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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe photos that you'll see here are all your fault!
All of you inspired me to get out into my back yard and photograph these amazing oak-leaved hydrangeas!
Thank you so much, and enjoy!
I took them with my Olympus Mark IV camera, mirrorless. My lens was my 100 to 400 mm lens.




Biophilic
(6,678 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)chowder66
(12,505 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I appreciate your very kind remarks!
LoisB
(13,459 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)people
(847 posts)Thank you!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)Figarosmom
(13,321 posts)And so are my Annabelles. Nice shots.😊 It's a pleasure to explore your backyard with you.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)These are super flowers and they go on for a while.
Glad to have you along for the ride!
malaise
(297,913 posts)My Dear CaliforniaPeggy 😀
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I appreciate your support.
Xipe Totec
(44,588 posts)To the Azores in the middle of the Atlantic. I'll make sure to take photos of the hydrangeas just for you.
Yours are lovely, by the way.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)Enjoy your time in the Azores.
I look forward to seeing yours.
And I'm thrilled that you like mine!
GoneOffShore
(18,035 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)CapnSteve
(412 posts)You have inspired me to get my camera out or maybe post a few more pics from the Grand Canyon!
So happy for your awesome recovery - another inspiration from you!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)Inspiration is a wonderful thing. We can spread it around so easily and then others can benefit from it.
Whatever you want to post sounds great!
HighFired49
(518 posts)Love your photos, and so glad you're feeling better.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)Glad you enjoyed!
Today has been a good day.
Trueblue Texan
(4,607 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)canetoad
(21,010 posts)Like hydrangeas but not a type i'd ever seen. Just beautiful and so glad you are getting out in the fresh air and greenery.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I really felt the inspiration from yesterday's thread, so I determined that today I would act! These photos are the result.
I had fun.
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,834 posts)I'm so glad to see you feeling better.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)Glad you're enjoying the photos!
judesedit
(4,602 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I'm no pro, but I have the "eye" and very good equipment! That covers a lot of what it takes to get a good photo.
Of course there will be more photos! Probably not today.
sueh
(1,972 posts)Thank you for the lovely pictures.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I was really inspired by yesterday's thread, and since the flowers are so abundant, well, there I was!
Glad you enjoyed them.
Botany
(77,846 posts)Great plant!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)These always put on a show, every year. I just love them. Very hardy, don't need much care.
SheltieLover
(81,683 posts)TY for sharing!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)And you know how I am about sharing!
Tanuki
(16,508 posts)not only to be out and about, but to be enjoying the beauty of nature and sharing your delightful pictures with us! Keep 'em coming, dear Peggy!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I did enjoy being outside with the sunlight and breeze . . .
But I have limited energy and very soon I will be taking a nap! Normal for me at this time of day.
I will always be taking photos!
Diamond_Dog
(41,035 posts)because I must be the only person on Earth who tried to grow one and it died. ☹️
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I very much doubt that your plant didn't thrive because you didn't treat it right. It was probably in the wrong zone.
I am glad that you're enjoying my photos!
H2O Man
(79,240 posts)Thank you for these!
I'm feeling fortunate today, because my boys came to help me on the lawn & garden. I can't put my finger on it, but I'm not capable of doing as much work in a day as I could fifty years ago. Maybe as much in a day as I used to do in well under and hour.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)None of us could do the work we did fifty years ago! NONE. That is a given fact.
We have other abilities. We have wisdom, and love and insight.
I'm so glad you're here so we can talk.
gademocrat7
(12,025 posts)Thank you for sharing them with us.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)I'm very glad that you enjoyed them.
Old Crank
(7,255 posts)I hope to post some more inspiration shortly.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)3catwoman3
(29,782 posts)...for getting you out into your backyard so you could treat us to these photos.
And, as far as napping goes, I am quite fond of both napping, especially with a cat on y lap, and an acronym told to us by one of my husband's friends - SCAN = Senior Citizen Afternoon Nap.
So, SCAN away. It's one of the privileges of retirement.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)Naps regularly save my life! I had a most refreshing one today that lasted about 90 minutes. That's pretty standard for me.
I love your acronym!
3catwoman3
(29,782 posts)Retired Old Men Eating Out -
I'm trying to think of a ladies' version of that. All I've come up with so far using JULIET is - Just Us Ladies In Elegant Tearooms.
niyad
(134,016 posts)oldsoldierfadingfast
(369 posts)the responsibility of it being our fault! Especially when we see the, oh, sooooo beautiful results!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)samplegirl
(14,124 posts)I can't wait for mine to get growing.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)blueknight73
(344 posts)Your beautiful pictures Peggy. I see them on your other social media platforms as well!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)niyad
(134,016 posts)Thank you so very much.
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)BumRushDaShow
(172,205 posts)They can be fussy but you did fantastic job capturing the fine details of the flower panicles!!!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)Thanks for your kind remarks, my dear BumRushDaShow! I greatly appreciate them.
bluestarone
(22,465 posts)YOU brighten every bodies day.That's for sure!! TYVM!!
CaliforniaPeggy
(156,963 posts)
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