In The Garden Of Thy Heart ...
December 20, 2022 - I have added some illustrated Persian Hidden Word 3 images to my gallery today. Just click on the slideshow to navigate...
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Francis Meilland A Beautiful Pink Rose
December 20, 2022 - The Francis Meilland roses I photographed were among thousands of beautiful blooms of a variety of roses at the San Jose...
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Fence Rose Adorn San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
December 19, 2022 - A beautiful, unidentified fence rose photographed at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. This is a fence rose, which ado...
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Sweet Surrender A Victory For Any Rose Garden
December 19, 2022 - Sweet Surrender roses photographed at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, which is one of America's most-cherished rose...
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Sunsprite Roses Are Delightful
December 19, 2022 - This gallery will feature Sunsprite roses photographed at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, which is one of America's...
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Red Freesias A Brilliant Addition
December 19, 2022 - Red freesias are a brilliant and colorful addition to any garden; however, the ones I had, had a problem with black mold...
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Percy The Peacock Is A Character
December 19, 2022 - A peacock that I photographed in my travels. Please click the slideshow to navigate to the gallery with more peacock pho...
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An Almost-famous Clocktower
December 19, 2022 - I have black-and-white and color photos of an almost-famous clocktower in the San Francisco Bay Area. I added numerous n...
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Mauve Freesias A Unique Addition
December 19, 2022 - These were listed as mauve freesias, but they are kind of difficult to identify in terms of color. I photographed them i...
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Red Tulips Brighten Any Garden
December 19, 2022 - I've photographed many tulips in the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, I added red tulips. Click on the slideshow link to n...
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Purple Irises Are Bay Area Beauties
December 19, 2022 - Purple iris photographed in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a real challenge to photograph these in the full sun, whic...
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White Water Lilies Bloom
December 19, 2022 - White water lilies photographed by Glenn Franco Simmons in the San Francisco Bay Area. I added two photos to the white w...
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Pinnacles Worthy Of A National Monument
December 19, 2022 - Pinnacles National Park photographed by Glenn Franco Simmons. Pinnacles used to be a national monument, but it was chang...
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Pretty Pink Magnolias Photographed
December 19, 2022 - Pink magnolias photographed in the San Francisco Bay Area. Magnolias in the San Francisco Bay Area bloom as early as Jan...
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Stainless Steel Roses Are Stunning
December 19, 2022 - This gallery will feature Stainless Steel roses photographed at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, which is one of Amer...
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White Magnolias Are Early Bloomers
December 19, 2022 - White magnolias photographed in the San Francisco Bay Area. Magnolias in the San Francisco Bay Area bloom as early as Ja...
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Cherry Blossoms & A Bee In Saratoga
December 19, 2022 - Cherry blossoms photographed in Saratoga, Calif., a quaint town in Silicon Valley's foothills.
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Peace In Various Languages Illustrated
December 19, 2022 - This image features peace in a variety of languages. Image courtesy of NASA; image use does not imply NASA's endorsement...
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Fragrant White Freesias
December 19, 2022 - White freesias grown and photographed by Glenn Franco Simmons in our Cupertino backyard. Freesias are about the most-fra...
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Freesia Bouquets Are Now Added
December 19, 2022 - I have quite a few freesia bouquets, but I've only uploaded a couple at this point, starting today. Click on the photo f...
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Moondance Rose A White Beauty
December 19, 2022 - One of the whitest of white roses I've photographed is the Moondance rose. It's a real beauty and very close to Canadian...
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Beautiful Bronze-colored Dahlias In Dahlia Garden
December 18, 2022 - Because I was unable to identify these dahlias, I'll call them bronze-colored. However, brown dahlias that are unidentif...
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Flaming Dahlias At Golden Gate Park
December 18, 2022 - I called these dahlias "flaming dahlias" because of their fiery reddish-orange and yellow. I was not able to obtain the...
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Pink Dahlias Added
December 17, 2022 - I have quite a few photos of pink dahlias and I've added many today; unfortunately, many of them I could not identify. T...
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Salinas Valley A Beautiful Location
December 17, 2022 - Just click on the slideshow to navigate to the Salinas Valley photos.
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Saratoga Cherry Blossoms Added
December 17, 2022 - Today, I added more cherry blossoms to the cherry blossom group. These photos were taken in Saratoga, Calif., which is l...
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Rhododendrons Added
December 17, 2022 - Rhododendrons have been added today. Just click the slideshow and it will take you to the rhody gallery.
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Pansies ~ Spring's Happy Flowers ~ Added
December 17, 2022 - The pansy is one of spring's "happiest" flowers. Pansies will brighten up any garden and can be grown in a variety of cl...
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Dainty Porcelain Dahlias Added
December 17, 2022 - Depending upon how long a dahlia has been out in the sun, whether a flash is used, whether it is cloudy, as well as othe...
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Beautiful Fickle Dahlias
December 17, 2022 - Fickle dahlias, photographed in San Francisco at The Dahlia Garden in Golden Gate Park, have been added today.
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Single Drop Into An Ocean
December 14, 2022 - Far be it from us to despair at any time of the incalculable favors of God, for if it were His wish He could cause a mer...
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A Single Drop Into An Ocean
December 14, 2022 - Far be it from us to despair at any time of the incalculable favors of God, for if it were His wish He could cause a mer...
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Lavender Freesia Gallery Updated
December 14, 2022 - I've updated my lavender freesia gallery. These freesias were grown and photographed in our Cupertino backyard near Sili...
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White Freesias Grown In Cupertino
December 14, 2022 - I've added a few more freesias to my white freesia gallery. These were grown and photographed in our Cupertino, Calif.,...
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Back To Blog Posts In 2023
December 01, 2022 - With the reformatting of my website, almost all my past blog posts were removed (except those that I've posted this year...
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