Of Bears, Eagles & Strangers in the Woods

Our Thanksgiving dinner spread the length of a couple of tables near a stand of moss covered oaks and cypress. The thought of not sitting at a table with china and silverware at first seemed odd, but then I thought back to the first Thanksgiving. Our setting was much more in tune with the Pilgrims [...]

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Posing Hummer

I don’t promise these are great photography, but they are a triumph for me. I finally caught a hummer on camera. Through a double-pane window  and screen, but I caught him. This is the first time I have seen a hummingbird perch. They are always in a tizzy, flitting from flower to flower. This time [...]

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The Triaged Life

You know what they say happens when you are over the hill? You pick up speed, of course. Darned if it isn’t true and I think I may know why, at least in my case. Older people tend to cast off things that are no longer useful (my mother almost stripped her house) and eliminate [...]

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Giddy Gardner

My first red pepper. I don’t know whether to eat it or look at it. Who knew gardening could be so exciting? There’s still a little green on bottom, but couldn’t wait to pick it. Note: Always click Control & + to elarge my photos.

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Be the Cheerleader

Someone asked if this was posed. Not at all. My great-grand-neice had been talking with the cheerleaders and next thing her mother knew she struck their pose quite nonchalantly. I could not resist posting. They just get cuter every generation.

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Moth to Frame

As usual, I go for a particular shot and get something altogether different. This started out as an attempt to photograph the bamboo that creates a jungle in the side yard. But like a moth to “frame,” this brown and turquoise moth planted itself smack in the view. What resulted was a kind of Asian/Southwestern [...]

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Cloudy, Cloudy Sky

  Apologies to Van Gogh We see little sky from our wooded lot, though more now that we had the trees trimmed. So here is a  postage stamp piece of the pink sky for you with a sliver of a moon thrown in.

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Zebra on Fire Bush

Just something to give you a respite from the news of the day. Enjoy.

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Zippity Doo Da

The joys of living in Florida! The beautiful hooded merganser duck wintered in our pond this year. They are found as far north as Alaska, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. We had eleven at one time, but they seem to be heading back home now. When I went to check on them late yesterday afternoon none [...]

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Two “Medaling” Old People

Jerry and I both medaled in the Golden Age Games in Sanford, FL this week, he in golf, I in photography. I hardly broke a sweat, but again have plans to be ready for bench-pressing next year. Sanford is the site of the original Golden Age Olympics (later changed to Golden Age Games) 33 years [...]

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