WORLDWIDE PHOTO WEEK: Part 717 - Backyard Photography

dixiedawn wrote in post #19084751
"Backyard" for many people in the city, the place to go when you need to escape the sweltering heat of summer. Well, probably need to wait a while, now

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jfY​CyE Bighorn Fire 6/24/20 by *dxd*, on Flickr

I really hated to "like" this shot. If I recall the news correctly, that fire is approaching 100,000 acres.

Fire season seems to have started early for everyone.

dixiedawn wrote in post #19084751
"Backyard" for many people in the city, the place to go when you need to escape the sweltering heat of summer. Well, probably need to wait a while, now

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jfY​CyE Bighorn Fire 6/24/20 by *dxd*, on Flickr

This is so familiar and so saddening
Be safe

I hope the next few days will help quell this fire.

Reported 104,000+ this morning. The prevailing winds have been from the west and southwest so that has kept it heading away from the city. It is threatening smaller communities on and around the mountains but after 3 weeks no structures have been burned. Many thanks to the firefighters!

A tiny wildflower in my backyard that I don't know the name of.

KT29 wrote in post #19085231
A tiny wildflower in my backyard that I don't know the name of.

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I don't know its name, either, but it sure looks nice.

OhLook wrote in post #19085292
I don't know its name, either, but it sure looks nice.

Thanks Oh. This is the first time I’ve seen it on my property. Hopefully I’ll be able to identify it. Than the hard part comes, remembering its name come next year.

KT29 wrote in post #19085298
Thanks Oh. This is the first time I’ve seen it on my property. Hopefully I’ll be able to identify it. Than the hard part comes, remembering its name come next year.

It's hard to be 100% certain from a photograph, but it appears to be a Balloon Flower, part of the bellflower family. a.k.a. Platycodon grandiflorus. We have them here when the wildflowers come out in the spring.

In their early bloom stage they look somewhat like a balloon until the 5 petals separate.

They are also edible. (Never let your wife take a course on edible flowers.)

EDIT: Since you said they were tiny, and the ones we see here are not that small, I hauled out my flower reference book, and looking closer it is more likely a Harebell, which is much smaller than the Balloon Flower.

Watch. Dogs.

Corner of my backyard "forest". This past week, charged up my old Powershot Pro1 and took it for a backyard walkabout. Full 8 megapixels with 7.2-50.8 mm USM optical zoom.

RDWP.. It looks like your photos were taken out of the time frame for this week...

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Timphoto wrote in post #19085328
It's hard to be 100% certain from a photograph, but it appears to be a Balloon Flower, part of the bellflower family. a.k.a. Platycodon grandiflorus. We have them here when the wildflowers come out in the spring.

In their early bloom stage they look somewhat like a balloon until the 5 petals separate.

They are also edible. (Never let your wife take a course on edible flowers.)

EDIT: Since you said they were tiny, and the ones we see here are not that small, I hauled out my flower reference book, and looking closer it is more likely a Harebell, which is much smaller than the Balloon Flower.

Thanks for this info Tim. Appreciate your efforts.ߙ

Timphoto wrote in post #19085328
It's hard to be 100% certain from a photograph, but it appears to be a Balloon Flower, part of the bellflower family. a.k.a. Platycodon grandiflorus. We have them here when the wildflowers come out in the spring.

In their early bloom stage they look somewhat like a balloon until the 5 petals separate.

They are also edible. (Never let your wife take a course on edible flowers.)

EDIT: Since you said they were tiny, and the ones we see here are not that small, I hauled out my flower reference book, and looking closer it is more likely a Harebell, which is much smaller than the Balloon Flower.

Tim, I did find this flower in an Idaho flower book. It is a Bluebell Bell flower, in the Bell flower family. The Harebell is also in that family. So you pretty much nailed the ID. Thanks!ߙ

Yeah - saw that after I saved the photos from the card. Battery pack is still firing up but the button battery is deceased. Easy to replace on the Pro1 if I can find the right size. - Rob

We've got a bit of cooler weather so it was time to clean the patio
Of course, today we had some wind ... It's like washing your car

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