fact that your kid is not going to school yet, when they start that, that's a pit...frustrating ;-)
ReplyDeletePozdrawiam Aniu wrześniowo:)
ReplyDelete...Anna! These are absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful color and sharp...lovely composition. Enjoy this last year before he goes to school. Lots of freedom goes away when homework starts! I'll have to drop by your new blog.
ReplyDeleteThose are some amazing compositions and that last image is truly awesome Anna...Thomas
ReplyDeleteI can smell the flowers through my computer screen.Fantastic macros, Anna.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful images Anna. Love the way you frame and compose your flower images. Outstanding work as always. I visited your Living in Aurora blog. A great web site! Is that Matthew with you on your About page? Can't believe how much he has grown. Hope all is well with you and your family.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your 3rd blog, Anna! These photos are outstanding, I really enjoyed them all. Just enjoy your little son as much as you can because one day he will go away with another girl. :-))
ReplyDeleteWhen you don't visit a garden for awhile, it gives you a fresh lens when you return. Hope all goes well with your community blog. Good for you to stretch your talents in new ways. Enjoyed your photos.
ReplyDeletewhat a superb set of photos! BTW, I created a new blog here: http://krizcpec2.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteTalk again soon. :)
Fantastic shot. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteHi Anna. I've been posting much less too, although for different reasons. I agree that you should enjoy Matthew as much as possible before he goes to school, because then, the years will fly even faster.
ReplyDeleteYou will be involved in your blogs then, so that will help with the transition. The community blog sounds like an all-around good thing to do.
I'm glad you have access to these gardens and yes, your photos are very beautiful!
Very beautiful images Anna.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed looking over your work :)
All the best
Marinela
Each image is competing for attention, however the last one takes it all...Thomas
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