Late Autumn 2014

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Nature never ceases to amaze me with dazzling beauty. No two minutes alike and in the blink of an eye it can be missed, never to be repeated. A few of my favorite photos taken at the end of November 2014. The sky alternated between black, bright and sometimes it was both. The sun low […]

Trees and Clouds

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Hi, I’m checking in to let my friends and followers know I am fine. It’s been a busy, busy, hectic and crazy year…in a good way. However, there are only so many hours in a day and I needed more. Finally had a few minutes to check out some of the many photos I took […]

Good Morning

This was the very beginning of a day that was to become one of those glorious blue sky fall days. It started with the first rays of the morning out shining the still needed street lights. Taken October 7, 2013, Sherwood Oregon USA. Cheers, Shez PS To my wonderful followers; if you wonder what happened […]

19Days #347 Resident Hummingbird

This year round resident of our yard is an Anna’s hummingbird who survives no matter the weather.

This tiny guy scolds us if his feeder runs out of food. This photo was taken a couple of years ago and it was extremely cold. The feeders froze. We solved that by hanging the feeder in a protective alcove in the covered part of the deck and wrapping an electric water pipe heater around the glass sides of the feeder. The little guy discovered he could sit on the warm wire to rest. At night he roosted on the sill above the window, close both to the feeder heater and the warmth of the shelter.

The brilliant red head and bright green torso show no signs of color unless there is no sunlight. On this snowy day the sky was very dark and grey, not a glimmer of sun made it through.

Cheers to tiny creatures,

Shez

27Days #339 Sunset

Tonight’s sunset began to show color about 4:30pm. This shot is a promise of what it will be.

What appear to be mountains on the left are a bank of very heavy dark clouds.

Cheers to sunsets,

Shez

41Days #325 The Mirror

A long and narrow lake, perhaps it was a reservoir, was crystal clear and still. It ran along side the train tracks for several miles. As we approached some trees against a beautiful sky, it was a reward to see the gorgeous mirrored reflection.

After many miles of vast fields of hay, this was an unexpected treat.

Cheers to nature’s beauty,

Shez

45Days #321 Montana Sunrise

As the warmth of the sun begins to clear the dark clouds, this second picture still looks more like a sunset than a sunrise, to me. But it is a lovely sight with the flat mocha plains and the touch of blue morning sky on the horizon. In the foreground you can just make out […]

47Days #319 Cat In The Moon

Sweet Hubs and I were outside putting up some holiday lights. As we finished it was definitely dark, but I could see a big light through the trees. I moved into a better position and tried out my new cell phone (another story, I only got it Friday). This is the unaltered photos, well unaltered except in size. The new cell phone takes a 34″ x 42″ poster size photo. Certainly that is way too large for web work, so it was resized to a 9″  x 6″ with low resolution.

The cat in the tree is a mirage. There is no animal, just some branches.

This was an interesting photo-op. There was no light except from a haze covered moon. The tree branches stood out against the large lighted area around the moon and the bright light of the moon was a soft focus.  I think this turned out altogether creepy.

I took three photoz and of course moved a bit for each shot. The cat  appears only in this photo so it must be the silhouette of the crossing of the branches. If not, the cat is an illusion or a black magic cat, in which case beware.

Cheers to surprises in a photo,

Shez

52Days #314 Pink Sky Hope

Yesterday I looked out my office window just after 4 in the afternoon and saw an amazing sigh:. A bit of sun turning our bleak, dark grey sky into a thing of beauty. And just a slight turn I saw even more hope of better weather. It didn’t last long, however it did bring us hope. […]

58Days #308 Mohawk Hill

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The wind in this area must be from a very constant direction. The camera is level, the trees grow at an angle. This landscape is in Northern Montana. As seen from the train heading east.   From a different angle we see that the golden hills are prevalent. This angle shows the trees on the […]