Most people know the children's game, Duck, Duck, Goose. 98% of the country calls it that. I'm grew up in the 2% of the country that called it Duck, Duck, Gray Duck. I'd never heard of Duck, Duck, Goose until I moved from Minnesota and couldn't figure out what it was. It was a question …
Day 243 – Birds of a Feather
I didn't know what to photograph today until I saw the hummingbirds out by our feeder. We had a number of them chasing each other off. While I was waiting for them as they would come and go, another bird was hanging around our yard for a while. I think he was just waiting for …
Day 231 – Miscellaneous
The immediate threat of wildfire has passed although conditions are ripe for one to pop up at any time. The thunderstorms that were predicted didn't happen - at least not right here. We had a few drops of rain this morning, but it wasn't even enough to make the sidewalks wet. But clear skies reappeared …
Day 224 – Call of the Wild
While sitting at my desk this morning with my morning cup of coffee, I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye coming from our front yard. There were two young deer wandering past my window heading for our back yard. I tried to quietly go out on our back deck to take …
Day 210 – Counting Crows
There's an area that we walk near our home that has an unusually large number of crows (maybe they're ravens). There must be hundreds, maybe even thousands, of these birds. The cacophony of these birds fills the air where you can hardly hear yourself talk (ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit . . . but …
Through My Lens 