Tales of the Photo

Two Beautiful Birds I had a lot of lovely Cardinals feeding today. I have homegrown birdseed. It sticks out on my windowsill. Here's my best cardinal shot today. Isn't he handsome? The light shines just right on his chest. Look at that glow. I have a new place to take pictures in the pear tree. I remember thinking of robins as a sign of spring, but they are here year round in SW Missouri. I had one that used to like our swing set. I called it Jerry Cotton if I remember right. I have no idea how I came up with the name. This one isn't up there yet, but here's a link to purchase some of my photos to use for prints and digital wall paper just as an example. If you're interested in purchasing photos for use of printing, or digital wall paper.  Please note, this is my etsy shop here.  Since I will be blogging about photos, I will be sharing the place to buy my photos.  Purchases will inspire more blogging and more sharing of photos you are free to look at.  ...

Frosty or Olaf? Was it Frosty or Olaf?  I'm trying to decide which one I made. I'm an adult, but I still enjoy building snowman.  I don't get to very often in this  part of the country.  Let me know in the comments if you think this was Frosty or Olaf. We live in town, but I don't have to go very far to get a bit of a woodsy photo.  We have an open field across the street.  Sometimes I have seen deer coming from there.  I saw two outside my window one evening not too long before Christmas 2020.  So unusual to see them. I would love to photograph them someday if I can see them in the day time.  This field also contains many other wild life.  It includes cardinals, bluejays, robins, and other birds as well as many squirrels.     Our lights were still up.  I got to get a picture of the lights on snow.  It was a week after Christmas, but we got our White Christmas a week later with this photo.  It was really a W...

Winter Wonderland We had some snow this last week.  Hopefully we will have more this week. I think I got some nice backyard bird images and other backyard images with the snow. The snow was so light and fluffy.  It was like cotton.  I could catch it  in my hand and blow it off.  Just like cotton from the cotton trees. It's so amazing to look at each individual snowflake.  We don't always get snowflakes like this.  So, I tried to do some micro photography.  However, I'm very new to it.  So, I hope we get more snow on Thursday that is like what this was.  This photo is actually my hand with a very warm coat I received from my aunt. If you're interested in purchasing photos for use of printing, or digital wall paper.  Please note, this is my etsy shop here.  Since I will be blogging about photos, I will be sharing the place to buy my photos.  Purchases will inspire more blogging and more sharing of photos you are free to look...

 I've been watching a few Christmas Hallmark movies.   I've noticed many of the characters getting hot chocolate with a candy cane in it.  So tonight, I had a hallmark movie style hot chocolate.  It was homemade.  I had a large pioneer woman mug and about 3 tablespoons of cocoa.  I sweetened it with the little bit of maple syrup I had left in my jug and a dash of honey.  I then frothed the chocolate drink.  I also added the last of the cream we had from the whipped cream can.  We generally make our own cream, but we have recently added people to our fold that like the canned stuff better.  Then I added chocolate chunks on the tope.  I would have liked having a large candy cane, but I only had a small one.  I think it suited my needs better, anyway.  So, that's my recipe for a hallmark style hot chocolate.  Oh, did I mention that I had just seen a character take a drink of one as well? Unfortunately, I do not have...

 My cat Kit Kat has been a very hard cat to figure out.  I think I have finally figured her out.  I found her in a such a funny pose, it was almost like she was going through her second kittenhood.  Here's the image I got.  It was late at night, so I didn't get it very good.   Please do not use without asking.

The European Starling At first glance the bird looked black At second glance, we realized the bird was not completely black At third glance, we noticed a splash of color in the light At fourth glance, we recognized a European Starling At 5th glance, we reflected on the beauty of nature. And that in itself is a wealth of knowledge Not to be used without permission Images and text by Naturally Nature Photography

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