Carey's Secret Garden, again

[puddleshark]

I've been having a problem lately with my thumb joint locking, which Dr Google thinks might be stenosing tenosynovitis. So I've been trying to cut back a bit on the photography, and wearing a thumb brace when I do go out with the camera. Only, two days ago, I managed to lose the thumb brace. (Quite a feat. It is bright orange.)

So today, using the macro lens (which does not have a working auto-focus), every time I forgot that I need to be careful when trying to adjust the focus, my thumb locked. There was quite a bit of muffled yelping going on. But luckily, everyone else in Dorset had gone to the beach, and I had the Secret Garden pretty much to myself.

Still some roses in flower:






Rosa 'Henri Delbard'.


Penstemon.






Gladiolus, Sweet Peas & Verbena bonariensis. A pleasing tangle.


Hardy Geranium.


Lots of carder bees out today, which was nice to see. But not many butterflies.



Today's Big Butterfly Count:
1 Red Admiral
1 Gatekeeper
1 Speckled Wood

In the Arid Gardens, the salvias blazing away:






Salvia 'Rêve Rouge' and Salvia bullulata.


Salvia patens 'Giant Form'.

Comments

[nanila]

What a glorious array of colours and forms!

[puddleshark]

Yes! It's only a tiny garden, but it's always so exciting to visit.

[mallorys_camera]

❤️❤️❤️

[puddleshark]

With photography being so painful at the moment, I wish there had been a bit less to photograph!

[summersgate]

I love your macros.

[puddleshark]

Thank you!

This particular garden is such a delight to photograph.

[heleninwales]

Sorry to hear that your thumb is painful. I find autofocus a mixed blessing at times. Mostly it gets it right, but sometimes it has a mind of its own and decides (as per recent example) you really wanted a weed in focus and not the statue of a frog.

[puddleshark]

...sometimes it has a mind of its own...

Doesn't it just! I find photographing small brown birds almost impossible. Even when they are centre shot, the auto focus just refuses to lock on them.

[kaishin108]

'Salvia 'Rêve Rouge' and Salvia bullulata.' WOW!! Just gorgeous

Dr google, ha hah

I am sorry about your thumb though.

[puddleshark]

Yes, those two salvias, side by side, were just stunning. My photos don't do them justice. (They are quite difficult to photograph, salvias. Well, that's my excuse. 😊)

Thanks! Dr Google is the only one available at this time of year, when all the local doctors are on their summer holidays. It's almost impossible to get an appointment here in August.