Cheryl

Cheryl

The Call: Hummingbird’s Lunch — Cheryl Today, even with my red shirt and burgundy minivan, I was hoping that the hummingbirds and insects enjoying the offerings in front of my house wouldn’t find me too noticeable. Bridget wondered what I was doing this afternoon when she saw me just sitting there, parked out front (especially […]

The Call: The Beauty of Nature Close at Hand I took many shots of this butterfly enjoying a late breakfast in front of my house, but I was most happy with this particular photo. I just love the way the sunlight hits those wings. The Response: Little Smiles — Jessica My favorite photos are always […]

The Call: Orange Daylily — Cheryl Flowers by Harry Behn We planted a garden Of all kinds of flowers And it grew very well Because there were showers, And the bees came and buzzed: This garden is ours! But every day To the honeyed bowers The butterflies come And hover for hours Over the daisies […]

The Call: Apple Slices — Jessica I was at the zoo today when I got Cheryl’s tweet that my original call was a duplicate. Since it was Memorial Day, I thought red would be an easy call — grab a shot of a flag and call it a day. Well, almost. I couldn’t find a […]

The Call: Petals — Jessica All good things must come to an end. And it was time for the cherry blossoms to fall off the trees but there were helped along by a windy night and a rainy day. Now the sidewalks and gutters are a solid mass of pink. In truth, it’s almost as […]

The Call: The Next Generation — Jessica Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure — Thomas Percy Syr Cauline Response: Three Green Life Savers — Cheryl The green candies in a 5-flavor roll of Life Savers seem like they should be sour. Green is lime, right? Wrong. It used to be […]

The Call: Windy — Jessica We are getting generous amounts of wind. Not too bad but they say the worst is yet to come. Right now I guess, it’s just a game of hurry up and wait. Response: Sharing the Beauty — Cheryl The monkshood in the flowerbed is always generous in sharing its beauty […]

The Call: Demure in Yellow — Cheryl Whenever I visit a nursery or botanic gardens, I’m drawn to the flashy, uninhibited flowers: the morning glory in their you-know-you-can’t-look-away blue; fuchsia roses; love-lies-bleeding (and dangling) for all the world to see; dinnerplate dahlias so huge you couldn’t ignore them if you tried. But really, how could […]

The Call: Still Life with Chocolate — Cheryl What is essential to life? Looking at the question academically turns up some obvious, but mundane, answers: water, proteins, air, shelter, food. My list of essentials goes beyond the basics. The books were the first items I collected for this still life, as I can’t imagine life […]