These are my photographs from this year, including my travels in the US and Europe, as well as my garden glamour shots in Northern Virginia in 2024.
A pretty grainy shot of the night sky at sunset.
Pink and gold hardy floribunda roses.
Dwarf pine, "Mugo."
Osteospermum, or African Daisy.
Hibiscus, close-up.
A shot from one of my climbing roses.
The stars are bright enough to make out the Big Dipper over the rooftops taken in my backyard.
Confederate rose, or Hibiscus mutabilis, getting ready to bloom.
Preying mantis on yellow mums.
Knock-out Rose.
Rosebud.
A whitetail deer grazes near the remains of an old Fort Hunt Park, in Alexandria, Virginia.
Osteospermum, or African Daisies.
Linden Viburnum.
Alpine strawberries ripening on the vine.
Caryopteris, often called Bluebeard.
A brilliant red shrub rose, wide open in the sun.
Rosebud with dew.
Patterns on the trunk of an old crepe myrtle.
Pink rain lily, likely a Zephyranthes.
Pink strawberry blossom.
Rosebud, again.
Rosebud.
A couple of fine Pink Rain Lilies, Zephyranthes.
I was really taken by these roses.
China Aster.
Rose, detail.
Rosebud.
The woods near my house caught fire one hot July night, and the fire and the firetrucks lit up the sky.
China Aster.
Osteospermum, or African Daisies.
Here’s a look at a magnolia cone after the petals drop. Notice the unique purple, textured receptacle and the dried, curled stigmas from the flower. It's about three inches long, and almost looks man-made.
The common orange daylily, tough as nails. Each blossom only gets about a day in the sun. A good reminder.
Cannabis cola, close to harvest. You can see the sugar leaves are frosted with trichomes, a good sign of potency. The pistils are turning from white to amber, ready for harvest.
Osteospermum, or African Daisies.
Japanese Spirea.
China Asters that I grew from seed.
Mature cannabis flower, ready for harvest.
Cannabis in early flower.
This is a common daylily, Hemerocallis fulva.
The bell-shaped flowers of a Hosta, or Plantain Lily.
A patch of Shasta daisies.
A close look at a pink Stargazer lily.
Pink rain lily, Zephyranthes.
Aralia 'Sun King.'
Southern Magnolia, right before it blooms.
Shasta daisy.
Viburnum, just about to bloom.
Japanese Spirea.
Climbing English rose.
Variegated hosta in bloom.
Another shot of one of my roses.
Another shot of one of my spectacular roses.
Shasta daisy, still holding some morning dew.
A close look at the Common Dayflower, Commelina diffusa.
African dasies, Osteospermum.
Hydrangea.
Begonia.
This is a tuberous begonia after a good rain.
Osteospermum, or African Daisies.
'Tequila Sunrise' rose.
I was very lucky when I planted this rose in my garden. There's no fragrance, but the inner pink part is so delicate, as you'll see in other shots here.
Strawberry flowers.
Nicotiana alata. aka flowering tobacco.
Climbing roses.
Variegated hosta leaves.
Autumn Fern, Dryopteris erythrosora.
Heather.
Tuberous begonia,.
Another rose.
Japanese Spirea, 'Neon Flash.'
A bright, almost-full moon hanging in that soft blue sky at dusk.
These are the leaves of a blue Hosta.
Late evening sky.
Evening sky, just after sunset.
Spirea leaves after a rain.
The heart of a garden rose.
Hybrid tea rose.
Peony.
Peony.
A pink strawberry blossom.
That's a Spirea shrub, after a morning rain.
Rhododendron.
Late spring afternoon sky.
Tulip magnolia, just beginning to open.
This is actually a night shot of a cherry tree near my house. That's why the sky looks surreal.
Mature cannabis bud, ready for harvest.
This is the underside of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Alexandria, Virginia.