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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

ABC Wednesday: P is for Pools

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Piddling Pooling puddles plop 
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This fountain has 4 pools
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Pretty flowers around the pool
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Plentiful pools for birds to enjoy
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 Finally a precocious bather enjoying a pool.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Our World Tuesday: WRAL TV Azalea Garden

Sunday was cloudy in the morning and rainy in the afternoon.
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Fortunately the rain didn't start until after we made a morning visit to the WRAL TV Azalea Garden in Raleigh, NC.
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The Capitol Broadcasting Company founder A.J. Fletcher created the garden in 1959.
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The garden underwent a major renovation in the early 2000's
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The garden has 45 different varieties of azaleas.
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I was also taken with what a great habitat the garden is for birds.
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There are lots of birdhouses and birdbaths, suet cages and other treats.
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There is also a great variety of different plants as well as all the azaleas.
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The garden has whimsical touches.
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I'm sure it's a great place for people who work there to take a break.
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I like the winding paths and enjoyed walking down and around.
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There are also a lot of trees which I find restful in gardens.
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There is something about brand new green leaves that I love.
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I'll end with the whimsical tree ornaments.
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Friday, April 26, 2013

The Weekend in Black and White: A white camellia

I think the light and shadow on my white camellia, almost makes it look artificial.
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

SkyWatch Friday: Here and there

I avoid going to Crabtree Valley Mall whenever possible but I had a pretty day for it over the weekend.
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I don't know who the people on the mural outside of the Hudson Belk Store are.
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Back at home I shot the new leaves on the trees against the sky.
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Monday I shot a water tower when I went to work in Durham, NC.
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Wednesday we had a vivid blue sky although my trees and the driveway side of my house are hiding most of it.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

ABC Wednesday: Outdoors

It was nice getting outdoors today after working in the Durham, NC office.
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Before driving home I wandered out into Grace Garden.
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I don't have very many shots on my computer because my old one blew up this weekend and I haven't put back ups on the new computer yet. So these are shots I took Monday outdoors.
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I only lost a little over a month of photographs since I had disc back ups through March 12, 2013. It could have been worse.
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Friday, April 19, 2013

The Weekend in Black and White: Pollen Swim

The pollen was so thick on the edge of the lake that it looks like the duck is swimming through mud.
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

SkyWatch Friday: New Life Springs up against the Sky

I love this time of the year when everything outdoors seems so fresh and new.
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It's been a mix of weather where I live in terms of rainy, cloudy, sunny.
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I like the variety of spring days.
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Hopefully we're past any hard freezes and we probably are.
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In the part of NC where I live our average last frost day is around mid April.
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Even on our rainy days the sky has started to be colored with green leaves and flowers.     skywatDSCN5867
We've also had some blue skies which are nice.
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The shots are a jumbled mix.
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They were all taken over the past six days.
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Hard to decide which shots to use this week.
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I tend to take more pictures during the changing seasons.
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Particularly in the spring and then fall it seems like the changes happen on a daily basis.
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The amount of blue sky shots are misleading. There were more pictures I liked on the sunny days.
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The sky is hidden by the trees in some of these shots but that's the way it is when I look up this time of the year.
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