once again i had good intentions of getting more organized today and then going to the gym. yes, i should be able to do both especially since i have no other obligations, responsibilities. but like yesterday's little adventure of taking 3 buses to turn in the "rental" lens which turned into a couple of hours of some Beverly Hills/Rodeo Drive sightseeing. 3 buses later and several hours later than i expected, i returned home and didn't feel like catching another bus to the gym. that was yesterday's excuse. today, i was determined to get things done early and then catch the bus to the gym. well, after seeing a photo of a certain flower on a friend's blog this morning, i set out on a little quest to find, and then photograph that flower. i think i saw it the other morning when i was taking photos of the morning glory. and i think it was actually in the background but i did not pay much attention to it. well, i did pay attention to it a little as i did purposefully put the color in the background of the flower i was actually taking a photo of. after taking some more photos of the morning glories and that flower i decided to bring a sample of the flower home to photograph in a more still-life setting. and that was several hours and a couple hundred photos ago. now it is mid-afternoon and i haven't even eaten breakfast yet. time for some lunch and then i will get started on cleaning up my apartment. for sure tomorrow i will be going to the gym for a long workout.
here is that flower (some consider a weed). in Japanese it is "tsuyukusa" which literally means morning dew grass. in English some call it Asiatic Dayflower. the official name is commenlina communis. later if i have time i will add the still-life version.
a few brilliant blue tsuyukusa in the morning sun
tsuyukusa reaching out to the sidewalk
tsuyukusa growing thru and blooming with some hot pink geraniums
here is the photo with the tsuyukusa in the background. i was taking a photo of the geranium tsubomi (buds). apparently, i had the saturation set way too high while using the "rental" lens which caused an interesting distortion to the clarity and color of the tsuyukusa.
i am not going to tell you how much time i have spent on the above photo, photoshop and pages. hopefully you can see it. tomorrow will be a good day to start again on cleaning up my little apartment and organizing and re-organizing and doing some spring cleaning in late september. and that got me to thinking about this . . . i have lived in this wee apartment for 11 years.
