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Flower of Jerusalem

Photo of this pink bouganvillea or paper flower was taken in the City of David, Jerusalem in early July. I believe the Mount of Olives is in the background.

Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz!

Good Evening New Jersey

These photos were taken in Ocean, New Jersey, Teaneck, New Jersey and Highland Park, New Jersey over the past two weeks. Click on any thumbnail to enlarge.

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Ode to a Peach

Oh, peach, how I love thy juiciness.
I will miss thee come fall.
You provide nourishment for my eldest son
And decorate my window sills with your yellows and reds.

As the peaches in New Jersey are luscious and seem to be almost red in late August, I present this peach as my Ruby Tuesday post.

Rose of Sharon

Song of Songs, 2:1 —

"I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys."

Even though this is almost definitely NOT the flower referred to by Song of Songs, it is a beautiful flower to have growing in one’s backyard. Mine grew “by accident”, a cast-off from one of my neighbors’ plants. It grows like a weed. I just have to trim what’s growing around the little flowering tree.

This is my first submission to Today’s Flowers, which appear every Monday.

Rudbeckia Associations Game

A photo of my rudbeckia against the fence in our backyard. Here’s the game: instead of telling me what you like about the photo, write some associations. For example, I look at this and I think, “Tom Sawyer.” Because of the story where he painted the fence white. Words or phrases are fine. Have fun.

Vermont Sky

Two summers ago we visited Killington, Vermont. Out of our condo window I took these sunset photos. Ski areas are great places to visit in the summer, with reasonable prices; this Killington condo building has both an indoor and outdoor pool. However, with the current price of gas, one has to spend a fair amount just to drive up there, and then it takes about 1.5 hours to drive further north to the Ben and Jerry’s factory, a must for ice-cream lovers of the world. It’s also fairly cool at this time of year in Vermont, not ideal for outdoor swimming. We loved the corn maze with the baseball diamond theme nearby.

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Farmer’s Market Sky

At the Highland Park farmer’s market last Friday, I looked up.

And then I looked down.

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More on the Highland Park farmer’s market

Thursday Challenge: My Fisherman

I took this photo last year, of my middle son at the annual Cub Scout “Kinus” or two-day overnight at a Boy Scout camp with other Jewish campers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I’m entering it in Thursday Challenge, where the theme this week is: “BLUE” (Water, Sky, Flowers, Birds, Eyes, The Blues, Melancholy,…). Someday, I would like to paint this in oils. Meanwhile, enjoy the photo. Click on it to see it larger.

I guess the “blues” part for me is he is now at sleep-away camp; we heard from him via letters, and he is having a great time! Without us! I miss him.

Nasturtium

A while back when I planted my nasturtium seeds, I posted a watercolor of nasturtium, because I had no pictures of one. Now my garden is full of these pretty orange or yellow edible flowers, so I spent some time Friday afternoon photographing one in particular. The shooting mode of this chosen photo is called “Aperture Priority.” Setting a lower aperture value blurs a bit the background behind the subject.

Ruby Tuesday: Red Hibiscus

My neighbor grew these hibiscus flowers right next to my backyard so I could photograph them for Ruby Tuesday. Right? This is not the neighbor with the potted red plants, the one who paints the Jersey Shore. This is the neighbor who cooks with influences of North African, Persian and French cuisine. I have nice neighbors.