out of season

Well, we're not quite to the green-grass point of this photo (taken this summer) but winter seems to have begun in the mountains and not bothered to continue to the lower elevations. It is a little disappointing, though I am pleased with the warm sun. :)

O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years

Happy Independence Day!

234 and counting

My favorite holiday - and the day happily turned out to be one I would file in the "perfect day" category of life. Of course, I base my ratings almost entirely on the weather.

happy spring!!!

"The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring."

(Bern Williams)

(taken in Cambridge, England)

24 February of last year

I miss going for multiple walks in a day around the lake, every day.

Sometimes I get so tired

Just trying to find a place

To lay my head

I look up to the sky

I feel the warmest light comfort me...

(Tyrone Wells, "More")

The sparkles at a closer view... click for full view. The light hitting the grass is pretty.
Occasionally I start to think I'm just taking the same photos (same subject, that is) over and over and over again - and, I am. However, I've decided that maybe that's not all bad, that it is helping me to see different things along the way, or see them in a different way. Because I go around the lake many times in a week, I am able to notice subtle changes in the environment and find the little details. Well, regardless, as long as I'm not bored of it (and I'm not), then I guess it is okay for now. :)

themed hodgepodge: all at the lake

Overlook

Inverness, Scotland

I have something of an obsession with Canada geese...

They are one of the few things I like about winter.

hodgepodge

Various photos that I've saved to my desktop with the intention to post here eventually... I just know one of these days I am going to post a photo twice. Maybe even now? :P

London, England

Montreal, Canada

Osterley Park, London, England

Oh, just Littleton (like the 1st). :)

photography thoughts

I think I'm in a bit of a rut with photography. I don't know where I'm going with it -- I enjoy taking pictures, it's probably my favourite pastime, but I'd like to do something more with it. But what? I'm not sure. I've been thinking about making cards with my pictures on them and selling them on Etsy. Or just selling prints alone. Maybe taking a class? I'm not sure, but something else that makes me feel like I'm not just taking picture after picture and not doing anything with it. Hmm. Hopefully I can actually get myself moving and actually do something about this.

Mabel

I really love Mabel.

birds that fly too fast

By next summer I would like to figure out how to capture birds better. They are too fast. I need to learn how to operate my camera in a way that can capture them immediately. Or I need to get camouflaged clothing and stalk them. Probably both.

Swallows?

Great blue heron

Always avoiding me

Gulls

winter

goldeneye

GEESE!

I'll have to remember to post a photo of Mabel next.

You can see it in their eyes

Another evil-looking gull...

(ring-billed gull)