by susan preston | Jul 11, 2019 | Photo of the Day, Santa Fe, This Life
Secret Beauty With the bumper crop of apricots ripening on my tree I’ve spent most of the last two days preserving literally hundreds of them. You can imagine my surprise when I discovered a laybug tucked behind one of the stones of an apricot I was pitting....
by susan preston | Oct 18, 2018 | Nature, Photo of the Day, Travel
Butterfly and Clover Although it was quite some time ago, I clearly remember photographing this little fellow. Remarkably, I was just inches away from him with a macro lens, but he just went about his business, floating among the clover blossoms. Photo...
by susan preston | Oct 11, 2018 | Nature, Photo of the Day, Santa Fe
Delicacy True strength is delicate. –Louise Berliawsky Nvelson When I purchased the amazing zoom lens that was used to take this picture I had images of whales and other large mammals in mind, not insects. But just last week, while lazing on the porch glider...
by susan preston | Aug 27, 2018 | Flowers, Photo of the Day
Stung She said, “After you get stung, you can’t get unstung no matter how much you whine about it. ” – Sue Monk Kidd Photo Credits: Yellow Jacket by Susan J. Preston. Bishop’s Garden in Washington, DC ©2007, all rights reserved...
by susan preston | Aug 13, 2018 | Flowers, Photo of the Day
Seeing the Taste of Honey Every time I see a bee I see the taste of honey. Photo Credits: Seeing the Taste of Honey by Susan J. Preston. Santa Fe, NM ©2018, all rights reserved Technical: iPhone 6+ More images and musings… Cascading Petals...