David took this one. There’s this beautiful little rock pond in the parking lot of Zilker Botanical Gardens that always has the best waterlillies. I don’t know what these water plants are called, but they’re very cool looking.

In honor of the gigantic amount of fresh veggies we have to prepare and consume this week, I give you basil: This is actually from last year’s garden. This year my basil is kind of peaky. But the CSA keeps providing us with huge bunches of fragrant, lush basil that I have to incorporate into [...]

The composition in this one reminds me of a bridal picture – showing the train with the head over the shoulder pose. Except it’s a peacock.

This was a hard shot to get. We shoot with a powerful macro lens that takes stunning pictures, but the autofocus is really finnicky. It doesn’t like having lots of tiny things in almost the same plane – it gets confused and grumpy and refuses to play. So I’m especially happy that this one came [...]