Local Flavor: Garden Hunting, Seaside, Etc.

While I'm out in the yard and garden with the kids or working on projects, I try to keep a camera handy as there's always so much going on out there this time of year. Here's a nice "good guy" copter above. This first batch was shot on the wife's Sony a6400 with a big long zoom.

This butterfly almost blended right into the flowers.

Earlier today the kids and I were hauling-in cherries, red currants, raspberries, and thimbleberries. Tomorrow I'll be up in the cherry tree on a ladder once again... and probably the next day, too. I find it very peaceful to be up an aluminum ladder with my body stuck in a tree. Serious!

Over the last week I've also been trying out an extender tube on my Fuji X-T30 for macro shots in the garden. It's challenging, but I've managed to get some decent ones. I love this bee-thingy above and I enjoy the hunt for insects in our yard.

Bonnie's roses continue to pop-out in Technicolor wonder.

Our blueberries are coming-along, too.

On Monday the family went over to Hampton Beach State Park in New Hampshire. I adore seeing the girls have so much fun in the ocean. The kids and I stayed-in for 3 hours straight and I wound-up burned to a crisp. Ergh.