dandelions

I took a macro of some dandelions during sunset and this is how it turned out.

Sky Watch Friday / around the house

Sky watch Friday again! here's a shot of the moon surrounded by blue sky.

The weather has recently returned to normal and we are starting to see more greens.
This wheat field is next to our house.
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lilacs

This is a macro of some of our lilacs.

humming bird

A humming bird drinking from our feeder.

bee

This is my first attempt at capturing a bee an a macro shot.

Monday Odd Shots / barbed wire

This is a macro close up of one of our barbed wire fences.
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ground flox

I did some research and concluded that this is called ground flox. Have a nice Sunday everybody!

wild horse monument

The metal horse from yesterday's post is part of the wild horse monument in central Washington.

here it as it a distance.

we hiked up there to get some close up shots.

this one shows how close it is to the Columbia river gorge.

Sky Watch Friday / metal horse

I transition from my horse ride / camping trip series with this metal horse. there is a whole group of them located on the Columbia River gorge.
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blue bill duck

I have two shots today. One close up of the duck and one further away. This was taken at a pond near our campsite.

horse rider 2

I am continuing from my camping trip series taken earlier this month. I don't know this guy, but he patiently waited for the horse ride to start.

fly tying

On our camping trip, the weekend before last, my cousin Grace learned how to tie a fly, to be used in fishing. I'll admit that I have never tied a fly or gone fly fishing.
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Monday Odd Shots / stumped

This is an end of a tree stump that I found while on a hike. I thought it would be perfect for Odd shots.
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Wildflower

last weekend We went on a cross country hike to follow the horses on the trail ride. we ran into several patches of this flower. can anyone name it?

horse rider

This is my cousin, She went on the horse ride last saturday. There must have been more than 200 riders that took part in the event.

Sky Watch Friday

I am continuing from a recent camping trip taken last weekend; during our walks we found several strange looking weeds. Here is a super macro shot of one of them. Does anyone recognize it? TGIF! have a great weekend everybody!
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Trailers

After camping overnight there was a horse ride the next morning. we do not have enough horses for me to ride so I stayed on foot and took pictures. There were plenty of other riders.

on the road again

Last weekend we went on an overnight camping trip. This is the start of my series from that trip.

peaceful

I remember the peaceful summer evenings spent on priest lake.

Monday Odd Shots / sinking ship

This is the remains of the Tyee II, a steam powered logging tug used on Priest lake in the late 1940s and early 50s. please join Katney's Monday odd shots

Happy Mother's Day!

This is My Mom and I enjoying the summer sun on priest lake. Happy mother's day to moms everywhere!

Priest Lake

This shot shows the main part of the lake. I wish you all a nice weekend!

Sky Watch Friday / Priest Lake

My Sky Watch post for this week is of Priest Lake. Priest lake is a huge summer vacation destination for the northwest United States. This picture was taken in mid-October, hence the empty beach. If you want to join SKY WATCH FRIDAY join Tom here.

the boat

This is a part of priest lake, Idaho. Surprisingly there was no one else on this section of the lake. I'm starting a new series from Priest lake Idaho.

Green maple tree buds

Here is some more tree buds, this time its the green maple.

super macro

I found this flower on a local hillside but I don't know exactly what kind of flower it is. what is it?

Monday Odd Shots / barn light

This is a light fixture on the side of our barn. Our barn has officially "gone green" with energy efficient light bulbs.
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willow tree perch

These two were perched in our willow tree looking at the sunset this afternoon.

pencil sketched bird

I used a pencil sketch effect in a free photo editing program ( paint.net ) to get this look. Thanks to everyone who commented on my sky watch post!

Sky Watch Friday / windmill

It's Friday once again! My sky watch post for this week is a shot of our windmill.
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May flowers

This years' daffodils finally came up this week, here's some of them. happy May to everyone!