Bird on a Wire
Falling in Love
Canon Beach, Oregon 2003
Aaron and Rufus: I had forgotten to pack any toys for Rufus, so Aaron took one of his socks and filled it with sand.
It amazes me sometimes how the simplest things make the best toys. The $40 toy for your toddler is no match for the box it came in.
It was on this weekend that I realized that I was in love with the man who was to become my husband (although I didn’t know about the husband part yet). I knew that this was something real, something special, and something that was going to last a very long time.
How to Feed a Baby Woodpecker
ne of the coolest things we got to watch on our camping trip last weekend was a woodpecker feeding her babies
She was a bit suspicious of us, so if we were making any noise she’d go land on a different tree and wait till we shut up and sat still before she went to the tree with her babies.
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This is my contribution to Candid Carrie’s Friday Foto Finish Fiesta
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Cherries
Russ has a cherry tree on his property, half of the branches hang over the hammock, and the other half extending out over the river.
The part over the hammock never seems to have as many cherries as the part that extends over the river
this pretty little bird sat in the cherry tree and sang for us a spell
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Bottoms Up
Every once in a while I do a double-take when I see waterfowl feeding under water. For a moment, I stared at these geese completely unable to identify the species. Then their heads pop back up and I feel dumb.
Funny how the phrase “bottoms up” usually involves intake of some kind, whether you’re human or aviary.
I see these birds every day, and I take pictures of them almost every day. One of these days you are all going to get sick to death of my bird pictures. Personally, I prefer having birds making their way through my back yard as opposed to the other critters that hang around here: an endless supply of rats, bugs and other creepy crawlies that I cannot identify. Although it is nice to see the bees back in action.
There is a giant squirrel that lives around here, but my camera has yet to capture him. Don’t tell anyone, but I’m actually a little bit afraid of him. Shhhh!
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