A Flicker Visits

 A lovely visitor to the suet feeder yesterday.   You can see bits of suet on his beak.  These were taken through the window in my studio. 

Early Morning In The Cemetry

An early morning drive through the large local cemetery was delightful.  I noticed on the way into town that there was a low fog along the ground in the cemetery. It was a quick trip to town and I hoped that it would still be there when I returned.  Driving through the cemetery, with the sun coming up, leaves still dripping from the rains last night and squirrels everywhere was fabulous.  I didn't see any souls roaming about, this time, but the views were still spectacular.

There was a little of the fog left .  .  .  

One of the many squirrels I saw - they were busy gathering the acorns for winter .  .  .  

I looked up - and saw the most amazing clouds - like someone had swiped across them with a dishrag.

Near our house the sun was shining through the leaves of the Big Leaf Maples

Stunning in the early sunlight . . .

And this is the view right across the street from our house - out the studio window

These are Big Leaf Maples - some of the leaves are as big across as a dinner plate.  .  .

A wonderful early morning - how was your morning?

Weekly Top Shot - #52

The moon was a lucky shot - I was focusing on the hawk and didn't even see the moon.

I am joining Madge at  her one year anniversary of the Weekly Top Shot.  Great photos there - stop over and see them.

Shorebird - Weekly Top Shot

Aw we were watching this shorebird searching in Birch Bay for food, I caught the droplets from her beak - such a lovely autumn day today.  A great day for bird photos.

Linking to View from Right Here - Weekly Top Shot

Hummingbirds

As I was sitting at my desk I looked up when a movement caught my eye - I reached for my camera - there was the little hummingbird again. This time I got some good shots of him. He was very busy flitting about.

Mountains and Planes

On the way back from Wisconsin we had cloudy skies most of the way, but the clouds cleared as we were approaching Bellingham for landing. Off to one side I could see Mt. Adams - it was spectacular but went by fairly fast - then up loomed Mt. Ranier - it seemed so close - and even though the pilot had already announced that we were to have all carry-on luggage stowed beneath the seat in front of us, I whipped out my camera and began taking pictures.

Now this was more difficult than usual, because I was in an aisle seat and had to aim the camera out the window - hoping to get the mountains and not the passengers' heads.

Mt. Ranier was majestic . . .
A lot farther away we could see the Olympic Mountains, but even my camera has its limits - so I was happy with Mt. Ranier, and hoped that Mt. Baker would appear on the other side of the plane.

And there she was. Her little cap of clouds - a glorious welcome home sight!

I have no idea what this mountain is - but it was beautiful too. I was taking these out of the opposite side of the plane - across the aisle and there was a mother and two young children in the seats so I had to time the photos so I got them when everyone was not leaning forward in their seats.

And once again Mt. Baker came into view - I guess we must have been circling - I took pictures until the pilot announced that the flight attendants must take their seats and prepare for landing - and I stowed my camera under the seat in front of me, like a good passenger, after entertaining the other passengers with my camera.

Weekly Top Shot - Heron in Wisconsin

While on vacation in Wisconsin for Don's 50th class reunion we visited some favorite spots of his from his childhood. One was Kashena falls. As we watched the falls we saw a heron land off in the distance. I got a couple shots off before he flew on - this is the best one.

I'm linking to Weekly Top Shot - with Madge, thanks Madge for doing this.