CBWC: In or on Water Photograph: Garry & Marilyn Armstrong With water all around us, there are always many photographs of thing in and on water. Not so many thing “in” as in fish, but many things near or on.
Swans and herons
THE CHANGING SEASONS, MAY 2023
The Changing Seasons, May 2023 It has been strange month in many ways. But it has been a strange year. We are coming into June, so that’s almost half a year gone. It doesn’t feel like half a year. It doesn’t… Read More ›
A GREAT BLUE HERON IN THE MUMFORD RIVER
As we arrived by the dam, there was a huge heron in the river. One of the delightful things about herons is that they will stand very still for long periods of time while waiting for just the right fish… Read More ›
MORE GREAT BLUE HERON
I took a lot of pictures, so I got a few more ready to go. I am going to make a print of one of these — but I’m not sure which one. This means I was doing double duty… Read More ›
LONG-LEGGED BIRDS
NPC #9: Long-legged birds All herons. Great Blue Herons, which are the ones we have on this coast. The herons on the west coast look very much the same, but are more grey and less blue. I also have just… Read More ›
BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST
CFFC: Anything Large Just as “small” is a matter of definition and comparison, so is large. For example: A big fly is big. A little fly is small.A big elephant it big. A little elephant is small.Therefore, a big fly… Read More ›
LONG WHITE NECKS
Cee reminded me today of ducks and then I remembered swans and specifically, sleeping swans, floating on the pond with their long necks and heads tucked under a wing. And how those necks are so long, they don’t have to… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 70 – SWAN ON A POND
Before the long drought, we had a lot of swans nesting and breeding in the rivers and on the ponds where the rivers widen. There was one year when the Canada Geese tried to drive the swans out of the… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 70 – SWANS
Over the years, I’ve taken many pictures of swans until about four year ago, they disappeared. It was the end of a long, slow drought. Our rivers ran dry. The fish died. I think the lack of water in the… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 69, PART 3 – GREAT BLUE HERON IN THE AIR
I watched another few episodes of “Sketchbook” on Disney+ last night. One of the subjects said “We all have at least a couple of thousand bad drawings. You might as well get rid of them as soon as possible and… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 69 – A BETTER GREAT BLUE HERON
It isn’t entirely better, but the head on this great big bird is better than the previous drawing. Great Blue Herons aren’t blue. They are grey which in the world of animals is blue. Don’t ask why. I don’t know…. Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 69 – THE GREAT BLUE HERON
I think I’m going to redraw this guy so he looks like he’s standing guard. For one thing, they are really tall — 6 feet tall or more. Of course, their primary interest in life are fish. These great big… Read More ›
GREAT BLUE HERONS
Let’s have our beautiful Great Blue Herons take center stage. Many of these amazing birds make their home in this valley. They live in large groups who nest in trees near the rivers where they fish. Great Blue Herons will… Read More ›
THE GREATEST BROADWAY MUSICAL — Marilyn Armstrong
Back in my bright college days, I was a music major. I hung out on the quad with other wannabe musicians on warm sunny days where we planned projects which would make us famous. Symphonies. Great achievements as conductors and… Read More ›
THE BATTLE FOR WHITIN’S POND – Marilyn Armstrong
There is an ongoing war between the Canada geese and the swans. It has, it seems, been going on forever and will go on forevermore. Ducks get along with every other kind of waterfowl. Swans, geese, even herons will swim… Read More ›
ALL LINED UP? – Marilyn Armstrong
For Judy. All lined up!
COMPLIMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS UNBIDDEN – Marilyn Armstrong
I read a post by The English Professor at Large. She was writing about kindness and love and the simple things you can do to make the world a better place to live. If you have a chance, read her piece. You… Read More ›
RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE WITH GREAT LIGHT! – Marilyn Armstrong
Weekly Photo Challenge: Right Place, Right Time! Right place, right time is the name of the photography game. That and the right light. Most of my best photographs were a combination of having a camera when I needed it and being… Read More ›
NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY – Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: Gold I live in the land of gold, at least for somewhere around a month every year. Autumn is golden time here in the northeast unless we are rudely interrupted by a hurricane or a… Read More ›
APPROACHING EARTH DAY WITH THE SWANS – Marilyn Armstrong
Usually, when I publish pictures of swans, I clean up the water, but these are the originals … the way the photographs looked before clearing out the rubbish. As we again approach America’s “Earth Day,” I find myself ready to… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 