CFFC: Connects you to the present moment Birds and other wildlife around my home is my primary connection, but the few potted plants I’ve managed to keep flowering despite heat and dryness are important too as are the orchids, the last… Read More ›
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CARDINALS IN THE SNOW
Given the temperatures and the dryness, it seems a good time to remember cold and snow and how beautiful the red Cardinals are against all that whiteness. I promise to never complain about the cold again!
FLOWERS ON OUR DECK
FOTD – August 8 – Petunias, Begonias and Lantanas With an occasional five minute rain every few days, only the deck potted flowers are still blooming. But at least we have that. They are beautiful and bright and I hope… Read More ›
OH HAPPY BLUEBIRDS
So among the many pictures found yesterday, there are many bluebirds. Not as many bluebirds as grackles, but the bluebirds come as one, two, three at a time. You don’t discover (one morning) your entire deck and woods are covered… Read More ›
AN OVERLOAD OF PLENTY – OR PLENTY OF OVERLOAD
For a while I have been wondering why I take pictures but can’t find them. Well, it turned out that I had a 64 GB card in the secondary drive of my camera and there were thousands of pictures on… Read More ›
FOR EVERYTHING THERE IS A PURPOSE – IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Busy Photos but with a Purpose In each photograph, there is a purpose from making music to cutting corn.
A ROSE IS A ROSE IS
FOTD – August 4 – A Rose The super high temperatures not to mention the lack of rain made this years roses disappear faster than usual. Hopefully they will be back either later this summer — if it rains — or… Read More ›
ONE, TWO, THREE – ALL THE SAME YET DIFFERENT
One-to-three Photo Processing Challenge I’ve been working on a batch of pictures I took yesterday and this morning of the birds and baby squirrels. So, I picked two good photos of a Red-Bellied Woodpecker and tried it in other formats…. Read More ›
BEAUTIFUL NATURE
CFFC: Reminds you of natures beauty Talk about hard choices. I chose many, then whittled the selection down to six, at which point I stopped whittling. Hope you like them.
LAST OF JULY
Last on the Card – July 2022 I haven’t taken as many pictures this month as usual. For one thing, it has been awfully hot, for two, awfully dry and for three, I’m on a bunch of new medications which are… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASON – JULY 2022
The Changing Season, July 2022 – SERENDIPITY Seeking Intelligent Life On Earth Remarkably we have somehow avoided getting COVID. Maybe it was all those vaccinations. Both Garry and I have each had four. Owen needs a booster and I hope… Read More ›
SUNFLOWERS
FOTD – August 1 – Sunflowers I love sunflowers. I love how the bees love them and they are so tall and sturdy. The birds and squirrels love them too. Sunflowers are not only beautiful, they are useful in many… Read More ›