Jenks Garden

One of my guilty pleasures is reading Sci Fi/Fantasy. My favorite series is the Kim Harrison Rachel Morgan series. I've read those books so many time, I almost know them by heart. My favorite character is a four inch Pixie named Jenks. He's hilarious. Maybe because he is exactly like one of my friends. I've been tempted to write the author and ask her if she knows him. :) But I haven't. Nor have I mentioned it to him since I'm pretty sure he wouldn't like being compared to a four inch man with wings.

But they do have one thing in common that he would be proud of...their love of the earth (Pixies are excellent gardeners, you know). In the latest book, one of the characters says of Jenks that he "has the courage but not the strength to make a difference in a world that doesn't even see him". I think we all feel like that sometimes, especially about the environment.

These flowers are from my trip last weekend to the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden. Photo Stats - Taken with my D200, 70-300 VR lens, handheld, @ ISO 100
1 - 300 mm 1/320 sec @ F11
2 - 300 mm 1/500 sec @ F5.6
3 - 300 mm 1/250 sec @ F6.3
4 - 300 mm 1/80 sec @ F11
5 - 122 mm 1/200 sec @ F7.1 (ISO 400)