Midsummer flowers

Summer is coming... The foliage is green and lush, the sky is blue and the flowers are blooming already. But we also not only had some snow just a few days ago and some rains... The temperature is still relatively comfortable most of the days. We shouldn't complain about hot weather...yet... But let's just jump back in time and walk along the streets and feel real midsummer heat...

 

If you start this journey early in the morning, you can spot some drops of water left after sprinklers are turned off... right... 6:20 in the morning and the temperature is still relatively low so these drops survived... not for a long, for about 20 minutes...

But don't expect to find anything like unevaporated water drops later during the day. It is toasty and you can feel it. But... the heat makes you walk slower so you can see all the beauty that can escape your attention when you walk at your usual pace. Isn't it great?

If you are lucky enough you can spot a nice dragonfly resting high on the tree branch. But only if you are lucky, so don't miss the opportunity to take a picture ;)

It doesn't matter if you are looking for small objects and exercise macro photography. Big objects shouldn't be off limits! So if you meet a nice cormorant, drying its wings after a successful dive for its lunch, don't just walk looking in another direction, do whatever you can to capture this gorgeous bird. Even if you need to use your smartphone (in fact this picture wasn't taken with a smartphone but you got the idea).

 

Pictures were taken July 12, 2020.