It was past time to mow grass around the garage. . . second time this year, so it needed it. This area has Carolina wild petunia
(Ruellia caroliniensis), a few Black-eyed Susan (
Rudbeckia hirta), and some other plants blooming. Over the years I've mowed around a few plants to let them go to seed to ensure they continue to bloom in future years. This has worked for 25 years and I look forward to enjoying the flowers each year.
Still, it bothers me to mow down the beauty. If I didn't mow, plant succession would take over and I would loose them in a few years. So, the mower is like a herd of grazing dinosaurs keeping the grassy meadow intact. Maybe using oil from the age of the dinosaurs to power the mower kinda keeps their spirit alive (that's a really long stretch). While mowing back and forth there isn't much to think about and the dinosaur to oil to gas to mowing idea passed the time.
The accompanying pictures were made with my new Droid camera phone. It has a pretty incredible macro setting and the pictures aren't bad. Definitely not even close to the quality of my Canon 5D MII, but not bad. I'll play with the phone camera and eventually figure out how to use it best. There is an old adage that says it isn't the camera, but the photographer, who makes good images. Time will tell.
It was past time to mow grass around the garage. . . second time this year, so it needed it. This area has Carolina wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), a few Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), and some other plants blooming. Over the years I've mowed around a few plants to let them go to seed to ensure they continue to bloom in future years. This has worked for 25 years and I look forward to enjoying the flowers each year.
Still, it bothers me to mow down the beauty. If I didn't mow, plant succession would take over and I would loose them in a few years. So, the mower is like a herd of grazing dinosaurs keeping the grassy meadow intact. Maybe using oil from the age of the dinosaurs to power the mower kinda keeps their spirit alive (that's a really long stretch). While mowing back and forth there isn't much to think about and the dinosaur to oil to gas to mowing idea passed the time.
The accompanying pictures were made with my new Droid camera phone. It has a pretty incredible macro setting and the pictures aren't bad. Definitely not even close to the quality of my Canon 5D MII, but not bad. I'll play with the phone camera and eventually figure out how to use it best. There is an old adage that says it isn't the camera, but the photographer, who makes good images. Time will tell.
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