Back on May 2, I noticed these buds in the front yard. The stocks were a good 2 feet tall. I thought perhaps these were flowers. Silly me.
This afternoon I noticed the center bud had popped open to reveal a giant seed ball.
By late afternoon the half-ball had become a full ball of nearly 4 inches in diameter.
Don't know if I want this weed's zillions of seeds blowing around the neighborhood, but I enjoyed the show.
. . . Cardiel peered down from the heights . . .
. . . and finding a wooden Donkey (not to be confused with the spineless variety in the Capitol), proceeded to bat it about . . .
. . . until it fell. He watched intently for signs of life from wooden Donkey . . .
. . . and then he jumped down.
. . . an inspiration to us all.
This is too red . . .
. . . and this too pink. I just couldn't find the right combination of filters and level adjustments that would re-create the flower. It was all very frustrating.
And that is why I felt compelled to toss in something guaranteed to succeed: A Cat.
And, better yet, a closeup of the cat's green eyes.
I've been experimenting with manually setting the exposure on the camera. In this case, I wanted to expose for the sun-lit white petals rather than the surrounding trees.
I could have created a similar effect with Photoshop, but this is much better since it provides detail in the white petals that would have been washed out in a standard exposure.
But, of course, I still felt compelled to do a little before . . .
. . . and after Photoshopping.
Day 150 of 365
Later in the day I went with The Kid to another soccer game featuring goalie Evan Drake. The Kid is working on another video for the goalie's father. 
At 10 minutes to midnight I threw these up to see if any could fly.
