Beauty: Andrea Frase

Beauty can be a hard thing to notice if you're not looking for it. There is beauty all around you, but maybe this summer you want to have that beauty right in your own back yard. Here are a few great places to go for roses, lilacs, and maybe even some pansies to give a little more color. I hope everyone takes the time out of their day to stop and smell the roses, just be careful not to smell the bees.

Death - Sharon Arnoldi

As you walk down the stairs from the deck into the yard, there is a great spot to plant a tree. However, we are on our third attempt at planting something there. It must be the spot of instant plant death. We tried watering, ignoring, fertilizing, soil testing and building it up so the nutrients don't run off. It seems like no matter what we try, nothing works. I took the scull out to the area of the backyard and photographed it in the spot where the dead plant is.

I actually shot this with my iphone, on purpose. My iphone gives takes a blurry image and the app I have for it makes it look very interesting. I really like taking photos with my iphone and the hipstamatic app.