D105-2013  Bench at the Rudolf Steiner Building
One of two such, at roughly 90 degrees to each other, facing the building.

Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor
April 15, 2013
Bench with shadows.
A filtered version, using Accented Edges.

April 15, 2013
The unfiltered version can be seen in my 2013 Spring gallery, here:  http://smu.gs/166cr1W
Bench with shadows.

April 15, 2013
Wave hello to spring.

DP088-2013.  Posted, taken, and processed March 29, Good Friday.

This was the first day when temperatures were approaching normal, the sun was out, and there were actual signs of new growth to be seen.  I spent about 4 hours visiting various venues and taking photos.  I wanted something for today that could only be seen in early spring, and would be a little different from the predictable pictures of snowdrops, crocus, winter aconite, pussywillow, etc.  (Though I did take some of those!)

If you're curious, the shadows are from a garden bench along Geddes Avenue.
D277-2012 One of several cast concrete or reconstituted stone benches that are modeled to resemble rustic log constructions.  This one faces south and overlooks the now dwindling Crosby Lake.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
October 4, 2012
A roadside bench looks out over Hidden Lake.  Just beyond hangs a cottonwood limb with its leaves turned golden.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan.
September 17, 2012.
We were here first.  Sit somewhere else.
. . . ~ ~ Alternate Titles ~ ~ . . .
Off the Grid, or Out of Bounds
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Garden bench with unintended greenery.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio.
July 8, 2012.
(nex5n)
When you set a bench literally in a garden bed, what can you expect?  Of course the plants will grow around, through, over the bench if you let them.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio.
July 8, 2012
(nex5n)
D190-2012 Prairie dock
Silphium terebinthinatheum . . . Family Asteraceae . . . Native to North American prairies
To my right and behind me lies the restoration of a tall grass prairie, on which Prairie Dock is a prominent species.
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Tall Grass Prairie, Secor Park, Toledo, Ohio
July 9, 2012
(nex5n)
D105-2013 Bench at the Rudolf Steiner Building
One of two such, at roughly 90 degrees to each other, facing the building.

Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor
April 15, 2013
D105-2013  Bench at the Rudolf Steiner Building
One of two such, at roughly 90 degrees to each other, facing the building.

Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor
April 15, 2013
D105-2013 Bench at the Rudolf Steiner Building
One of two such, at roughly 90 degrees to each other, facing the building.

Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor
April 15, 2013
See photo in original gallery.