Rose Season

Florabunda Rose

This from June of 2004 at Kingwood Center, Mansfield

It's name?  "French Lace."

Florabunda Rose, "Dicky"

This from Kingwood Center in June of 2001.

Florabunda Rose "Modern Magic"

From Kingwood Center in July of 2006.

Florabunda Rose: "Tabris"

From Kingwood Center in August of 2006.

My mother was a member of the Women's Garden Club in Sidney.  She fussed and fussed over her flowers!

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Wavellite

Wavellite

First discovered in 1805named for William Wavell.

The Field of View here is 3.57mm.

Wavellite

This sample comes to us from Willard Mine in Pershing County, Nevada.  It is displayed in 11.25mm field in the latter.  

Wavellite

The field here is 4.17mm

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Daylily Season

Daylily Aftershock

This from Kingwood Center in July of 2005.

I love to look at these.  

Daylily Stars Shall Fall

This from Kingwood Center in July 2006.  I am liking the dry ones today.

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Macro Lenses and Filters 2.0

The new one is out and is called the 2.0 version.  It is on OneDrive.  If you do not have Win10, you will need to download the app from Microsoft and install before going to the link above.

2.0 was precipitated after I read George Lepp's column in the June Outdoor Photographer.  He gave me a basic bit of information which I had not applied in my macro photography.  He said that the extension mounted needs to be less than the focal length of the lens otherwise the image will be inside the lens and unusable.  He said this referring to using extension with a wide angle lens to get a closeup with background.  He said to use a small aperture.

I applied this concept  to my use of extension in my macro photography to make sure I was not using too much extension.  I decided that I must mount the 1.4x or 2x converter on the lens making it even longer and therefore accepting of more extension.  I own 136mm of extension tubes and use almost all of them in some setups.  See above.  The added extension make my setup shaky and I must be extra careful when using it.

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Quartz Sceptre (Reverse)

Quartz Sceptre (Reverse)

A sceptre is a slender rod with something large on top.  A sceptre in reverse has something big at the base and is smaller on top.  Think of a shepherd's staff with out the crook.  The big thing could be some sort of finial, not a crook.

Quartz Sceptre (Reverse)

This quartz has iron in it creating the red color.  The sample comes from Rock Candy Geodes, Chihuahua, Mexico.  The formula is SiO2. 

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Soybean Planting

Soybean Planting

When in high school, I was anxious for school to end so that I could help Dad plant beans.  I was especially excited this year when Keith Kisling invited me to watch him plant beans.  That's Keith with the auger and shoot above his head.  The occasion for my invitation was that he had a new planter, a 30' Kinze 3600.  It plants ~ 24 rows at 15".  It is way too wide to transport on the highway so it rises up and rotates 90° making it narrower than the tractor.

International 5488 and Kinze 3600

He fills the white hoppers on top with soybean seed, sprinkles on inoculent and he is off planting.

International 5488 and Kinze 3600

I love watching him work.  Kyle is operating the planter in this picture.

You can look up this planter at YouTube .  I saw a video of it being used in uncultivated corn stalks from the previous season.  It really works.  No-till is here to stay!

Planted Seed

The caulters cut the opening into which the seed drops.  These seeds did not get covered so I could photograph them.

Bean Plant

Six days later the beans are emerging.

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Yellow Violet

Downy Yellow Violet

This from Gorman Nature Center in May 2007.  It is also known as Viola pubescens. It is a perennial herb.  The flower is reportedly edible and it is propagated by seed.  It grows in the woodland.

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