“When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Category: Nature
A Photo a Week Challenge: Faded
This weekend I was looking through some older photos from when I first got my new camera. I found these sweet hummingbird photos, but the bird was in the bush, shadowed, and a bit blurred. When I read Nancy’s (Nancy Merrill Photography) newest photo challenge “Faded” these photos came to mind, as they had a…
Travel Destination: Panama City Beach, Florida
The final destination on our recent road trip back in October was Panama City Beach, Florida. As I mentioned in my post on our visit to Orange Beach, Alabama (see post here) we headed out under rainy skies, enjoying the sites along the road leading to Panama City Beach. As Orange Beach and surrounding areas…
Lark Sparrow
My birthday adventure last week was a trip across town to visit a couple of parks I have not visited in years. I discovered a few new birds. The Lark Sparrow is one of them. I could hear these little guys in the trees with a very unique song (in my opinion). After quite some…
Double-crested Cormorant …and friends
Yesterday I discovered Double-crested Cormorants hanging out at the top of a couple of very tall trees at the lake. They were pretty far away so it was hard to get super photos. But they are pretty cool birds. Today my husband came with me to the lake and he called me over when he…
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