I’ve had bee balm since 2014. Every year, it sends up 20-30 3.5-foot-tall scarlet flowers. After a few years, I discovered a raspberry variety that bloomed longer and looked better over the summer. I planted raspberry and removed the scarlet (to the extent it’s possible to remove bee balm). AfterContinue Reading
By May 2019, I was three months into my photography journey. My camera collection consisted of a Maxxum 7000i with a crumbling grip, a Maxxum 5 with a discolored focus screen, 600si, 7xi, 700si, 7, and 7000. It had been maybe a little more than a month since IContinue Reading
Taking only a 135mm lens out for a walk proved to be just as jarring as the 24mm. Taking the 24mm and 135mm out on separate walks has given me a new appreciation for quality zooms. As with the 24mm, I quickly discovered I’m a poor judge ofContinue Reading
The first flowers appear with the creeping phlox in March. Next come the catmint, tickseed, and coneflowers, sometime during April. But true bloom season always begins the last two weeks of May. If there’s a lot of rain it may move up a week or so. TheContinue Reading
