Tag: flowers
member name: Roy ☯ Hilbinger
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May 31, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
Out on the Cliff Walk today I stumbled upon a Bearded Iris and decided to do a macro study of it. Well, okay, there was a bug foraging down in there and that helped me decide to pull out the macro lens . . .
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May 31, 2007 09:28 PM EDT --
Okay, so I've been looking at this tree for years now and I'm still clueless as to what it is. It's on the Cliff Walk in the Salve Regina University area. I can't find this in either the . . .
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July 17, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
I've made a faux pas, a gaffe, a grave error! I've been a victim of my own horticultural hubris! I have (gasp) misidentified plants! No one accused me of this; I accuse myself.
Today during my . . .
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March 11, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
I took a walk down to the beach and back this morning. These are some of the things that caught my eye.
Easter is so early this year that I was wondering if there would be any Spring flowers up in . . .
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April 24, 2007 10:36 PM EDT --
Living in Newport, RI, hikes on my days off can be interesting. It's typical rocky, hilly New England here, but we're also on the Atlantic Ocean and so have beaches, tidal inlets, salt marshes, . . .
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July 17, 2007 08:54 PM EDT --
The Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge was developed on the site of an old Navy shooting range and communications center. When I first wandered out there in the '70s it was still a wasteland of . . .
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September 28, 2007 09:45 PM EDT --
On my weekly walk through Ballard Park and around Gooseneck Cove today I noticed that the fall Asters are out in force, so I thought I'd share them with you.
First we have some Swamp Asters, also . . .
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January 08, 2008 07:15 PM EST --
I was all set to do laundry today until I heard the weather forecast - mostly sunny and warm, with the high temps approaching 60. so naturally I heard the call of the wild and decided the laundry could . . .
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May 05, 2008 06:16 PM EDT --
I went down to Big Pond today to see if I could find that Snapper again, but still no luck. But I got a lot of other interesting shots there, as well as on the Cliff Walk a little later.
While walking . . .
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July 18, 2009 08:03 PM EDT --
There are flowers everywhere you look in town now.
© 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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September 30, 2009 04:54 PM EDT --
Taking the long route home from the library today, I went down to the Cliff Walk just to breathe salt air and feel the breeze. I noticed that the Calico Aster is up in profusion along the Walk, and stopping . . .
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May 24, 2008 07:36 PM EDT --
I figured today would be a good day to head out to the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge again - sunny, warm, and a light breeze. Well, it was definitely a good day out there. Lots of birds around, . . .
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July 06, 2008 08:13 PM EDT --
I went on my usual Sunday hike down in Ballard Park and around Gooseneck Cove today. The meadow on the floor of the old quarry in Ballard Park is really alive right now - wildflowers and bugs of all kinds . . .
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February 28, 2009 07:20 PM EST --
Winter dies into the spring, to be born again in the autumn.
- Marche Blumenberg
Photograph © 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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March 11, 2009 05:19 PM EDT --
I know a lot of people have had their flowers blooming for a bit now and have been flooding Gather with celebrations of Spring. But here on the New England coast Spring comes a bit more slowly and a little . . .
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May 25, 2008 11:06 PM EDT --
My usual Sunday jaunt down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove. The foliage is now full and there's lots of shade. There was a nice cooling breeze out of the NW but it was still a warm day.
In . . .
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June 05, 2008 03:44 PM EDT --
I went on a good, long hike Tuesday, which shows you how tired I was, since it's two days later and I'm only just getting around to posting the shots and photo essay. This time I'm not doing . . .
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May 05, 2009 08:36 PM EDT --
Sunday was another of what the Irish would call a "soft day" - overcast, humid, mild, and occasional light showers. I went back down to Ballard Park to see if I could convince some songbirds . . .
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May 17, 2009 07:35 PM EDT --
I went down to Ballard Park today to see how the wildflowers situation is coming along. Eureka! The Lily-of-the-Valley and the Canada Mayflower on the Valley Trail are in full bloom and smelling so sweet. . . .
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November 21, 2009 05:28 PM EST --
Today provided some nice diffuse light - a light overcast that let lots of soft light through. Perfect for photography, so I took the scenic route to the library and grocery store via the Cliff Walk. . . .
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