Tag: nature

  • Sunday Stills – Dry – 10.04.20

    Sunday Stills – Dry – 10.04.20

    Artist Palette is on the face of the Black Mountains in Death Valley National Park. The colors are caused by oxidation of different metals, but it looks like an artist took a paintbrush to it. Artist’s Drive is 9 miles one way with curvy roads and towering mountains on either side.

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #16

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #16

    Week #16 challenge was Short legged birds. Having short legs myself, I can appreciate these birds who have to take short quick steps to get where they need to go on the ground. Unfortunately, I don’t have the ability to fly so my short little legs is all I got! We enjoyed a lot of…

  • Water Water Everywhere – Low Tide

    Water Water Everywhere – Low Tide

    This is the Atlantic Ocean at Little Talbot Island State Park off of A1A between Jacksonville & Amelia Island, Florida. You can see it was REAL crowded. LOL!

  • Sunday Stills – Droplets – 9.27.20

    Sunday Stills – Droplets – 9.27.20

    This post is in response to TERRI WEBSTER SCHRANDT Sunday Stills challenge. The theme this week is Water Droplets.

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #15

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #15

    Week #15 challenge was Birds with Green Feathers. Green is defined by mixing the two primary colors of blue and yellow which we all learned in grade school. Along with blue & purple, it is considered a cool color whereas, red, orange and yellow are warm colors. Well, there were some COOL birds shared this…

  • Water Water Everywhere – Golf Course Mallards

    Water Water Everywhere – Golf Course Mallards

    We walked around the fairways while golfers were teeing off.

  • Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #14

    Bird Weekly Round-Up – Week #14

    Week #14 challenge was Flocks. We had some wonderful entries of birds I am well versed in seeing and so many that I’ve never seen before that included all kinds of shorebirds, turkeys, ducks, geese, pelicans, gannets, lorikeets, cedar waxwings, magpies, cockatoos & parrots from Australia…and PUFFINS. My dream bird! Puffins! PLUS – Razorbills!

  • FOTD – Azalea – Haiku

    FOTD – Azalea – Haiku

    buzz, butterfly buzz futtering, sipping nectar bring joy in color

  • Water Water Everywhere – String Lake

    Water Water Everywhere – String Lake

    In September, almost one year ago and for my birthday, we took a paddle with our inflatable Sea Eagle kayak on String Lake in Grand Tetons National Park. To say it was one of the best birthdays ever is an understatement! This is a view taken from the boat as we floated along.

  • Sunday Stills – Orange

    Sunday Stills – Orange

    Moving into Fall (my favorite season), Halloween will be here soon. Next to Christmas, Halloween is my favorite holiday. We usually go all out and have a massive display of goons and ghouls with purple and orange lights flashing down our walkway for trick-or-treaters to scamper up the path if they dare! This year, it…