Zooming – May 2020

I was in Texas for more than a month; all the zoomed pictures for May 2020 are from Carrollton TX (either at my parents’ house or nearby). The usual subjects – plants and birds dominate but there is an occasional squirrel or insect….and the big claw picking up branches after the trees were trimmed. It was good to finally be able to see my family again after more than year – be in place other than my house. Wherever I am, there always seems to be something to observe and photograph. Enjoy the slideshow!

Carrollton TX Yard – Plant Curves

Sometimes when I look at plants….is see the embedded curves rather than the whole plant:

The spiral in the center of a new leaf

The tight role of another leaf…rather like a tortillon I use for smudging when I make traditional Zentangle tiles

The lazy accordion pleats in a narrow leaf (how did that happen?)

The wrapped petals of a swamp iris poised to open into a flower…overlapping curves within the bud framed by leaves.