All in my yard

[Dumpsterkitty]

Just looking through some pictures (amazing what happens when you leave work at a human hour for a change  ) and came across some oddities...

End of August I came home from work to find dozens of dragonflies zooming around my front yard.  Tough to get a picture, but I did manage this one.  I did get some video and some day I'll have enough bandwidth to upload something to youtube...



Last week I grabbed my camera as I was getting home (seems to be a theme here  ) to catch a picture of this little guy



and I took 2 pictures of one of the few flowers that have survived in my yard-don't recall what they're called-one with flash and, since it washed out the color a bit (the actual color is the out of focus one top right), one without flash...

       

I didn't actually turn the flash off, I just held it so it couldn't pop up, so the camera was auto-exposing for flash...some seriously weird color shift! 

Ei

[Patti from Kentucky]

Just looking through some pictures (amazing what happens when you leave work at a human hour for a change  ) and came across some oddities...

and I took 2 pictures of one of the few flowers that have survived in my yard-don't recall what they're called-one with flash and, since it washed out the color a bit (the actual color is the out of focus one top right), one without flash...

       

Ei

I think those might be "Mistflower", but look that up and see if it matches.

-Patti

[valhalla]

Thanks for sharing Ei.  You still one of us reformed bums and hanging in there?  4 years next month....  Janet

[Aafke]

Thanks Ei, I like your pictures. You have a nice garden.
The name of the flower is ageratum in Latin, don't know the Englisch name.
  greetings Aafke

[Dumpsterkitty]

Thanks Ei, I like your pictures. You have a nice garden.
The name of the flower is ageratum in Latin, don't know the Englisch name.
  greetings Aafke

Patti & Aafke, you're both right...thanks!

The Mist flower is an attractive late season perennial about 3 feet tall with blue flowers. The Mist Flower is also known as Blue Bonnet or Wild Ageratum. It is in the Eupatorium group along with Boneset and Joe Pye Weed, but it is the only one with blue flowers. The plant prefers full sun but is also found in some of our moutain woods. It is a popular plant for home gardens but can become invasive. The flowers first bloom in August and persist for several weeks. The leaves are opposite and paired and are triangular shaped.

[Dumpsterkitty]

Thanks for sharing Ei.  You still one of us reformed bums and hanging in there?  4 years next month....  Janet

Yup...hit my 5 month anniversary last week!

And for those of you going huh? My quit smoking anniversary! For anyone out there still battling that particular demon...an excellent resource...www.quitnet.com

[valhalla]

Thanks for sharing Ei.  You still one of us reformed bums and hanging in there?  4 years next month....  Janet

Yup...hit my 5 month anniversary last week!

And for those of you going huh? My quit smoking anniversary! For anyone out there still battling that particular demon...an excellent resource...www.quitnet.com

Good for you, Ei!      For those still in battle, there are a number of us here that are more than willing to "listen" - Janet