Dale Ducatte

@daleducatte.com

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Happily retired after 30 years in I.T.; B.A. in history; Dogfather; nature photographer, gardener, reader. I take photos of plants and flowers, research their botanical history, and write about them at https://daleducatte.com. 📍Atlanta, GA #photography

A cluster of violet blue Iris japonica flowers.
An excerpt from the book We Shall Be All by Melvin Dubofsky describing the use of Pinkerton men to investigate prospective jurors in the early 1900s.
Closeup photo of a yellow and green double daffodil, fully in bloom, near the edge of a brick walkway in the background.
Closeup photo of a yellow and green double daffodil, starting to bloom. The flower is at the center of the photo, surrounded at the left by a cluster of daffodil leaves.
Closeup photo of a pair of yellow and green double daffodils, just starting to bloom.
A cluster of light blue Clematis flowers with some of their dark green vines in the background.
Closeup of a Clematis flower fully bloomed; the purple colors it exhibited when it first started opening have softened to light blue, almost white.
Closeup photo of a Clematis flower just after it started blooming. The flower's petals are various shades of light purple, with a center structure containing dark purple filaments.
Closeup photograph of a triangular-shaped cluster of three white Double Tazetta Daffodils.
Closeup photograph of a triangular-shaped cluster of three white Double Tazetta Daffodils, whose lean to the right mirrors the position of the dark green leaves behind them.
A cluster of white Double Tazetta Daffodils in front of a stone monument.
Red Persian Daisies surrounded by the yellow/green striped and pointed leaves of Variegated Irises.
Red Persian Daisies surrounded by the yellow/green striped and pointed leaves of Variegated Irises.
A screenshot from The Guardian's article; the relevant text is "Musk has made sweeping and aggressive declarations about what else must change about the US government, indicating where he might strike next. He stated on Monday: 'Activist judges must be removed from the bench or there is no justice....'"
A single stem of red Persian Daisies. The plant's stem and cluster of flowers have grown over the edge of an old stone wall.
A cluster of red Persian Daisies. The flowers are not quite fully opened, and are shown against a background of green leaves, with a rectangular gray stone at the bottom of the frame.
Three stems of red Persian Daisies with yellow-gold centers and stems with parsley-like leaves growing over the edge of a stone wall. There is a red brick culvert in the background on the left side of the frame.
A tight cluster of three red Persian Daisies with yellow-gold centers and stems of parsley-like leaves in the background.
A cluster of red Persian Daisies with yellow-gold centers and stems with parsley-like leaves growing over the edge of a stone wall. There is a red brick culvert in the background on the right side of the frame.
Red Persian Daisies with one fully opened bloom and several other partially opened blooms. The flowers and their green stems and leaves are set against a stone architectural background.
Closeup photograph of a cluster of red mums at the center of the image. Their green stems and leaves are also visible, with those of other mums out-of-focus in the background.
Closeup photograph of three red mums at the center of the image. Their green stems and leaves are also visible at the left of the frame, with those of other mums out-of-focus in the background.
Four red asters (probably Tanacetum coccineum) with yellow/orange centers and petals in shades of red and pink. There is a tiny bee on one of the flowers, fetching nectar. The asters are growing near the base of a gray stone monument that diagonally fills the left corner of the frame, and has a scrolled edge.
A closeup photo of an Indian Chrysanthemum. The flower has a bright yellow center, with petals that have white "spokes" emanating from the center toward tips in a rich magenta color.
A closeup photo of an Indian Chrysanthemum. The flower has a bright yellow center, with petals that have white "spokes" emanating from the center toward tips in a rich magenta color. There are some out-of-focus flowers of the same kind in the background, which add additional magenta color to the image.
Closeup view of a nandina shrub's branches in winter colors, where the leaves have turned shades of orange, and there are clusters of red berries running down the left-center of the frame.
Branches of a nandina shrub in winter colors, where the leaves have turned shades of orange, and there are clusters of red berries among the leaves.
A photograph of fallen leaves, with one saturated red maple leaf (surrounded by leaves in various other colors including orange, purple, and blue-gray) as the subject of the image.
An anemone plant with two white flowers in bloom and several unopened buds, in a shaded garden area. There is a cluster of leaves at the bottom of the photograph, through which the plants stems emerge.
A white anemone flower close-up, with several other anemone in the background.
A tall batch of white anemone flowers near the center of the frame, against the textured gray stone background of a historical mausoleum.
A tall batch of white anemone flowers near the center of the frame, against the textured gray stone background of a historical mausoleum. Green leaves and stems of some younger plants with unopened blooms stretch across the bottom of the image.
A cluster of abelia flowers in autumn. There is a large flower at the center of the frame -- light purple or pink in color -- and there are several out-of-focus blooms in the background.
A single Cosmos flower against a gray stone background. It's fern-like leaves are also visible in the lower right corner of the image.
A single orange Cosmos flower at the center of the frame. Its stem and an unopened bud are visible to the left of the flower.
A closeup photo of a pair of hydrangea leaves showing off fall and winter colors, including blue-green, dark purple, and shades of orange and yellow. The image's background has been removed and rendered in black.
A closeup photo of some hydrangea leaves showing off fall and winter colors, including blue-green, dark purple, and shades of orange and yellow. The image's background has been removed and rendered in black.
A closeup photo of some hydrangea leaves showing off fall and winter colors, including blue-green, dark purple, and shades of orange and yellow.
A closeup photo of some hydrangea leaves showing off fall and winter colors, including blue-green, dark purple, and shades of orange and yellow.
A broken oak tree obstructing a stone pathway. The tree -- recently split during a thunderstorm -- is still covered with orange leaves, which fill the center of the frame and the stone path appears to lead directly into the tree.
A large tree with a partially split section, framed against an old stone wall. The part of the tree that has split off is still attached but is on the ground. The branches and leaves on the split section have turned gray, contrasting with the orange leaves still on the tree and those on the ground at its base.
Bright red nandina berries in autumn, positioned in the center of the frame with a gray stone monument in the background.
A small cluster of Japanese Maple leaves peeking out from behind a gray, aged monument. The leaves have turned bright orange as their autumn color, and they're glowing from back-lighting.
A black and white Maltipoo holding one of his favorite toys -- a small stuffed ladybug about the size of a tennis ball -- in his mouth.
Examples of three varieties of Gaillardia, some with yellow petals and others with orange petals with yellow tips, from PlantNet.org.
A mix of pink daisies and mums, near the base of a monument at Oakland Cemetery's gardens in Atlanta, GA.
A mix of pink daisies and mums, near the base of a monument at Oakland Cemetery's gardens in Atlanta, GA.
Pink and white Persian daisies, tumbling along the stone steps and near monuments at Oakland Cemetery's gardens in Atlanta, GA.
A closeup photograph of a light pink Persian daisy (to the left of the frame) and a vine with two autumn-turned orange/gold leaves (to the right of the frame).
Living room Christmas tree decorating in progress; strings of Christmas lights on the floor, the tree at the center of the room (partially decorated); a black and white Maltipoo at the right side of the photo peeking his head just above the arm of a couch.
A single pink zinnia flower with a central flower structure that's shaped like a pineapple, with tiny yellow florets at the top.
A single red zinnia flower with yellow florets at its center and some of its characteristic dark green, triangular-shaped leaves.
A pink zinnia whose flower petals have some white stripes, with two wide green leaves just below the flower and a textured stone wall in the background.
A singe white Zephyr Lily with some swatches of pink color on each of its flower petals.
Five white Zephyr Lilies with dark green leaves, stems, and thorns of rosebush branches in the background.
A quotation from the book "A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World" by C. A. Fletcher, with a background image of someone walking their dog in the woods. The full quotation is: "Dogs were with us from the very beginning. When we were hunters and gatherers and walked out of Africa and began to spread across the world, they came with us. They guarded our fires as we slept and they helped us bring down prey in the long dawn when we chased our meals instead of growing them. And later, when we did become farmers, they guarded our fields and watched over our herds. They looked after us, and we looked after them. Later still, they shared our homes and our families when we built towns and cities and suburbs. Of all the animals that travelled the long road through the ages with us, dogs always walked closest."
A black and white Maltipoo puppy laying on his dog bed, with two curls of fur partially covering his eyes, in a rare moment of rest.