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.
I noticed the first of the tulips flowers was beginning to open. I set up a camera to take an image every 1 minute during the day to make a time-lapse video. It looks like several more tulips will be opening over the next few days. Now to keep the deer away…
Tulip Flower Opening. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 200 mm f/2 OIS lens (DAVID J MATHRE)
Tulip Flower Opening. Image taken with a Fuji X-T3 camera and 200 mm f/2 OIS lens (DAVID J MATHRE)
Daily Power Use (56.6 kWh) and Solar Production (47.8 kWh) from Sense.
There are plants and flowers that the deer don’t like — daffodils, dandelions, purple crocus, wild violets, and Pieris japonica. I have just planted a number of forsythia and lilac bushes. I hope the deer stay away from them. The flowers in the trees (cherry, plum, and maple) are high enough so the deer are not able to reach. The vegetable garden, tulips and other flowers that I need to worry about are behind an electric fence to deter the deer.
Daffodil Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)
Dandelion Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)Purple Crocus Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)Wild Violet Blooms. New Jersey State Flower. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)Pieris japonica Blooms. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)
Forsythia Flowers Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)Forsythia Flowers. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)Tulip about to Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-H1 camera and 80 mm f/2.8 macro lens (DAVID J MATHRE)
Daily Power Use (61.6 kWh) and Solar Production (63.6 kWh) from Sense.
Gone to See Europe. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Ultimate Travel Photography Workshop IV with Michael Mariant. Day 20: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The M/V Explorer arrived in Amsterdam, Netherlands early in the morning. I signed up for the field trip to the Tulip festival at Keukenhof Tulip Gardens in nearby Lisse with my parents. The Tulip festival at Keukenhof gardens is only open for a short time every spring, and this was one of the last days. When we arrived there already were many tourist buses in the parking lot. The sky was grey with some off and on light rain. The flower gardens were beautiful, although there were a few “ugly tourists” that walked right into the flower gardens. There was also a wedding party where the photographer had the full entourage stand in the middle of a patch of tulips. I don’t know how many flowers got trampled.
Joan and Loren at the Lily arch. Tulip festival at Keukenhof Gardens in Lisse, Netherlands. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 14-24 mm f/2.8 lens. (David J Mathre)
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Gone to See Europe. Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage on the MV Explorer. Ultimate Travel Photography Workshop IV with Michael Mariant. Day 20: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Field Trip to Keukenhof Tulip Gardens. We were lucky as this was the last day of the season that the gardens were open. We got there early and there were already many bus loads of tourists that arrived before us. The gardens are large enough that it was not too crowded once we got inside. I will have to say that there were some “ugly tourists” that walked right into the flower gardens. There was also an Indian wedding party where the photographer had the full entourage stand in the middle of a patch of tulips. I don’t know how many flowers got trampled. ARRG!!!
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