selfish gardening

I'm a photographer. Selfishly, I tend to plant things that I want to take pictures of. I like having a willing, beautiful subject before me, one that I don't have to spend too much time seeking out.  Having my own flower garden is something that's always been important to me, if for NO other reason than to provide me those beautiful colors.  As a result, a great percentage of my photographic portfolio contains flowers, flowers and flowers galore. 

When we lived in NH, I had a very small garden - barely 5 feet wide, 3 feet deep.  Now, however, we've tripled that in just one bed, and as I mentioned before, have other beds and more planned.

Here's a photo I took this weekend of a Gerbera daisy that had broken on the plant at the store, that I purposely saved so I could put in a vase and photograph. She (the flower) has since then been living on th eback deck, despite 3 rainy, dreary days, and her image forever captured so that she lives on long after she withers.

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photography, Daisies, Gerbera daisies