Strawberries

The strawberries are coming ripe! I like how the violet leaf mirrors the berry.

F Number	5.6
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/25
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	100
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

My roses are blooming too!

I tell you, all of a sudden the garden went from nothing to bam!  The roses opened almost overnight and they're very lovely along the fence.

I will be away from the internet for a bit.  It's time to go play radio again!  This weekend is the annual June ARRL VHF contest.  If you're a ham, check out 6 meters and up - the bands should be hopping!

F Number	8.0
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/160
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Peony

The peonies have popped open!  I didn't see many ants tending to them this year but they opened just the same.

F Number	8.0
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/640
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	200
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Walking onion

I'm told these are called walking onions because the seed head (the pale bit at the top) gets so heavy that it falls over, dropping the seeds into the ground, starting new onions there.  Makes sense to me; this particular onion is about 5 feet from the spot I put the first one, and I find new ones every year!

F Number	5.6
Lens ID	-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/250
Exposure Program	Program AE
ISO	100
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Shelf mushrooms

These shelf mushrooms are reclaiming an old, fallen branch down in the bottom of Vale, near the Cowhorn Creek.  I had a hard time deciding how to frame this.  One of these days I'm going to learn how to use a photo program so I can post-process!

F Number	5.6
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	31.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 62.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/250
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	400
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Greenmarket crowd

It was hot last Sunday, unseasonably so for early June.  Most everyone went to the Greenmarket in shorts except for the woman in red.

The Greenmarket is getting bigger and bigger, which is very good to see.  Our downtown can use the foot traffic.  The building in the background is the Main Post Office.

One of the regular vendors, Susie made some rhubarb pickles.  I have been eating rhubarb all my life - more often than not broken off the plant and eaten raw.  Most people find them too tart that way and probably the most common way to use rhubarb is as the companion ingredient in strawberry-rhubarb pie.  That's really, really tasty!  Anyway, I tried Susie's rhubarb pickles and I fell in love with them.  She uses cloves and a little hot pepper, and they came out tasting like my Mum's pickled onions, which I loved as a boy.

This was a fantastic Greenmarket trip for me!

F Number	10.0
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/500
Exposure Program	Program AE
ISO	200
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Twilight's last gleaming

I was able to catch the sun setting over the far ridge.  This is one of those photos that really needs to be seen enlarged before it looks decent.

F Number	5.6
Lens ID	LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	45.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 90.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/125
Exposure Program	Manual
ISO	100
Exposure Compensation	-0.66
Flash	Off, Did not fire