Burt's Flowers

When I was in high school, Burt was my volleyball coach.  She was loved by all her athletes and they fondly called her Burt, short for Burton, which was her maiden name. (I'm pretty sure that is correct. Burt, please forgive me if I am wrong).  She married another one of my favorite people, Steve Hennigar, my softball coach. So even though she then became Linda Hennigar, she will always be Burt to me and everyone else who was lucky enough to have her as a coach and teacher.

Anyway, now that I am back in Oscoda, I live on Loud Drive, just down a ways from Burt and Mr. Hennigar's house. Their home is on Van Ettan Lake and is surrounded by all the beautiful flowers that Burt has grown over the winter, from seed, in her green house.

Last week after returning from the farmers market, where I was working on polishing my skills in the manual mode on my camera,  I stopped at their house and asked if I could photograph her flowers. She graciously agreed.   

I love to photograph flowers. I have ever since I started playing around with my camera several years ago. My old neighbor Tammy had beautiful Bee Balm, and a photo that I took of it remains one of my favorites to this day.

 Burt had just finished watering her gardens and the sun was shining.

 The colors were vibrant.

 I especially love these, and you can't tell how big they are by the pictures, but they were huge and beautiful.  

 I love the drops of water on this white flower (that I don't know the name of).

Morning Glories are always a favorite of mine.  Love the blue and yellow.  Kind of U of M like (but that's not why I love them, Mr. Hennigar.....you saw me with the big green "S" on my T shirt).

These next two are my favorite of the bunch.  Maybe because they're pink or maybe because one of their dogs was watching me intently trying to figure out why a complete stranger was lying on the ground in front of them taking pictures.

Thank you Burt and Mr. Hennigar for allowing me to practice my picture taking, and enjoy your beautiful yard at the same time.