• Life In General,  Miscellaneous

    Disappointment and Discovery

    I went to the boat dock area this evening to capture a sunset. I was disappointed. My captures aren’t what I thought they would be. But I did like this image of the river grass. My discovery… I’m pretty sure my coolest bird shot to date is a Northern Mockingbird. I checked my Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America. It all fits….the wing coloring and pattern, white feathers on the outside of the tail. And the song. I know field guide for birds may not be the coolest thing I can admit to reading…. …but now you know what a Northern Mockingbird looks like.  🙂  

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 9.20.09

    Outside My Window…is a beautiful almost fall morning.  We are at 65F with 73% humidity, sunny with blue skies.  The forecast is for a high of 78F with patchy clouds.  Beautiful.  The dogwood tree leaves are beginning to turn…..they are generally the first to turn around here.  I have noticed quite a few berries on mine this year.  It appears that when I get a lot of berries in the fall, I get more blooms the following spring.  I am thinking…about how quickly summer seemed to fly by.  It doesn’t seem like that long ago I was stressing over Alanna’s prom dress and graduation.  Now school has started again and…