Looking out my kitchen window, it's bloom time in the garden and I want it to continue all year round. The only way to do that in Nebraska is by getting out the camera.

It also means being patient as you sit in the garden on your favorite bench. You have to wait for when there isn't a breeze, when the sun goes under a cloud and then, move and move fast to get that perfect picture of that gorgeous bloom.

Snapping those photos is a challenge as who doesn't want the perfect photo?

I head to the garden bench with my cell phone and first snap photos of flowers that are close by. I also wait for...