Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: sunflower

(+1 inset, showing False Sunflowers grown from seed that Pam gave me!) :) It was a lovely, foggy morning for my walk today and I was warm and fluffy in my soft sweater, gloves and hat. As I walked up and down, I kept looking over at my abandoned garden and thinking about last night. Exactly how many pictures do YOU have stored in your photo folder? Just how BIG is your parent folder? Of course, this size is going to depend on how long ago you began taking pictures and how active you are as a photographer. My oldest folders date back to about 1999 when I wasn't actually a photographer. I didn't really begin generating a lot of pictures until about 2011. Ever since then, there has been a never-ending influx of pictures that's become totally incredulous in size! In fact, my photo directory is so big that checking my computer for the size took nearly 30 seconds to calculate! Ah yes…my photo folder is now a staggering 1.45 TERABYTES. There are 1,928 folders containing 110,623 files. Yes. That's over 100 THOUSAND pictures in my photo folder. Heh. What can I say? I like to take pictures! :D Granted, many of those pictures are aperture sets--the same subject photographed at different apertures, so the actual subjects photographed would probably lower that number closer to 25,000. Heh. *blush* Needless to say, there are gigs upon gigs of pictures I haven't processed. Pictures I only glanced at or not at all. So many pictures that really do deserve to see the light of day. What a tragic reality: the fact is, most will never be processed because I am always taking more pictures! I know I'm not alone though *stares at all of you with a knowing expression*…we all have a glut of unprocessed pictures on our hard drives! So anyway, last night I played a photo game…click on a random folder and see what's inside. I opened up "All the Beautiful Flowers" from July 2014…inside I found 148 pictures from the year I had a garden. I'd only processed six pictures. I could hardly believe my eyes. So many blossoms, bees, critters, bokeh-filled scenes…*sigh*…but what are you going to do? There isn't any way to process them all. But, I could polish one up right now, and that's just what I did! Today's picture is a sunflower with a busy bee! I had many sunflowers that bloomed for me and they were often covered with visitors. I hope you like this bright and cheery picture on this cold December day! Pam, I was thinking of you as I looked through this folder of images. I didn't see any False Sunnies that grew from the seeds you gave me but I certainly have a zillion pictures elsewhere...I'll have to find some to process just for you! It amazes me that they continue to reseed themselves and flower every single year without a bit of help from me. I love them so much because they remind of the bright, sunny, wonderful person you are! (See the inset to enjoy the beauty of these flowers!) Explored on 12/29/18, highest placement, #2.

My latest article is finished, "Ant Invasions!" If you've ever battled with ants, you will know how we felt! You can read it here: Ant Invasions! I would like to present the FIRST FLOWERS of my RAISED BED GARDEN!!! These flowers are very special to me, because I raised them from seeds that were sent to me by my friend Pam J after I told her how much I loved them. We ended up trading several types of seeds, and though I didn't have luck with some of them, these sprouted and so did bunches of Maximillian Sunflowers, which are currently growing larger every day. These flowers are called "False Sunflowers", and grow wild in the Midwest. I love them so much, thank you Pam! Explored on July 14, 2014. Highest placement, #3...

This image was taken at the Josephine County Fair on August 20, 2011.

This image was taken at the Josephine County Fair on August 20, 2011.