Giant Pacific octopus up close vignette Macro Monday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may not appear…
Milkweed seedpods are beautiful and unique. Milkweed, Asclepias spp., is well-known for attracting monarch butterflies. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are…
I saw this purple Cattleya orchid up close at the Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle recently. This plant is part…
This cactus close up picture was taken at Volunteer Park Conservatory in Seattle. The cactus was only a few inches…
I saw these iceplants in California up close at Leffingwell Landing Park. This plant, Carpobrotus chilensis, is known as an…
I took pictures of this checkerspot butterfly up close on Winter Ridge in Oregon. I believe it's a Anicia Checkerspot,…
This photo shows a beautiful pink & white tulip up close. This particular flower is special because it's the only…
Today I'm sharing a couple photos of a dwarf purple monkeyflower up close. This tiny flower is blossoming now in…
Here's a picture of Petunias up close I took last summer. These delicate looking blossoms have a powerful, sweet scent.…
This photo showing arrowheads up close was taken at Petersen Rock Garden & Museum. This unique roadside attraction is in…
Here is a close up view of some Petersen rocks. I took this picture at Petersen Rock Garden and Museum…
Here is a photo of my cat's eye up close. She likes to sit on my lap every time I…
Today I'm sharing some of my green glass from the past. It's nice to collect things you can actually use.…
I saw these Rudbeckia up close while walking along the Deschutes River trail in Bend, Oregon. Macro Monday Flower of…
I decided to take pictures of some of the fruit and flowers in our garden today before they fade away.…
a pansy rainbowradiating happinesson a summer day Macro Monday
A Jenday conure up close at my house. I sometimes take care of my son's conure when he goes on…
Here's a picture of beautiful purple clematis blossoms up close in July of last year. Clematis vines do well in…
This a fine feather I found while walking in a park in Bend, Oregon. This large feather belonged to some…
Here's a picture of a white cosmos up close, taken a couple of days ago in Bend, Oregon. Cooler weather…
Florists and gardeners use red flowers to represent a wide variety of emotions and characteristics. You may associate them with…
These Canna Lily leaves are beautiful up close. Lovely shapes, lines, and colors. Canna lily, Oregon Garden, Silverton, Oregon Macro…
I always think of yellow and gold flower petals as capturing sunlight in a flower. The flowers shown in this…
After waking up one morning, I stumbled into my darkened kitchen to make coffee. I almost stepped on this Jerusalem…
This black cottonwood up close picture was taken at Malheur NWR headquarters in Oregon. I kinda have a thing for…
This limb held an interesting collection of lichens & moss. It had a great variety of colors and textures. Golden…
I saw this gorgeous pink chrysanthemum on the High Desert Garden Tour last year. Though native to China and northeastern…
I call this a double yolk thunderegg because two of these round rocks formed together. Thundereggs are Oregon's state rock.…
Here's a photograph of Euphorbia, up close, growing in the fall. In spring, this type has bright yellow flowers. These…
Here's a picture of lungwort up close, taken near the North Santiam River in Oregon. Lungwort, Lobania pulmonaria Also known…
Skimmia shrub with berries up close. This plant was seen at the Portland Japanese Garden in the fall. Macro Monday
These Oregon grape leaves were frosty around the edges. This picture, taken in November, shows the leaves getting their fall…
Could this be a pickled herring fossil? I got this fossil from my mom and don't know anything about it's…
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls…
This and that rock from Fischer Canyon, Oregon. According to the Central Oregon rockhounding map, published by the Bureau of…
A red begonia framed in blue in Alger, Washington. Macro Monday
This piece of jasper, shown up close, comes from Fischer Canyon, south of Prineville Reservoir. I liked this rock because…
I saw these multi-colored trailing petunias in a hanging basket in downtown Bend. Since they produce so many flowers, another…
wind-sculpted mountainsemerge from sandy shorelinesembrace life, vanish Note: These sand "mountains" near Waldport, Oregon are about 1/2 inch tall. Weekly…
These colorful lichens at Lake Abert look like bits of captured sunshine. Colorful lichens at Lake Abert, Oregon Macro Monday