Progression

I first mentioned on May 13 that it appeared that my orchid was going to start blooming again. It's taken weeks but as of last night it had its first bloom - 6 more to come!
I've been taking photos since the buds first appeared and here is a small photo-documentary of the stages it went through. It took a long time to get started but it's progressed really quickly over the last week or so.
The last photo in the second row was taken 2 nights ago just as the first bud started to open, the first photo in the third row was taken yesterday morning and the last one was taken this afternoon when it was finally in full bloom - note the second bud starting to open :)

Don't mind the messy collage, I just threw it all together quickly. Click on it to enlarge :)
I'm quite pleased and hope she stays in bloom for a long while!

Minty!

If you're on my facebook then you've already seen this but there's just something about it that I like...fresh mint!

In lieu of sunflowers

One of my neighbours told me about a sunflower field that she thought I might like to photograph; she told me about it ages ago but I just never found the time to drive all the way out there. I still see a lot of sunflowers in yards so I thought I'd go out this afternoon in search of this field. I definitely found it but unfortunately I was a bit late to capture them while they were alive; but to prove I did go there I took a photo of some dead ones anyway :(

Since I was driving around anyway, I stopped a few times to take pictures when something caught my eye. We had strange skies today; mostly cloudy but every now and then the sun would peek out. I liked how this field looked - dark but with a bright sky!

There was barely enough room on the side of the road to stop to photograph this spectacular red barn (the colour is spectacular, not-so-much the barn) but I did manage to get one. I LOVE buildings that are falling apart!

There were 4 horses in this group including this little guy who decided I was more interesting than eating :)

I have a soft spot for cattle so when I stopped to photograph something else (what I think I'll use as my contest shot this week) and saw this I had to shoot them too. This little baby, when lying down, looked more like the size of a cat. He's still a bit wobbly :)