Morning Eye Candy: Abundance
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 23 2013, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Morning Eye Candy
Morning Eye Candy: Zig & Zag
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 22 2013, by Matt Newman
Never mind being struck—trees cast their own lightning. Albeit a very slow, picnic-friendly variety.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Frog Day Afternoon
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 21 2013, by Matt Newman
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Take a Bow
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 20 2013, by Matt Newman
No, really, don’t be modest. You pull off that shade of purple like royalty.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: That Pom-Pom Life
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 19 2013, by Matt Newman
Echinops — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Sun Umbrella
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 18 2013, by Matt Newman
Think like a parasol. The lotuses do.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Munch, Munch
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 17 2013, by Matt Newman
Caterpillars often munch unmerciful on their preferred plants, but there’s usually the later butterfly’s pollinating habits to look forward to, at least. I think this one will become a black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes). Then again, I’m no entomologist. Any confirmations from readers?
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: The Lotus’ Chambers
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 16 2013, by Matt Newman
Are you a trypophobe? If so, the sight of a lotus pod might just set off your fight or flight response. This fear of “clustered holes” and similar patterns most often finds root in the fleshy, expanding seed chambers of this particular plant, though some psychologists have pointed to Photoshop and the popularity of giving people the willies on social media as a factor in the supposed spread of the phobia.
Us? We just think they’re fascinating botanical constructs.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: Queen’s Return
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 15 2013, by Matt Newman
Hi there, Monday.
Lilium longiflorum ‘Snow Queen’ — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Morning Eye Candy: All Grown Up
Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on July 14 2013, by Matt Newman
To see the Native Plant Garden in its current state is a joy. It wasn’t so long ago that it sat shy behind a fence as workers scurried about, planting thousands upon thousands of young plants. You can’t miss it now.
Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen