More Flowers - A Study of Depth-of-Field

 

The day was cold, the wind was strong, the temperature was 47F with the wind chill was felt like 35F, winter was back. When we had lunch, if was getting darker and darker and It was hailing. I waited till 3:00 PM for my afternoon walk. It was not disappointing at all.

https://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2026/flowers2.html

Azalea

 

I have not seen these azalea in this location for years, it used to be form like boxes but now it is all natural which I like better. When I saw this I asked Pokie if we could stop by and capture it.

https://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2026/azalea.html

 

 

A walk in the Neighborhood

 

I promised myself that I will walk 2.0 miles, so I ventured early Sunday morning and explored the neighborhood. It was an overcast and luckily the rain hold off until later that morning. I accomplished walking 2 miles that morning. By the end of the day, I managed to add another 1.5 miles bringing a total of walking that today to 3.5 miles.

https://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2026/walk.html

Cornucopia of Spring

 

I thought I make one more website for the Viva Village before we go to Japan next month. This collection is mainly shots of flowers close up plus a few more that I think is interesting.

https://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2026/spring.html

 

Capitol - Salem, Oregon

 

We plan to go to Dallas, Oregon, but we made a diversion to the Capitol in Salem when we heard there is TAIKO performance and spring festival. We arrive just before 9:00 in the morning and parking is still a breeze, when we left close to noon, it was packed, free parking is hard to come buy.

https://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2026/capitol.html

Artificial Intelligence 2

 

https://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2026/ai2.html

Hanami - the art of viewing the cherry blossoms

 

The weather is perfect, meaning no rain and overcast, just after sunrise, I spend about 40 minutes exploring the cherry blossoms, I can ask for a better weather. Roberta Lang informed me the day before since she lives on that street.

https://www.yongkieandpokie.com/2026/hanami.html