Female Purple Martin

Purple Martin Juvenile

Male Purple Martin

Male Purple Martin

Honey Comb....honey bees natural Abstract living

Ok I want all of you to look at how cool this really is. As you know I have posted shots of big bumble bees on the blog...but look at how they live!! They have to be the most talented bug on earth, how they build such lovely abstract homes...I thought you would love the cool shots of the honey combs!! Let me know what you think :)

Nature's Natural Abstract Art

Hosta Caught in the Rain

As always Victoria was hit with rain!!! So I took the time to look into the garden to see if there was anything interesting there to take a picture of...well my Hosta's looked cool. So here is a result of the rain ;)

Pine Siskin

Here is my Baby all grown up!!!! Yep for those of you who follow my Blog I put up a post earlier about this baby that was at our house calling for mom for 4 days...well the little one is back all the time now all grown up. Really not afraid of me as you can see...and I got an extra lovely shot close up.

Dark-eyed Junco

Well because I had to go to work early yesterday....called in again to change my shift. I decided that after work I would challenge myself and hike up Mt. Doug. I had heard from some of the residence in the area that there is an Owl in there...so I thought I would try and see if I could find it. Well looks like I will have to do a few more trips into Mt Doug I had no idea that it was such a large area to explore. I did manage a decent shot of this lovely Dark-eyed Junco.....He was singing his head off wasn't too hard to find him.

Song Sparrow's voice

When I went on my large hike around both Elk lake and Beaver lake this Song Sparrow caught my attention. I would have to say that the Song Sparrow's voice in one of the most distinctive voice in our forests!! you hear them everywhere...but sooo beautiful. This shot the bird could have just walked right out onto my head. So I took the shot who wouldn't?

Lovely soft foliage

Hello and goodmorning......I have to tell ya I have had a challenging few days so I thought to boots spirits I wanted to share with you my latest shots on some lovely and unique shots I've taken on some flowers....I hope these pictures sooth your soul as they do for me. Have a great day :)

Dewy Moisture

Broom tops...

Fiddle Head

To break up and add some contrast to my blog today I thought I would post this lovely shot of a fiddle head. I found out yesterday that allot of people eat these. Fry it up with butter, salt, pepper and onions!!! Wow I would never in a million years thought that you could eat these. Amazing what you find out isn't it?

Male House Finch

I caught this lovely male house finch at my feeder the otherday....It's the first decent picture I've gotten of him. Everytime I tried to get his picture he would fly away. Finally after some time over a week he accepted the fact that I come outside and will now stay at the feeder while I'm out...but not for anyone else.

Male Robin

Here is the male Robbin aren't they grand....and protective of their parnters...man can they yell! :)

Female Robin...bringing lunch to her wee ones

I heard this couple of Robins while I was out and about the other day.....So I took the time to stop and have a look and to my amazement I wasn't disappointed at all.

Curlew Sandpiper 1 of 3

Goodmorning everyone!! Well yesterday was a wonderful day here in Victoria B.C a bit overcast but lovely all the same. I managed to get these fabulous shots of some shore birds. I have never seen them before here down at the Lagoon and quickly took their shots! In the end I had to google shore birds to find a picture that looked like mine. Hopefully I have picked the right species....They are soo beautiful. :)

Curlew Sandpiper 2 of 3

Curlew Sandpiper 3 of 3

Happy Mother's Day!!

Goodmorning everyone and Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's out there and to my Mom especially. I have posted a beautiful collection of Black and White's with symbols of Mother Nature to celebrate Mother's day today....I hope you enjoy the special meaning behind all three posts.

Softness with purpose...to reproduce

This lovely dandelion has gone to seed...beautiful isn't it....just like all living things there is a purpose to exist and continue. I find this an extraordinary example of life.

Awakening a new begining

All living things on our planet have new beginnings...this fern is just about open and I couldn't resist a nice black and white to really show it off.

Aging

This tree just hit my heart...it doesn't matter in this world what species or plant life that you are...aging is a beautiful thing. Just look at this lovely tree. I sure did

Wonderful Day

Wow what a wonderful day I had today. The sun was out!! the weather was warm and I took a very very long walk. I walked for four hours today and I have posted some of the fruits of my adventures! Yes I'm very pleased to say that I came across two species of Woodpeckers today. The Downy and the Pileated. The Pileated is extra special and are hard to come across on your average walk...but today was a lucky day. I hope you enjoy the lovely snaps of these beautiful birds.