SmugMug > popular > Other > daisy plus
07/09/08

i liked this daisy with the buttercups behind it. the buttercups were growing over two feet off of the ground, perhaps the longest stems on buttercups i've ever seen, and the daisy was close to three feet tall
SmugMug > popular > Other > Self portrait
SmugMug > popular > Other > March 12, 2008

You Never Know Who is Watching

It is officially springtime around here.  Yesterday afternoon I saw a cardinal fly out of one of our vines and thought it would be so neat to find a nest and watch for babies.  We've enjoyed  several generations in the past few years but never have seen them until they ventured down to the feeder.

Very carefully I poked my head into the bushes and started looking, trying not to disturb anything I might find.  As I leaned back to move to another area, this is what I saw.  Not one, but three ribbon snakes, and they were about 18 inches above where my head had been. (I still can't believe that I didn't jump and scream.  What WAS I thinking?)

They even had the good manners to sit and wait for me to get the camera, switch to the macro lens, and come back outside.  I took about a dozen photos with different settings before they decided they'd had enough and slipped away.  I'm sure I'll see them again but probably not all at one time like this.   

If there was a bird nest in this area, I'm afraid the outlook for babies is not so good.  Maybe the bird was just resting and will find a better place to raise a family. I certainly hope so.
SmugMug > popular > Other > my mother-

a very good mother and a very good person-

she has pancreatic cancer but has a great attitude-

thanks mother for all you've done for me-

thank you for loving me when I was unloveable-

thank you for loving your daughter-in-law and your grandchildren-

thank you for being there when we needed you-
SmugMug > popular > Other > dailies july 2007 but really in 2008 photo
SmugMug > popular > Other > life is so glorious!

"hard times don't bother me, life is so glorius.
 so you try and fail at first, try again avoid the worst...
 life is one experience, that only a fool could refuse."
 from 'hard times don't bother me' by joe higgs
06/30/08

this is my sis's camera bag. she designed and sewed the decoration, taking the line from the joe higgs song and the lion from an ethiopian coin. it is a sentiment i completely agree with! had dinner with DOD and fam as planned. DOD is getting used to his electric wheelchair and new breathing assist device and is in his usual good spirits, despite being tired and unable to leave the house. we thank God for each extra day we get... life is SO glorious
SmugMug > popular > Other > Sign At Shem Creek
SmugMug > popular > Other > Copy of Frank Frazettas Death Dealer, done in oils on canvas board.
SmugMug > popular > Other > rower-

knoxville2-
my mother-

a very good mother and a very good person-

she has pancreatic cancer but has a great attitude-

thanks mother for all you've done for me-

thank you for loving me when I was unloveable-

thank you for loving your daughter-in-law and your grandchildren-

thank you for being there when we needed you-
 > my mother-

a very good mother and a very good person-

she has pancreatic cancer but has a great attitude-

thanks mother for all you've done for me-

thank you for loving me when I was unloveable-

thank you for loving your daughter-in-law and your grandchildren-

thank you for being there when we needed you-
my mother-

a very good mother and a very good person-

she has pancreatic cancer but has a great attitude-

thanks mother for all you've done for me-

thank you for loving me when I was unloveable-

thank you for loving your daughter-in-law and your grandchildren-

thank you for being there when we needed you-
Photo by: gefillmore · see photo in gallery

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