The Beginning of a New Day (Perhaps Even a New Year)

The Beginning of a New Day, a photo by phoGARDENtog on Flickr.

Happy New Year!  Here's hoping that 2012 is better than 2011.

I captured this daylily on the CSU campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. (Zuiko 50mm macro, f/4.0, 1/80 sec., 100 ISO, handheld)

So We Sat in the House, All That Cold, Cold Wet Day

So We Sat in the House, All That Cold, Cold Wet Day, a photo by phoGARDENtog on Flickr.

This veronica was photographed in my neighbor's garden in Fort Collins, Colorado. (Zuiko 50mm macro, f/5.6, 1/250sec., 400 ISO, handheld)

The Sun Did Not Shine, It Was Too Wet to Play

The Sun Did Not Shine, It Was Too Wet to Play, a photo by phoGARDENtog on Flickr.

This California Poppy was photographed in my neighbor's garden in Fort Collins, Colorado. (Zuiko 50mm macro, f/4.5, 1/640sec., 400 ISO, handheld)

Poised

Poised, a photo by phoGARDENtog on Flickr.

I captured this spider on the CSU campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. (Zuiko 50mm macro, f/6.3, 1/250 sec., 100 ISO, handheld)