Wednesday, June 16, 2010

My garden after a misty rain

I went out into my vegetable garden to take a few photos right after a morning rain. There was a beautiful intensity to the light, and everything was wet and sparkling. Click on any picture to see it bigger.


Purple kohlrabi.



I took a picture of this tiny yellow fly. It wasn't until I looked at the photo close up that I saw that it had pink eyes.


This is the beginning of a sunflower bud.



Variegated nasturtium leaves.



Kale leaves with rain drops.



One of my honeybees on a calendula blossom.



A ghostly dew-covered spiderweb on speckled lettuce.



This beautiful emerald green visitor comes by regularly. I think it is a small bee species, but I'm not quite sure yet.



My borage is starting to bloom. Twilight blue stars covered in diamonds.
I planted borage for the bees, so far it is attracting bumblebees.






'Divina butterhead' lettuce.



'Bull's Blood' beets.



'Quatre Saisons' French lettuce.



A purple finch made a nest right in a hanging basket of lobelia on our kitchen porch.
Sadly, when the eggs were only about a week old the nest was robbed and completely empty, and the mother finch had left. I suspect bluejays.



2 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures. How much borage did you plant? If you catch the bees on it get the camera out. I was planning on planting some next year but I’ll wait to see how you make out. My bees are on basswood right now….and thistle, clover, and milkweed.

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  2. The finch nest with eggs in the lobelia is a stunningly beautiful photo. Sad to hear the jays got the eggs.

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