Although I thought this was a thistle, I couldn’t find it by Googling it and my plant identifier said it wasn’t a flower! Finally I took a photo of my photo and reduced it in size and sharpened it and put it through the plant identifier again and sure enough, milk thistle! All in all I spent nearly an hour trying to post and identify. Crazy.
For Cee’s FOTD
Remember my post about the hungry nest of just-hatched swallows in my neighbors’ garage? HERE is a link to it if you didn’t see it. Well, above are four current photos of the hatchlings, who have now flown the nest. Photos taken on their terrace by my neighbor David Bershad.
Here are the same birdies before in a photo taken by me in their garage:
Oops. Had to pause in my passing and snap this lovely flower mural on a wall in Ajijic; Caught a bit of my car window in the bottom corner. Lots of new murals going up in town.
For Cee’s FOTD
After the Earthquake: Still Life with Cat
Kukla and Ollie’s usual resting place on the garage counter has been taken over by Jesus and Eduardo who are repainting the murals on my rebuilt walls. As usual, this cat knows the perfect pose for every situation and scene.
For Cee’s FOTD
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Primary Colors for Lens Artist Challenge 264
The last major earthquake to be felt here on Lake Chapala (we were not at the epicenter) did in this arch over my door that leads onto the street from my front yard. It had to be taken down and the painting around it done by master painter Jesus Lopez Vega was lost as well. Here it is, rebuilt and restored. He’s now painting my address with embellishment on the wall to the left and needs to paint the light cover. I’ll show more photos later. Wanted to show this for Thursday Doors, however, as I haven’t posted on it for some time.
HERE is a link that shows the door and arch before and during restoration.
For Thursday Doors
I don’t know how this shot came about. I used no editing or tricks, but of the thousands of road shots I sifted through to find a photo for Cee’s reinaugural Which Way challenge, this was the most intriguing. A very good depiction of too many days on the road! Even my camera seems to have been confused. Welcome back, Cee.
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