Josh - That'd be the place! Funny, I was so enthralled with shooting the plants that I didn't take any actual "tourist" pics. :) Sharon - You really have to see them in person. It's just astonishing! Thanks, all, for looking - I'm so glad you like them, I don't feel like so much of a nerd for taking pictures of plants when everyone else is taking pictures of the ocean, the sunset, the landmarks, friends, family... ;) CG

Oh thank you loves2cook. It's good to hear that these little postings can be of help. There are some wonderful books and blogs on food photography, some more technical than others, and certainly better than what I write here. I'm trying to keep it simple for now, and haven't mentioned words like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, so as not to frighten anyone LOL....at least not yet! SharonCb

I always enjoy people who update their posts with new photos. So on my Labor Day holiday weekend I thought I'd add some new photos of these citrus trees. You can see that I've now done some more landscaping. I know that not all of what I've done is optimum for citrus but my original intent was to use my trees in my garden as landscape elements first and as fruiting trees second. I wanted a Mediterranean garden with citrus, olives, etc. First is the Gold Nugget mandarin. It has a strong vertical growth, lots of spines, and this one didn't have one blossom on it last spring, so no fruit. But it has changed a lot in less than a year and a half. Next is the Meyer lemon, it blooms all the time, has developed a kind of bushy growth, lots of fruit, in fact I've had to remove some because it was weighing it down so much.

I'm looking forward to the CMA on the fishing cabin. Realtor is supposed to call today. It will be interesting since we can find nothing recently sold or for sale on Zillow or any of the Real Estate sites ON THE GALLATIN RIVER. Several away from the river, but it's the only one on it. I guess now and then you do need a realtor to find out what you can't, but in your situation it wouldn't be hard. A little upsetting because I can type in our California address on Zillow and our home comes right up and it's not even for sale, but Montana is a whole different ballgame. Good luck with your sale!