Posted on October 11, 2014 in Fall, Landscape, Nature
I love my community all year round, but most especially now when nature shows off her Fall colors for all to see! After some morning rain, the sun peeked out for a bit this afternoon and splashed the mountainside with glorious light and reflections on the lake! Pure heaven!
Posted on October 9, 2014 in Fall, Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature
Two days ago I had a beautiful basket of Fall mums on my front porch. Today all that is left are stems! For those old enough to remember The Addams Family TV show, you’ll recall that mom Morticia was fond of roses, but she cut off the flowers and only put the stems in the vase! That’s pretty much the story of my flower basket at the moment, thanks to the obviously mum-loving deer that visit my yard on a regular basis. Thank goodness I spent a little while photographing the pretty blooms the other day! This is why we can’t have nice things in the garden!
Posted on October 2, 2014 in Fall, Nature, Painting Effect, Topaz
I can honestly say that I love my commute to work! Not only is it a beautiful drive, but I have the opportunity to see LOTS of wildlife. On my way home Monday, a flock of wild turkeys ran across the road in front of me, followed not too far behind by a raccoon! This morning, I was treated to a bald eagle sighting on the road leading to my workplace. What a majestic bird! I saw it gliding across the sky near the river and wasn’t sure if it was an eagle or a hawk. Then I saw the flash of white and the yellow beak and sure enough, it was a bald eagle! No photos, unfortunately, but the photo in my mind is perfection! This image is from yesterday’s afternoon drive home …. the colors are fabulous! I added a touch of oil painting effect with Topaz Impression. Happy Fall everyone!
Posted on September 24, 2014 in Fall, Flowers, Lensbaby, Macro, Nature
I love it when nature surprises me! I glanced out of my window overlooking the garden this evening and saw a honeysuckle flower in full bloom! I couldn’t believe it! Normally this plant blooms in May, not September! I was out in the garden in a flash with my camera … not only hoping to photograph one of my favorite flowers, but to enjoy the sweet honeysuckle fragrance that I love so much as well. I noticed that the vine has many green berries, too, which I never noticed before. The birds will love them this winter!
Early this morning I had another garden surprise, but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see what it was! 🙂
Posted on November 13, 2013 in Architecture, Fall, Nature
Isn’t this the best tree house ever? The colorful Fall landscape surrounding it isn’t so bad either!