Marsha's Garden Blog: I Heart Macro - A Bit Of Everything...

Welcome To My Garden Blog…

Working in the garden, looking and admiring nature, watching how organisms interact all feed my inner being. Getting my hands into the soil connects me with the earth.

This is probably why I am so drawn to work in clay (porcelain and other earth clays).

Here in my Mid-Atlantic, US garden, which is considered Hardiness Zone 7A by the USDA, Spring is here and will soon be coming to a close.

I have cleared most of the Coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans that had Aster yellows and am keeping a close eye for other plants showing symptoms this year.

I am delighted to say that I am again, falling in love with my garden. 2011 growing season stuck a fork right through my heart, and I am happy it is now in the past and nature is taking her turn at moving things forward into the 2012 growing season...

Sunday, July 3, 2011

I Heart Macro - A Bit Of Everything...

I'm a huge fan of macro pictures.

If you are too, take a peek at:

I Heart Macro, hosted by Studio Waterstone every Sunday…

Here are some pics that I've taken this week:

A Teeny Tiny Toad on 3/4" river rock pebbles.

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"Milkshake" Cone Flower blooming in my Garden.

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Caterpillar in camouflage on broken 1/2" diameter twig.

Porcelain Clay Grid Shards drying.

I am pretty excited about the quality of photos from my iPhone

(sometimes with small hand lens).

Makes it easier to take so many pictures without worrying about having another camera with me all the time. These are no digital SLR macro photos, but I'm ok with that for the time being...

Make sure to stop by next week to see what else I've been looking at up close.

And swing over to Studio Waterstone to see more entries for this I Heart Macro Event!

9 comments:

hello gorgeousJuly 3, 2011 at 5:56 AM
gorgeous shots....all but the caterpillar...I know they can be cute {sometimes} but this little monster looks menacing, even tho' he's in camouflage!

hugs

hello gorgeous xxx
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JenniJuly 3, 2011 at 7:25 AM
Lovely shots, Marsha. That little toad is quite sweet. And the shards look very interesting, will look for them glazed.
Jenni
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My Life Under the BusJuly 3, 2011 at 7:27 AM
The toad and the flower are amazing but that catapiller looks positively alien! Eek!
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kimmykatsJuly 3, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Oh I love the caterpillar! I always hound my poor toads and have some fun shots I have to share. I will be watching to see the final resutls on the glazing.
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Three Birds InspiredJuly 3, 2011 at 9:46 AM
The caterpiller shot is amazing!
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AnnetteJuly 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM
They are all amazing! The caterpillar looks like he's wearing armor!
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HollyJuly 3, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Wait. These aren't taken with a digital camera? But an iPhone? Holy Cow, man... Incredible! I love that caterpillar, even though I normally don't ;)
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PattyJuly 3, 2011 at 4:22 PM
They're all beautiful shots, Marsha! I especially love your coneflower. :-)
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Shannon ChomanczukJuly 3, 2011 at 5:32 PM
Can't believe these are from your phone. Great shots!
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