Blaze sure would like to help me, whatever I may be up to! Do you think there is a viewfinder large enough for this eye?
If Only the Viewfinder Were Large Enough!
“Can I Help?”
Tag Archives: 2012
Accidental Weathervane
This is the same feather from another angle – I liked the little glints of sunlight off the soft, plumulaceous barbs. Plumulaceous barbs: the part that looks like down and does not stick together.
Swinging in the Wind - Small Weathervane
I was having trouble recalling that word, so I consulted The Feather Atlas, an online resource maintained by the US Fish and Wildlife service. Here is a link: http://www.lab.fws.gov/fa/glossary.php
Snagged
Just a soft, gray, bit of fluff, snagged by a random twig. Between our chickens and the myriad wild birds flocking here, these are not so very rare, but when the light catches them just so I find them fascinating.
Grass Seeds
These little seed silks always grab my attention when they are glowing in the sunlight. Capturing it on film is more difficult than I expected, though.
Ripples
Teal ducks? A blue heron? That large buck drinking? Something was here. It left as I climbed the pond bank, leaving only the widening ripples as evidence that it had been here. Soon they smoothed out and the pond was once again smooth as glass, reflecting the changing sky as the sun slowly rose.
Sunrise at the Pond on the Back Forty - Winter 2012
Another Thorny Beauty
This thistle plant has attracted my attention all year long, since early spring. I have been fascinated by the textures and shapes… But I have to admit I do not want lots of little, new thistles to spring up all around it next spring!
January Thorns, or The Thistle at the Pond
Woodland Cup
Would you sip clear rainwater from this pristine, white cup? It was larger around than your average coffee mug, although quite shallow.
This January white is not snow
Twirling Tendrils
Yep, greenbrier again! Those twirling, organic, twisty shapes of the tendrils capture my attention almost as unfailingly as the thorns ensnare my ankles and clothing.
Each tendril unique
Damming the Ice
From the log to the shore was all ice while the other side of the log was all open water. And so this ice incursion was successfully contained by the log!
No Ice Allowed Beyond This Point
Greeting the Sun
Even the weeds gone to seed love the sun and celebrate its appearance.
At last the sun is rising early enough for me to be able to catch it before work!
It’s a tough couple of months in late autumn and early winter, with the sun rising above the horizon so late that we have to go to work before seeing its golden glow spread out across the landscape. Finally, in late January, the sun is coming up over the hill to our southeast right around 7:50 in the morning. Now that is a reason to celebrate!
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