Late Summer Garden Update: Winged Beauties, Blooms & Bunnies Around the Potting Shed — Home is Where the Boat Is

I’ve been stalking butterflies, hummingbirds and moths with my camera lately. They provide some welcome color in the heat of summer when the flowers are waning and add another dimension to the garden. I’m all aflutter over these winged beauties blooming in the garden! Warning photo heavy post ahead. . .🦋🌸🦋🌺🦋 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is […] … Continue reading Late Summer Garden Update: Winged Beauties, Blooms & Bunnies Around the Potting Shed — Home is Where the Boat Is

I’m still sharing images from our peaceful trip to the gardens near the mountains. Let’s just say that seeing these images brings all those feelings of wonder I held while sitting in the gardens, listening to the wind, the birdsong, my own thoughts. I often forget how meaningful moments like this are… and how few and far between they seem to be. Of course, since I love taking photographs, I am out there more often than most. However, I don’t think others are any less lacking in the connection to nature. Time just seems so quickly fleeting.

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This little guy was seriously small. He could have sat in the palm of my hand and had extra room. Funny thing is that for some reason he was hot and wanted to find shade. He stood beneath my shadow to stay cool. It was rather hard getting a picture of him that…

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France – Velodyssey : The ” Port de la Cayenne” , Marennes – La Tremblade – 30 photos

Beautiful Photography

ICI & LA NATURE PICTURES

The port of La Cayenne is the oyster port of Marennes, small river town

of the Charente-Maritime

which is today one of the main oyster-farming ports of France.

Crossing France from north to south along the Atlantic,

the cycling track of 1,200 km makes it possible

to make a real cycling odyssey through the landscapes,

the cities and the terroirs of

Western France.

The Velodyssey is France’s longest

marked cycle trail.

It starts in Brittany and ends near the Spanish border , from

Roscoff to Hendaye in the Basque Country.

France-Velodyssey Cycling from La Rochelle to Royan and Bordeaux

It is located on the Atlantic coast, in the heart of the

Marennes-Oléron basin,

the first oyster basin in France and even in Europe

France-Velodyssey Cycling from La Rochelle to Royan and Bordeaux

The Cayenne is the name traditionally given

to the port

located on the Seudre river

at the end of…

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Photography: A New Garden, A New View (Post #2)

Nice View!

Sumyanna Writes

So here we are again, at the new gardens. It was actually a very peaceful place to visit and though there were people around, you always seemed to have most of the garden to yourself. We sat beneath a shade tree and ate lunch, while listening to the sound of songbirds hiding in the trees. And though it was rather warm, the shade somehow made the day seem so much cooler.

To me, I think my heart has found another home. While there are not as many flowers as the Botanic Gardens, there are enough to keep you taking pictures. The main draw to this magical place is the peacefulness that fills your heart, the sense that it’s okay to take things a bit slower, that its okay to gush over nature’s beauty.

I do hope you enjoy the view. There’s nothing like sharing the world’s best kept secrets with…

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