Pink skies in the evening

After taking shots of the full moon last night, I turned around and was rewarded with a sky full of beautiful pink tinted clouds. It made me smile.
Thinking of changing the name of this blog to a Picture a Week. I just can't keep up with things sometimes . . .

Late September afternoon

Taken late Saturday afternoon, after a long day devoted to housekeeping. It was quite warm and the sky was full of purple martins and dragonflies who were eating all the recently-hatched bugs. Truly magnificent although very difficult to capture.
That's George at the bottom of the dogwood tree. Hanging on it towards the bottom is one of my husband's contraptions. I don't even say anything anymore. Whatever he wants is fine with me and if it's his heart's desire to put an old windowbox planter on the trunk of a tree and fill it with moss and birdseed, well have at it, I say. It's not like the style police will be visiting anytime soon.

Sweet fruit

I took this photo of a pear tree along the Narragaugus River in Cherryfield Maine, which is the Blueberry Capital of the World. Now, that's a whole lotta fruity talk.

O, Sycamore

Just breezing through my old photo files and found this under Holiday 2007. I love sycamores in the wintertime.
I used Florabella's vintage summer as well as Florabella's nostalgia texture on this shot and love the color of the sky.

The beauty of the rain

Too much rain is never good. But just enough can be wonderful. Raindrops look like twinkle lights on the bare branches of this tree, taken in November 2008.
To all of my readers in the States, have a wonderful Thanksgiving today. And to all from other countries, thanks again for making the journey over here. Good to see you all.

It was a dark and stormy night

And something wicked this way comes.
I think I just scared myself.
SkeletalMess textures.

O, sycamore

I am sitting here watching Survivor, the real Survivor, and Russell (that little shit) has just found yet another immunity idol. Although I really do not like Russell, I do admire his tenacity. But that's about it.
I admire sycamore trees, too. Their beautiful bark adds interest in the fall and winter. They are one of my favorite trees.

Live oak

I took this photo of a beautiful live oak while dining at Wentzell's Oyster House in Fairhope, AL last week. It must be very old. This is one of my favorite trees.


I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing,
All alone stood it, and the moss hung down
from the branches,
Without any companion it grew there,
glistening out with joyous leaves of
dark green . . .


Excerpt from the Walt Whitman Manuscript, "Live Oak, With Moss"

Redbuds in the springtime

I love redbud trees when they bloom in the spring. This one has a little visitor. We're home from our trip and I can't wait to share some of the photos I've collected. Have a great day, all.

Gratitude

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

Trees in bloom

I posted a different look for this on my other blog and think I'm liking this one better. This tree bloom was taken this afternoon. I like how all the little seeds are hanging off the branch on their little fishing lines. Oh, better go. Lost is starting.

Early Spring sky

I used PW's seventies action and a cloud texture from Ghostbones on flickr. I just think it's fun. Have a great Sunday, all.

White or pink? Only time will tell.

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.

~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Magnolia seed pod

I guess I never realized how fuzzy these really are. Boy, the things you learn when you're lying on the ground.

Just a little bit

I love snow. I don't love it when I've been stuck in it for weeks on end, but a little snow just makes me happy. I enjoy wintertime, too. I like being outside in the cold and coming in to a wonderful warm house. And yesterday we had just a touch of snow here. People I worked with had as much as four inches at their houses, just a bit north of where we are.
I'll keep hoping. Maybe we'll get a little bit more.

Tenacious tree

I think this tree's got it. I mean, it looks like it's hanging in there pretty well.
Taken at Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge. For more pictures taken there, please visit my other site.

Today's sky

The temperature soared to nearly 60 degrees today and we took a drive down to Rock Hall, Maryland. We walked out to an observation deck, then took a hike on Boxes Point Trail. The sky was grey and the clouds were moving fast. Weird weather for this time of year.

Sycamores and sunshine

Rather than get a Christmas tree today, we opted to take a drive instead. Our journey lead us to a trail just over the Pennsylvania border. We put George on the leash and walked about a half mile and then turned around and stopped by the stream. A huge sycamore had fallen, probaly years ago, and had continued to grow along the bank, sending up shoots like you see here. Pretty adaptable, I'd say.

Here comes the sun

I found this and several other pictures on my camera disk tonight. I asked my husband about it and he said he was just out fooling around with the camera this morning.
He had the macro lens on it but didn't want to mess with it, he said.
I liked a couple of the pictures, and this one, in particular. I just love how that morning sun is shining through the trees, don't you?

Happy Thanksgiving

My husband did something to the camera lens but it turned out it wasn't any big deal. The 18-300 mm zoom lens just wouldn't work and I kept getting an error code. Eventually, I figured it out and lifted the camera to the window and took a shot just to make sure it was working. When I opened this up the next day in Photoshop, I decided I liked how it looked.

This was taken through one of the windows of the house, out the back, into the waning sun. Hope you're all having a good day, whether or not it's Thanksgiving in your neck of the woods . . .