Click on photo to see full version or larger version. Photos from 2015. The first is of a magnolia tree in my yard on January 31, 2015 before a snowstorm. The other snowy photos were taken on campus the next day (February 1, 2015). The macro photos of flowers were taken with a cell phone while holding up to the lens a simple 10x loupe with LED lights. I was very surprised by the results. Scroll to the end of the page to see more. The flowers shown are Rudbeckia subtomentosa (sweet black-eyed Susan, three photos), Solidago (goldenrod), Cosmos, and Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower).
The first two photos below are of Centaurea cyanus (blue cornflower or bachelor's button), then a Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower), and Salvia azurea (blue sage). The monarch butterfly grew up on some Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) I planted and is drying its wings on a cosmos flower. In the final photo, Azul the Cat is judging you.
