Pair of mallards leaving the back swamp at Yates Mill Pond.
photography
Categorygliding rocker
gliding rocker
three abreast
found by students
brought to rest
where ecology is taught
shadowing trees
stir my childhood memories
lazy reading days
stretched across scratchy pillows
one toe dangling pushing
creaking metal to and fro
how savory wafting fragrance
grandma’s biscuits and honeysuckle
still my mouth waters so
gliding rocker
brings memories decades old
sparkles
grass foxtails and dew on the riverbank
stripes
This small boldly marked bird is a black-and-white warbler – my first ever sighting of one.
If my friend had not shown it to me I would have missed it – even with it’s bright markings.
It is a busy bird and likes to stay in the shadows.
total lunar eclipse October 8, 2014, 3 photos
Full lunar eclipse, full moon, October 8, 2014. I struggled trying to get my camera right and give to all of you decent photos. There were several photographers, videographers and binocular users at the site on the lake and there was sharing of how-tos. The maximum coverage occurred after the moon entered the horizon haze, got outmatched by the rising sun and was lost to our view. There was a collective sigh.
06:32:43 AM October 8, 2014
06:36:50 AM October 8, 2014
06:39:59 AM October 8, 2014
impossibly fast
Merlins can accelerate in flight at tremendous speeds.
I watched this one leave its perch in a tree and impossibly quick it was past me and down the canal line.
doc ellen's journey 