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Category: Plants

  • New Year

    Camellia blossom in the New Years Eve

    I did not go to see any fireworks, it was raining and I was busy with year end stuff. There were some bangs from outside, though, and I heard that my friends had had fun, so it is all good.

    Rain on New Year’s Eve, light, water and Liquidambar(?) leaves

    Today, New Year’s Day, it was raining some more. Photography is different in rain. I should use the opportunities when they arise, as California is not very wet state.

    Water droplet on a palm, New Year’s Day

    Water droplets on grass, sun was shining on a New Year’s Day between the showers.

  • Boxing Day

    Pink magnolias are beginning to bloom, Dec 26th or Boxing Day in Berkeley, CA. The weather was variable, in the afternoon it began to rain again.

    I also saw a bold humming bird. It initially shied away, but when it saw that I was not attacking, it returned to feed close enough to video. It must have been hungry. Once it flew away, I continued on my way.

  • Christmas Eve

    Christmas Eve, Berkeley, CA. The rainy season (winter) has started and new, hopeful green shoots are peeking.

    Mosses are green, too.

    Magnolias are blooming, different species than the big white ones in the summer. Those are now producing seeds. There seems to be always flowers in Berkeley, CA.

    Berkeley palms against December sky. Later, it began to rain.

    Then some Christmas ornaments. Or seed pods of a gumball tree (assuming I identified the species correctly.)

    Finally, some late ginkgo leaves, most of the ginkgo leaves around here are already down, but there are some trees that even have some green left.

    Merry Christmas to all!

  • Still alive

    December 13th, Berkeley, CA

    Hello, again! I have not abandoned my blog, just neglected it.

    Here is a photo I took last week’s Saturday, while walking in Berkeley. Juxtaposition of red and yellow leaves and palms in sunlight at the beginning of winter (for me, the winter months are December, January and February)

    Today was the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. It was raining. I am still trying to decide which photos to use where, but I think these leaves on the ground have seasonal color.

    December 21st, Berkeley, CA

    Merry Christmas!

    Maybe I should make colorized versions of these photos and post them as jigsaw puzzles?

  • September Skipper

    And now for something different, a silent video of a skipper butterfly I saw September 14th 2025. Yes, I know it is mostly plants, but the butterfly is there, doing nothing very interesting.

    Sometimes you need a moment of rest and relaxation.

    Small life, taking it calmly.

    Cheers to the small life.

  • A Jigsaw Puzzle – 7

    I wanted to make something for Pinterest, but of course, it should be here, too.

    This is a color saturated bubbles rendering of a close up view of tree bark I photographed this month (August 3rd) in Berkeley. Unfortunately, I have forgotten which tree.

    After processing the photo for different versions (maybe one or more of them will make it to POD designs), I uploaded this image here and copied the planktonpunkt.com image link to Jigsaw Explorer to make a puzzle.

    42 pieces, click image to access the puzzle

    Have fun!

  • Jigsaw Puzzles – 5

    I have become more active on jigsaw puzzles and other short form posting, because I am now also in Pinterest, and as I make designs there, some of them seem to lend themselves for jigsaw puzzles, which I post here and on Pinterest.

    White magnolia flower modified from a photo in jul10 folder (63 pieces, click the image to play)

    Other photomodifications may make print-on-demand designs, whereas others might go to commercial jigsaw puzzle site.

    A palm top and a plant growing from the trunk, an interpretation (108 pieces, click the image to play)

    This is a mosaic bubbles version of a photomodification of a palm top and an epiphyte growing on it, also from jul10 folder, photographed in Berkeley.

    Both jigsaw puzzles were made in Jigsaw Explorer.

    Enjoy!