Weekend Flowers

The tree peonies have come and gone, and
they were spectacular from beginning . . . to end.

[To see more Weekend Flowers, visit Tina's Picstory.]

Thursday Challenge—"weather"

A couple of weeks ago on a mildly overcast
(or so it seemed) day, I started over the 
Brooklyn Bridge on my way home—and by the 
time I was halfway across, the sky looked like this! 
(P.S. -- I did just make it off the bridge and
to shelter before the deluge began.)

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, go here.]

ABC Wednesday—S is for "swans"

I went down the block from my mom's house
to feed this mama swan and her almost-grown
cygnet. S could also be for "Sandy" and
"storm surge"  (and "sad"), because not long after
I took this picture, the storm struck and the water
rose (and I trust these swans found shelter somewhere).

[To see more ABC shots, go here.]

Tina's Picstory—"interesting"

Well, I thought this was interesting enough
to pull out my camera and snap a picture.
But hardly anyone else in the vicinity
was giving this guy and his well-balanced
friend a second glance.  That's NYC for you.

[To see more interesting things, visit Tina's Picstory.]

Light Show

Snapped these on my way home one evening—
I just liked the way the petals caught the light.

[For more Mandarin Orange, go here; for more
Macro Monday, visit Lisa's Chaos; to see more
photos that catch the light, visit this meme.]

Purple Peony

Yesterday I showed you a fooled-around-with
tree peony, so here's one straight out of the camera.

[It's Shadow Shot Sunday; to see more shadows, go here.
And for more beautiful blooms, visit Today's Flowers.] 

The Weekend in Black and White

The tree peonies were in full,
spectacular bloom last weekend.
I shot lots and lots of pictures, 
some in color and some in b&w—
then had a little fun in Photoshop.

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.  To see 
some more closeups, visit i heart macro at Shine the Divine. ]