Squirrel Caught Eating Rhododendron Blooms!!!

I wanted to share with you a cute picture today. While I was out in the gardens of UVIC I caught this squirrel along with it's friends eating Rhododendron blooms....I didn't even know that Squirrels ate those types of things. Totally made me giggle inside while I watched them stuff their faces with flowers. They couldn't get them in their mouths fast enough. A absolute PIG OUT! LOL

Cat Lovers????

Good Evening everyone!!! Have I told you lately I love my cats? I do these beautiful animals have been apart of our lives for a very long time...I couldn't imagine life without them. They wake me up in the mornings, talk to me while I'm getting ready for work; at the door when I come home; and on my lap the minute I sit down with my cup of tea. Both Lemo and Truffles are indoor cats so from time to time I let them out when I'm in the back garden. What I find so interesting is that they don't wander far from me, just content at smelling everything and seeing what I'm up too. I'm very lucky and I wanted to share that with all of you :)

I would also like to let all of you know that I'm trying to get to my blogs that I follow, but time is not my friend. As soon as my second job is finished on the 18th of this month I hope to rectify that and visit all of you and see what is new and exciting in your worlds. I simply look forward to having time back for myself and what I love to do.
The top shot is of Truffles she is now three, we got her when our Mr. Beast died. Lemo what heart broken and cried all the time looking for him. So we decided to get her a new little friend, which really helped her get over Mr. Beast.

This lovely girl is Lemo, she's 8 years old now. I can't believe that much time has gone by already...seems we just brought her home yesterday. Most of the time she thinks she's a dog and gets very upset if Christopher doesn't get to bed on time!!! She sleeps with him :)

Soft Light and What It Can Do For Your Photo's

Morning everyone I thought I would put a small bit of softness into your day. I have really learned allot with my photography lately and one is light. I really does make the difference on how the image looks and turns out. If you have morning or evening light for some reason it's the softest light the best light for your subject matter. Midday light is too intense and will bounce off your subjects and cause a bright exposure problem. Let's use my post from yesterday as an example. My Woodpecker shots would have been stunning in the morning light...but because I spotted him in the afternoon the exposure was too bright causing the top of the birds head to become a beacon rather than showing how beautiful he really is. To accomplish a better look I had to modify the Woodpecker. With these two shots today I didn't have to modify anything the light was perfect giving both the animal and flower the best way to enjoy it's colors and contrast. What do you think ?

Sidney's New Discovery Center ~ A Series of Under Water Ocean Images~ Part 2 Invertebrates and Fish

Happy Sunday everyone. Today here in Victoria we are having a fabulous day. Nice and sunny you can't get any better than that! I managed to get out for a walk today and got some great pictures...lots of editing on the horizon for me. My favorite part. Ahhhh I'm getting off track as usual...so this is the next half of Sidney's Discovery Center. Lots of Invertebrates in these snaps, sorry everyone the fish except for the one I posted today were all too fast moving and I couldn't capture a clear crisp shot of them, which is too bad because there was one female fish and she was giving birth at the time to a baby! Little did I know that some fish give live birth just like we do.... I was truly amazed.

This image below is a Sea Cucumber...very cool. It was cleaning the glass and I was amazed at what the inside of it's mouth looked like. Click onto the image to get a larger image....it's mouth is truly awsome inside.

Ducks Can Really Live It Up!!

Well I did it I managed to get everything done on the weekend that I wanted to get done. Wow too much work....the boys when they get home are going to have a heart attack for sure. Their room is clean, de-junked and organized just in time for school, won't they be happy! (NOT) Oh well I'm happy so that should count for something right? Luckily I managed to get out for a bit yesterday. I jumped onto my scooter and away I went down to the break water to see if I could spot anything exciting. What luck I did...but I don't know if three little ducks in a row napping is exciting or not, but I was sure able to get really really close. So close I could have put one in my pocket and taken it home. In the picture above I just marvel at how they can sleep while on one leg without falling over, I think that is amazing all in itself don't you.

This litte beauty let me get right up to her.....look at the details in her feathers and the lovely colors on the top of her head when the sun hits her just right. Love this shot.

Day 9 ~ Wonderful day

Well today was wonderful...we had a great day :) Chris and I had a very deep conversation about the costs of being up here and we decided because we never ever do anything and watch our pennies all the time that we would do one awesome thing while we are here. We will be going onto the Gondola tomorrow and experiencing the Peak 2 Peak Alpine Experience. So tomorrow all my BLOGG FRIENDS there will be Panorama views from the top of Whistler!!! I'm so excited I don't think I will be able to sleep tonight...LOL and I'm very excited for all of you as well. So I posted some nice bug, bird and one deer shot for you.

The mountains are a great environment to capture these wonderful bugs....grasshoppers!! I was caught straddling a rock in my long jean skirt.....did I blush when a man made a comment about it..yep I sure did. He said it wasn't everyday that you come across a woman straddling a rock to get a picture of a bug...he said this memory will be forever burned into his mind... LOL

This little song Sparrow was caught with a bad hair day after it's bath. It was too cool to watch it have it's bath and then hop onto a Skunk Cabbage leaf to dry off. Mind you half way through drying it's self it was starting to pant...It was 38 degrees today.

This shot was captured from within the van thus the quality isn't so good...on our way to Lilloett. First deer I've seen since I've been here...nice.

Day 2 ~ Day Of Hiking ~ Wow my feet are sore Part 1

Wow I saw so much today on my hike....Plus I hiked aprox 8 kilometers today! Did I love it I sure did. I saw amazing things, one of the amazing sights other than the beautiful scenic images before my eyes was the animals I saw today. Here are some totally awesome shots of a Chipmunk. We don't have Chipmunks on Vancouver Island, so when I spotted this little wee thing eating berries well of course I had to stop and stalk my pray. See how close I could get to this little one before it fled off into the forest again. I was pleasantly surprised by how close I could get....so so beautiful this little one. Oh I love it here already.

In these next two images they are to compliment the Part 2 post below with the images of the tree growing out of the rocks. In these two shots I'm showing you just how wonderful this tree has managed to survive by curling it's trunk around the rock and in the same shot showing the beautiful mountains in the background. So lovely.....how nature can adapt to it's environment. It has always amazed me how trees can grow anywhere even in rock.

My Morning Coffee ~ 6 of 10

Ok This Hill Is Way Too Slippery!! I Need Some Leverage Please

My post today is about Snapping Turtles...yes you know the ones everyone does. The cute little turtles you see in pet stores everywhere. But what most people don't know is that they grow...yes imagine that ...those cute little turtles get quite a bit bigger and soon grow out of their tanks causing people to abandon them. Here in Victoria we have alot of snapping turtles that now live in our parks, ponds, bogs...because people forget when they buy pets as babies that they grow...now we have problems with them. They will attack baby birds that swim in those ponds....sad really they are a lovely looking Turtle but a problem none the less. Makes me wish that people stop and think if the animal they are buying really is appropriate for them. Just like Parrots ....A huge responsibility that people just don't realize...Sigh...I think I'm going into a rant..I will stop now.

Hey I'm Taller Than you!!

Wow....lookin Right Atcha!!!

Symbolism of Dad....Watchful Eye

In my second post which symbolizes Dad is: This squirrel ever watchful protective of his families space making sure all is well.

Sleepy....Truffles at rest

Well I'm just getting to my blog now...I have been out and about today and I'm still in the process of editing the shots I got today. But here are some pictures that I haven't had the time to get up. I thought some nice shot of small animals are in order. A lovely Mother Squirrel taking a break from her babies, Lovely baby Rabbit and my sweeeet lovable cat Truffles having a wee nap.

So Cute....baby Bunnie

Mother Squirrel having a break