St. Paul, MN Photos

unidentified

I saw them while I was walking the dog.

Close up

This one is so close you almost can’t tell what it is. I grow lilies, lots of them.  They are easy to grow and they multiply.  I have some lilies by the back steps that I planted twenty years ago. They need little care and they bloom without fail.  I think I like taking photos of them as much as I like taking photos of valves.

No Bee

I have a friend who has a way with flower photographs. There was a bee in almost every shot. I don’t have that kind of luck, or maybe it is skill.

This is my 500th blog post on this blog. I recently missed two days of posting or I would be able to say that I posted 500 days in a row.  I have to say I enjoy doing it. I like being able to do something with my photos and I can’t stop taking them so this is working out well.  Thanks for stopping by and for the comments.

Fourpaugh's Restaurant

I have a love hate relationship with my wide angle lens. There is distortion in this photo but it was for fun.  I noticed that someone took pictures of the inside of this restaurant with a wide angle lens.  I think they would look better if the photographer would have kept the lens level or straightened the photos before publishing them.   Sometimes distortion can make a photo look artistic at other times it can look the the person taking the shot is having trouble.

Wild geranium

They don’t look like the geraniums I have on my front porch. The flowers are much smaller but I think they are prettier.  I would not expect to find any of these blooming around the twin cities for a couple of weeks but right now they are in full bloom.