BlogHide Reblurtsreddragonfly in blurtlife • 4 years agoBlurt Thoughts: How Do We Stay Interested in Things?Like it holds true for many people, I have been busy. Busy with the basic things of life. Perhaps it also holds true for many people that when we get really busy with things we have to do…reddragonfly in blurtography • 4 years agoThe Inside Life of Flowers!Having a little fun with photos of some of the wildflowers growing in our garden. I don't know what these are called; they remind me a little of hollyhocks, but are not: In some ways, they…reddragonfly in blurtography • 4 years agoSpirals Found in Nature: Pumpkins!While in our garden a couple of days ago, I noticed the way parts of the runners on our pumpkin plants form natural spirals. I thought it would be interesting to play around a little with that…reddragonfly in photography • 4 years agoThe Beauty of Red Clover Blossoms + Art RenditionWe have a lot of late blooming flowers this year, because we had a very late and cold spring. Among them some beautiful red clover: It's not a flower we see very often, and one of the…reddragonfly in photography • 4 years agoMacro Thistle — More Art Effects PhotographyGot this nice shot of one of the thistles blooming (rather late!) in our back yard... and decided to try some manipulation to create a more artistic impression: As you can see, this isn't…reddragonfly in blurtography • 4 years ago004: Bee on Lavender — Art Effects PhotographyContinuing to play with "effects" on some of our photographs... sometimes the results can be quite lovely! Here, we started out with a regular honeybee, enjoying a good feeding from one of…reddragonfly in blurtography • 4 years ago003: Water Droplets on DaisiesTime to get back to my love of photography, and to the pursuit of photography as art. There's that fine line where "just a picture of something" rounds a corner and becomes art.…reddragonfly in art • 4 years ago002: Art Matters!The interesting thing about art is that it evokes such a wide range of responses in people. For many people, it is a non-essential; a LUXURY. It's something for rich people. For many…reddragonfly in blurt • 4 years ago001: What to Do About Blurt?Another new venue, so that means... what? Hopefully, something new and unique. That would be the ideal. But the truth in life seems to be that most of the time we just make…