Photo-a-Day Week 12

If you are still reading along, we are now reviewing week 12. Travel has made it interesting as I am not following my regular routine. 

Day 76- 

Power substations dot our area. This one is on the way to where we board our dogs. 

Power

Day 77-

As we drove up to New Jersey to babysit for a week, we were presented with this glorious sunrise just outside of Charlotte, NC. 

Sunrise

Day 78- 

We babysat our 4-year-old granddaughter this week. There were a lot of puzzles done, some more than once. She is a whiz at puzzles!

Puzzles

Day 79-

I know many who saw this photo thought this was a real lizard! Nope, we bought one for each of our grandkids (at the time) and this one is enjoyed in the bath. At first I thought we bought it at one of the many zoos we have frequented since having grandkids but after some thought my husband said we purchased it at Missouri Botanical Garden gift shop. He was right!

Bath time

Day 80-

One day we went to Greenway Meadows to let her play on the playground and run! This was once part of the lower farm of Archibald Douglas Russell's 247-acre estate at the turn of the 20th century. This property was purchased in 1949 by Robert Wood Johnson, of the Johnson and Johnson family, The lands are in the D & R Land Trust, in 2001 55 acres were deeded to Princeton, creating Greenway Meadows Park. You can read about it here. 

London Plane tree

Day 81-

If you drive around New Jersey you understand why it is called the Garden State. Many farms dot the landscape, this one is just outside Princeton. 

Farm

Day 82-

This day we went to the Elmwood Zoo. I took a photo of the fountain, which is just outside the entrance and gift shop area. 

Water

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Photo-a-Day Week 11

Week eleven and still going strong! 

Day 69- 

We still keep honey bees and dress in our beekeeper outfits when we tend to them. We were done, closed the hives, and came up the driveway to empty the smoker. I always listen to make sure I don't have any bees following me away from the hives. I heard nothing. After extinguishing the smoker I looked across the street to all my daffodils blooming in our septic drain field and thought I should take a photo. Reaching in my back pocket to get my cell I encountered a couple of bees hanging out on my phone. Needless to say, I was stung a couple times.

Which Finger Got Stung?

Day 70- 

This photo is kind of fun. One trick I learned along the way is using your video function. I took this photo/video while my husband was driving. I videoed the house as we drove by. My cell has a function where you can grab or rather export individual frames from a video to your folder. I have used this to get a mid-air photo of my five-year-old grandson jumping off a stone wall.  Anyhow, after I took the video I noticed the white smoke on the left side of the image. I thought it made for an eeriness to the photo. The white is a reflection of my windbreaker sleeve off the window. 

Rainy Day

Day 71- 

In the springtime we have an abundance of wildflowers that grow along our road. In the photo below there are Bluets, Houstonia pusilla, and Draba verna, a tiny white flower. 

Wildflowers Along the Road

Day 72- 

We had trees fall from the Hurricane in September. Root balls with upended trees still dot the landscape. This root ball has a clump of daffodils blooming. 

Resilience 

Day 73- 

While at the beauty shop to get my hair cut, I thought I'd get a photo for this day. So many items from which to choose!

Product

Day 74-  

Spring is here! My Crabapple is blooming. This one is Malus x 'Red Silver'. The leaves are burgundy and the blooms pink. The honey bees enjoy the pollen and nectar on these trees.

Crabapple bloom with Honey Bee

Day 75- 

Across the street from our house are many lots that still have trees on them. Some are septic fields but a few are buildable lots. I did no filter or light adjustment on this. Through the trees is a cleared area where the timber company has cleared the lumber and is getting ready to replant. 

Gloomy

That's all for this week, come back again next week!

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Photo-a-Day Week 10

Another week is done. This isn't as easy as it would seem. Every day I am looking for something to photograph. Trying to photograph a different view or a different angle and keep it interesting for everyone is truly a challenge

Day 62-

Playing hide and seek with my grandsons. See the little toes behind the curtain? It was the giggling that gave them away. One is 5 and his brother is 2 and they love to play hide and seek.

You Don't See Me

Day 63-

Once we got home from visiting the kids, we needed to retrieve the dogs and cat from boarding. Once we were in our small neighborhood, the rear window was lowered so Liebling could survey her realm. 

The Ride Home

Day 64-

We have been behind in our rainfall totals this year, so every raindrop is appreciated. 

Raindrop Prism

Day 65-

Once again I am drawn to backlit items in the yard/ garden. From afar, this looked like a bloom and I couldn't figure out what it might be.  The Post Oak leaf glowed golden in the sun..

Backlit

Day 66-

Thursday was a busy day, I hosted our neighborhood book club, and a little later we picked up a friend and drove to Walhalla for a concert. The sunset was brilliant. While sitting in the backseat I kept trying to get a good photo of the bold colors.

Sunset from the Backseat

Day 67-

Spring is beginning to pop, every day there is something new emerging. Today was a fern, unfurling its frond- from a tight spiral. It wasn't until I looked at the photo on my cellphone that I noticed the dog hair hanging on the new growth. This is a Southern Shield Fern or River fern, it goes by many common names. Thelypteris kunthii, a native fern in our area. The Fibonacci sequence is where each number is the sum of the previous two numbers. This sequence is found throughout nature, from seed patterns on sunflowers to nautilus shells. It is the Golden Ratio.  

Fibonacci with Dog Hair

Day 68-  

This photo may not seem too exciting, but it is our attempt to block the opening around our dryer vent round tube.  For the past few years, we have had an Eastern Rat Snake living in the space around the vent. The builders cut a square hole to place a round pipe for the vent. That little triangle was the perfect spot for Mr. Snake to reside. We had some temporary blocking but this should be more permanent.  Goodbye Mr. Snake! If you are not keen on snakes, do not scroll any lower, I have included a photo from a few years ago with our 'friend'. 

Dryer Vent

Many thanks for stopping by again this week. Time marches on, I am writing this quickly as I was stung after we were working with the bees this morning. After we were done, I reached for my phone in my back pocket and there was a bee on my phone. She stung me on my finger and I am sure as it swells, typing will be harder. 

Here's one of the photos from a few years ago when the snake had taken up residence in that spot. 

©Copyright 2025 Janet. All rights reserved. Content created by Janet for The Queen of Seaford. words and photos by Janet, The Queen of Seaford.