It rained early in the morning with lots of thunder and lightning during the storm. When I went for my morning walkabout some of the flowers still had water droplets. The four-year old daffodil flower bed along the road on the west side of the house is doing well. I tried planting native daylilies in the same bed and they were eaten by the deer. The Piers Japonica shrub started blooming. It was here when I moved in, and the deer have not touched it. The Grape Hyacinth bulbs planted last year along the east side walkway started blooming. The deer were nibbling on the plants before they flowered. Now the deer are ignoring them. Maybe it is the hyacinth perfume? I also saw a number of tiny wild Violet flowers blooming in the backyard lawn. These may be too low to the ground for the deer to nibble.
Daffodil flower with water droplets. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/16, 1/180 sec). (David J Mathre)Red Tulip flower with water droplets. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/5.6, 1/600 sec). (David J Mathre)Daffodil flower with water droplets. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 640, 80 mm, f/16, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)Daffodil flower with water droplets. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/8, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)Daffodil Garden (4 years old). Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 1250, 80 mm, f/16, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)White Piers Japonica flowers. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/5.6, 1/900 sec). (David J Mathre)Japanese (Red) Maple Tree Flowers. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec). (David J Mathre)Purple Grape Hyacinth flowers. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 400, 80 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). (David J Mathre)Purple Grape Hyacinth flowers. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 400, 80 mm, f/16, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)Wild Violet flower in the lawn. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 1000, 80 mm, f/4, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)
Daily Electric Energy Used (56.1 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (59.6 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny with intermittent clouds. A surplus of 3.5 kWh.
The first of my Tulips up on the patio (that the deer didn’t eat) bloomed. This one’s pink. I see another one that is a darker red about to open. I have lots of Daffodil flowers. The deer don’t nibble on these.
First Tulip of the Season. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/11, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)First Tulip of the Season. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/11, 1/120 sec). (David J Mathre)First Tulip of the Season. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/8, 1/125sec). (David J Mathre)Daffodil Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro OIS lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/8, 1/240 sec). (David J Mathre)
Daily Electric Energy Used (53.3 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (65.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny with clouds in the afternoon. A surplus of 9.8 kWh.
Afternoon walkabout — the Daffodils along the side road are blooming.
Daffodils. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/1100 sec). (David J Mathre)Daffodils. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/600 sec). (David J Mathre)Daffodils. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/750 sec). (David J Mathre)Daffodils. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/1250 sec). (David J Mathre)
Daily Electric Energy Used (53.6 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (67.5 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Bright and sunny day with a surplus of 13.9 kWh.
Daily walkabout looking for early flowers. Found Snow Drops without any snow, Daffodils, and Purple Crocus.
Snow Drops with no snow. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/6.4, 1/1000 sec) (DAVID J MATHRE)Daffodil flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/5.6, 1/750 sec) (DAVID J MATHRE)Purple Crocus flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (ISO 320, 80 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec) (DAVID J MATHRE)
Daily Electric Energy Used (65.9 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (63.2 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun. A deficit of 2.7 kWh.
The plum-tree is fully in bloom. Unfortunately, I never get any plums off the tree? The flowers only remain for a few days, but keep the bees busy. One last fancy daffodil is in bloom on the north side of the house.
Plum Tree in Full Bloom. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 23 mm f/2 lens. (DAVID J MATHRE)Plum Tree Flowers. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)Late Fancy Daffodil Flower. Image taken with a Leica CL camera and 23 mm f/2 lens (David J Mathre)
