For this weeks weekly photo challenge (Growth) I chose a plant. I’ve watched this Asian Jasmine make its way up the oak tree beside my porch for some time now. This type of plant is usually considered to be an invasive species but that’s not the case for mine. Nope, my little darling has been inching its way outward and struggling upward for over twenty years now. I love the slow growing, non-blooming persistent little pest because it reminds me of myself somehow.
Old plant – New growth
This has got to be this worst photograph I have ever taken (at least sober anyway) yet when I saw it Fleeting Moment is exactly what I conjured. I was attempting to snap a shot of a pair of hawks that hang out at the edge of the woods. I hurried and spun the camera and well… you get the picture. I looked through fifty other photos in trying to prepare this post and kept coming back to this cull. I think it is because it says more to me than any crystal clear image could. I titled it Time.
Time
This isn’t our common June bug. I found it on a pair of denim britches and so decided it is a Jean bug! Lame humor but it is a pretty neat looking beetle, huh?!
Beetle on Blue Jeans by Janna Hill
The sunflowers are abundant in Port Alto this year.
Sun Flower Honey by Janna Hill
It was a pleasant surprise to arrive and find the bright beauties waving in the South Texas wind and the little bees busy doing their part.
I’d rather Katydid not – eat my plants that is!
Katydid Don’t! by Janna Hill
I am not an aspiring entomologist it’s just that bugs keep getting in front of my camera. I’m not a real photographer either but it does help quiet my mind when I take a break from writing. I saw this Cicada clinging to a Crepe Myrtle on my last walk at dusk and just had to share it. Now I’m going to get busy writing and leave the bugs alone but I reserve the right to renege on the latter.
Cicada Emerging photography by Janna Hill
