This is a red shouldered hawk. We have several that like to hang around. We keep hoping that the rumors about hawks taking off with chihuahuas are true (we have a particularly annoying 24/7 yelper next door). Our weenies can … Continue reading
Category Archives: Nature
Day 25
Day 23
The main pool at Green Springs Park, a beautiful nature park right around the corner from us. We’ve nicknamed it “stinky springs”, because the sulfur that makes the water that crazy color, also makes it smell… not so good… only … Continue reading
Day 21
A green anole- the FL native. And yes, s/he’s brown in the picture, but, they could turn bright green in an instant. Unfortunately, after the freeze last week, there’s not much green to be had- so, s/he’ll probably be hanging … Continue reading
Day 1
A chilly and wet New Years Day around here. The Dutchman’s Pipevine I planted years ago to attract swallowtail butterflies is busy sending out fresh leaves, after the caterpillars did their number on it. One set of the baby leaves … Continue reading
The beach in March
One Daisy
The little things
After babies, kids, and puppies, my favorite subjects to photograph are the itty bitty things that we tend to look right past. Yes, I’ve said it before, but, I LOVE my macro lens! Here are some interesting things we found … Continue reading
Buzzzzz!
The thing is, I’m not as impressed by the bee or the weed in this picture, as I am by the freaking amazing bokeh my new macro lens gives me! I love it. So so so much. Get a Tamron … Continue reading
Flashing, mooning, and a great big ouchie.
I finally took out the manual and figured out how to slave my external flash! Yay! I didn’t play much today- but, here’s one of the few shots I took to verify it was working. Much easier than I thought! … Continue reading




















