ATOP THE HOUSE How’s your roof? Ours is okay, so far. No loose shingles. No leaks. No holes. It’s just that it’s 20 years old and every time I look at it, I start to worry. Who knew we’d live… Read More ›
Wildlife
MEALWORMS AND MOM
Once upon a time about 45 years ago, Owen wanted geckos. They were popular with kids his age. You could buy a couple of them at the pet store for a couple of dollars. The real money was spent buying… Read More ›
ALWAYS THE LIGHT
LIGHT FROM THE PAST I know that all of these were previously posted. I don’t know if they were posted under light or for some other reason, but all of them are all about light. When I think about photography,… Read More ›
SQUARES: A BREAK WITH THE PAST
IT’S ALL ABOUT NOW Considering I took these pictures yesterday afternoon, that’s about as much breaking with the past as I can manage in one day. Colors are coming. If the temperatures would drop a bit — and they are… Read More ›
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK -PHOTOS BY OWEN KRAUS
What do you do when you don’t have a long lens and you really need one? You take the pictures anyway and hope for the best. Flash warning: these pictures have been mercilessly cropped. Isn’t it amazing how our eyes… Read More ›
BIRDS OF MANY FEATHERS, A SQUIRREL, AND A SNAPPING TURTLE
Present and Past Connections Usually this would be my biggest month of picture taking, but it’s still raining. Okay, it stopped for a few hours this morning. That gave me a chance to get to the deck and clean up… Read More ›
THUNDERSTORM WITH MORE RAIN
The thunder woke me early this morning. As far as I knew, we weren’t expecting a storm, but these days, it can be hard to tell what’s going to happen with our weather. The leaves were rattling last night —… Read More ›
GARDEN BIRDS AND SURVIVAL
This morning I read an article in National Geographic about the lockdown. It seems to have made the lives of at least some birds better, at least for this year. It turns out I was wrong about us having lost… Read More ›
THE DAY AFTER
Yesterday was an official holiday. These days, being retired and all, we don’t pay a lot of attention to most holidays, but we’ve had a run a really bad weather since June. This is the first time in almost a… Read More ›
CARDINALS, BOYS AND GIRLS
We have had a lot of Cardinals lately. Many of them are young birds. You can tell because they still have some fledgling feathers and they look like teenage Cardinals. The boy in the set looks nearly full-grown, but the… Read More ›
SKIP TO MY LOO OR PARK THAT CAR
SHARE YOUR WORLD 8-24-2021 It’s hard to believe that in a week, we’ll be into the start of September. The year is whipping by me — especially summer! We got through our hurricane, which by the time it got here was… Read More ›
ONE HAIRY WOODPECKER
There are two birds that look almost the same. Both are woodpeckers, but not related despite looking so much alike. The difference between them is size. The Hairy Woodpecker (as opposed to the Downy) is much bigger. The smaller woodpecker… Read More ›
