"Butterflies add another dimension in the garden for they are like dream flowers----childhood dreams----which have broken loose from their stalk and escaped into the sunshine."

----Miriam Rothschild, "The Butterfly Gardener, 1983

"You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you............."

---Elliott Erwitt

Brown Eyed Susans

August 21, 2008

Photo by Susan

Camera: Olympus e-420

"I've always thought

Butterflies were magical;

Flitting about the world

Bringing colorful moments,

To the earth."

-----BT

August, 2003

A butterfly on dahlia

Photo by Susan

camera: Canon PowerShot S400, 'digital elph"

August, 2003

"Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them."

-----Chinese Proverb

These flower photos were taken with a digital camera on a walk near the sea one day in S. California.

Aloe

"Those who contemplate the beauties of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."

-----Rachel Carson

"It is only with the heart that one can see clearly, for the most essential things are invisible to the eye."

-----Antoine de Sainte Exupery

The tropical hibiscus.

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever.....it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."-----Aaron Siskind

"In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular.....sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice."

-----Ansel Adams

A beautiful Bougainvillea.

"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment."

-----Georgia O'Keefe