Just to catch you up...

I have been taking pictures lately... I just haven't posted any of them yet.  :)  

These are dew drop pictures:

 This is a picture of a catalpa tree.  I like the angle in this one. 

 Male Cardinal.... photo could be better...

Female Cardinal.

Male House Finch.

Who knew that I could take so many good photos in a patch of Sneeze-weed!!!  :D  Actually I'm not quite sure if it is sneeze weed or not.... so please correct me if I'm wrong!  :)

 Thistle. Again.... Who thinks of taking a picture of the BACK of the flower?  :D

And this is a sneak peek at one of our little chicks.  I hope to post pictures of our gardens and our little chicks.  :) 

Have a nice Sunday!!

Scottish Gal

Spring Beauty

Mourning Dove preening himself.

Mourning Dove

Purple Martin

Toad.  It almost looks like he is smelling the grass!  :D

Rose in bloom.

White rose. 

Mushroom.

The flowers on our berries.

This may be my only picture with a bee in it for this spring.  :(

Have a good weekend!

Scottish Gal

Iris

*All photos originally taken on March 30*

Black and White Friday

Such a peaceful scene.  :)

My little kitten(who is no longer kitten size :(  ) has appeared on here before.  He was the subject for a Christmas photo I did.  He has now grown into a slightly aloof cat.  Normally I wouldn't prefer putting pictures on here of a pet.... but he looks so GREAT in B/W!!  And he is a wild cat anyway so I put them up here. 

Doesn't he have a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e paws?!?!?!?

He thinks he is such a great model for the camera!  :D 

:)  Sorry the ears are cut off....  

That's it for now!!

Scottish Gal

Bluebird Bath

I hung out with a Bluebird while he took a bath.   Sorry about the distracting backround.... this birdbath is in our garden and we have phlox that bloom bright pink flowers behind it.  

*All pictures were originally taken on March 30.*

This one is a-m-a-z-i-n-g for me because I had NO CLUE the Bluebird was flying until I took the photo!!  :D  I do wish it was taken at a different angle though... so that you could actually see the head. 

In a Patch of Clover

In a Patch of Clover

*All photos taken on March 26*

There is nothing quite as calming and peaceful as sitting in a patch of clover on a warm, breezy, spring day photographing ladybugs, waiting for a bee to appear and having a complete conversation with a nearby robin. 
My main motive for visiting this certain plant was because I wanted a picture of a bee, sitting happily on a flower of clover.  I had created a perfect picture of it in my mind.  I suppose I was inspired by this picture that I saw.  I guess I went about it all wrong.... I was trying to get nature to work for me... when really, you must work with nature.  I sat for 45 minutes and no bee pictures.  I wasn't disappointed.... I was much too distracted with the large Ladybug population that this clover held.
  
I had fun tracking different Ladybugs in and out of the clover and grasses.  One of them looked like a ladybug, but was shaped as a long oval, instead of the usual "round as a tomato" back.  Here are some of the pictures that I took of the ladybugs:

As for my conversation with the Robin... well... it was quite enjoyable.  I'm not sure what we talked about... the weather, the sun, the lack of bugs... but whatever it was she had quite a bit to say about it.  She had perched herself happily in a nearby tree and was quite pleased to have someone to discuss things with.  Sadly I didn't get any pictures of her.

Other things that I discovered:

There is some sort of bug on this flower head.  I'm not really sure what it is.... but it looks cool.

This little guy was either sunning himself or waiting for dinner.  :D  

This is in sunset lighting.  This one came out really good.  :) 

Overall, I had lots of fun.  Who knew that just sitting in a patch of clover you could discover so many things?!


Scottish Gal