My Twinkle

Well the weekend held allot of things to be done around the yard. Flowers to be planted; some Veggies and cleaning out the pond pot and little pond my husband make for me over this past year. The roses are growing lush and full this year, better than last....and so far cross my fingers as I say this no powder mold on the leaves. Here are some lovely shots I got in the yard with some of my flowers. I hope you enjoy them.

My First Picture Of An Orange-Crowned Warbler

Well here are some more pictures of bath time images and in these images is a capture of my first Orange-Crowned Warbler....which pleases me because I didn't know what it was until I looked it up. I originally thought it was someones canary that got loose, but I was wrong LOL. I really love the reflections you will see in some of these images I really try to capture more than one look when I take Nature shots. In the shot above this Robin sat in the water for over 10 minutes before it finally took it's bath. So I was thinking this is what happens as you age...you've got to wait for the water to warm up first...LOL

Here is my little Warbler...very cute. Nice in wet as well his little orange head is all a mess.

Here is the lovely pond that I took all these bath time shots at....I hope you love what you see. Have a fantastic day!!!!

Reflections of Canadain Geese ~ How Many Days Since I Posted Last~ Oh Dear

Wow I can't believe I haven't been on since Thursday last week!!! Well not really I've been struggling with a virus and working two jobs is very tapping on my time. I haven't had the energy to do what I love which is photography. Exhaustion has been the problem as of late, but I'm feeling better now and back on line!!! On Thursday I posted some lovely duck reflection shots I took at Swan Lake and the same day I took these lovely shots of our Canadian Geese. These guys were enjoying the muck just too much and I loved all the green that is attached to their beaks and feathers...looks like they are getting ready for Halloween!! LOL Tonight I'm going to sit down and catch up with all of you too see what you've been up too since I don't have time this morning before I head out to work. Until tonight I will catch all of you on the flip side :)

Shore Birds and Their Reflections ~ Swan Lake

Goodmorning everyone...well today I'm home sick and I was home yesterday as well. I'm not one to be couped up in my house for days on end.....unfortunately as much as parents look forward to having the children go back to school after the two month off for summer. Children have that extra special way of coming home and sharing their germs with the rest of the family. Kenton my oldest within being back to school came down with a lovely cold..you know the kind fever, chills, heavy cough, swollen glands, snotty nose...yep and as much as I disinfected the house guess who got it next. ME!! Love the way children share...hmmmm NOT. Hopefully I can head back to work tomorrow in the mean time fluids, fluids and more fluids. But for today I thought I would post these lovely shots I got at Swan Lake another of my favorite places to go. My focus was on the REFLECTION not the duck I wanted my bang for my shot than just the birds. Enjoy everyone....back to bed I go HIGH HO :)

Water Effects ~ The Beauty in a Water Drop

Morning...yep here I am again obsessed with water...LOL what else is new. I find it truly fascinating what water can do for plants and for a photograph. This is an area that I need allot of practice on. I have seen what you can do with water from Flickr...stunning work on there....Wow. My objective though is to bring the beauty in everything that Nature has to offer us. There is so much that I haven't even touched on yet...and look forward to investigating over time. I wanted to bring a little sparkle for all of you today when you come. I hope you enjoy my Water Drop post. Have a wonderful day everyone!!

Goldstream Park ~ Part 1 Senic shots

Goodmorning everyone!! Well this morning I wasn't about to give up all the goods with the Goldstream post. I had such a lovely collection of pictures that I thought I would post images in fazes. First I wanted to give you a glimpse of how beautiful Goldstream park is. Allot of families go out for picnics, hikes, walks and they love the Nature house where the children can go and listen to a story about nature. Very popular area. My shots though are not of the populated areas, I tend to hike into a world all it's own to show how tranquil things really are and can be. These shots are from different locations of the stream itself. During our rainy season these banks flood and are quickly filled with spawning salmon...which attracts all kinds of wild life including the Bald Eagle...I'm going to go out when this happens to try and capture this wonderful event, even though the smell is something to be desired. The Bald Eagles actually will sit on a dead fish and will stay there while they eat...which as you know is a great opportunity to get that wonderful shot!!

Day 2 ~ Day of Hiking ~ Wow my feet are sore~ :Part 1

To compliment the first posting for today the added images I saw on my hike were: Rocky images, wonderful mountain views, water reflections my list goes on and on. In the first two images you will see some nice scenic images. One on this old tree that I find amazingly enough growing through the rocks you can see it's trunk curled around the rock to secure it's self impressive and I have also provided in the posting above a more detailed shot of the tree. In the second shot is a wonderful image of a lake just a short jaunt from the hotel that I'm staying in. I love the color of the water so green from the glacier run off....and icy cold Wow... The children as I type this blog post are with Chris right now at the lake...Nice

These next three posts are what I would call the aftermath look of a Thunder and Lightning storm. Yep I got to see a great one last night just after finishing my first post. I was so impressed with the color of the sky that I had to share these wicked shots with all of you. Have you ever seen a sky look like this???? Wow is all I can say. Unfortunately I wasn't fast enough to get outside before the sky opened up for the lightning shots..but I'm told it happens up here alot, so you never know I may get some shots of a storm yet :)

Wild Sweet Peas caught in the rain

During one of my weeks at home recovering there was about 3 days that we had rain on and off. On the last day of rain my husband took me out with my camera, even though I couldn't walk much, he took me to my favorite place Cattle Point where he knew I would find wonderful things to take pictures of. He knows I love capturing nature just after a rain fall, everything looks so fresh and clean and the water droplets adds that whole different dynamic into the pictures. At least that is what I think and feel...you might not like your flowers looking wet and soggy but I do!! LOL

Water Reflections

Water Refections