02.04.2024-Silent Sunday Afternoon-Atherton Brook

02.04.2024 Silent Sunday-Three Diamonds in the Rough

 

02.03.2024 Silent Sunday eve-Ice Cream Brain Freeze

02.03.2024 I have a few favorite days

Ice cream for breakfast day is one of them.🍨🍧🍦

02.02.2024 Happy Weekend!

And, drum roll please…Happy Groundhog Day (or Whistle Pig if you wish).  Phil did not see his shadow so if he is at least a little more successful a weather prognosticator than the pros we are due for an early spring.  Of course the weather has been warmer than we usually expect for winter so that probably will contribute as well.  Somewhere around here we have our own Groundhog aka a woodchuck but haven’t seen him/her since last summer.  I never did get a chance to shoot him/her, only saw the evidence of him/her, nesting below our decks.

Anyway, since I don’t have a groundhog image to share, here’s one that might be seen when an early spring arrives.

When you go looking for sunrise while it is still dark you don’t always know what to expect and where to stand.  The puddle didn’t light up right away but I just happened to be standing in the dirt road at the right time in the right place.

 

02.01.2024 Screeeeeech!

A friend alerted me to this owl a while back and I was lucky enough, and patient too, to get it with open eyes.  Often they keep their eyes closed during the day, saving their energy for the night hunt I guess.  I was pretty happy to get this shot.  I hear plenty of owls in our backyard where we are near a wildlife sanctuary but I seldom see them.

 

 

02.01.2024 Stuck in the Shallow end of the Pool

On a visit to Murphy Falls a few years ago I noticed this piece of branch sitting in the shallow water of the brook with a nice coating of ice.  Despite the power of the flowing water it remained as you see it for several days.

 

 

01.31.2024 Wordless Wednesday-The Frozen Woodland Pipes of Pan

01.29.2024 First of the year

I haven’t been out with the big kit since 11/10.  Today I was on my way to Atkins Country Market to get the bread and milk when I saw how lovely the mountains were so headed up to Pollux for the view.

01.24.2024 Wordless Wednesday-Frozen Chaos