Fashionable Family Friday: Wanna Play?
This is Sister S’s ninth birthday party and it looks like she had a game of Frisbee planned. Sister L, directly behind her, doesn’t appear to be too excited about the choice of entertainment. (I, in the white shirt, obviously dressed my best for the festivities.)
All Trapped Out
These hooded pitcher plants have a primitive and forbidding look about them, especially this time of the year. The plants have become dormant for the winter, leaving their vessels to dry into cracked and papery shells (but with spikes and veins intact). Their successors will replace them in the spring, ready to snag the next generation of unwitting insects.
Birds of a Feather
Last January I challenged myself to identify and list all the different birds I would encounter over the next twelve months. Now, a year later, I am pleased to report that I spotted fifty-one different varieties: forty-three in my backyard and surrounding neighborhoods, eight in Holland, and one in Arizona. Here are a few of the highlights.
(From top to bottom: Egyptian Goose, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Coot, Pine Siskin, Eastern Bluebird)
Fashionable Family Friday: Say What?
This picture just cracks me up. That’s my cousin V between Sister S and me. She often has a look of stunned disbelief in our family shots, and I’m usually looking on in amusement. As always, S views the situation as another photo op.
A Promise of Sunnier Days
This stack of sombreros was sitting on a shelf in the children’s area at the nature center. I love the glow of soft light on their colorful brims. They were a bright spot on an otherwise dark and dreary January day.
King of the Feeder
These little birds are pine siskins, kin to the finch family. We have quite a few of them in our yard these days. They’re known to be a bit feisty with each other when vying for a food source. Although these two look well-mannered here, they had been battling it out at the feeder below moments before.
Fashionable Family Friday: Winter Munchkin
It appears that Mom and Dad wanted to make sure the top half of me stayed warm and toasty. I look stuffed inside that winter jacket and ready to roll (literally). I’m not sure if the pants are bunched up under me or if I’m simply wearing high-waters.
Focused… and Hungry
A few days ago I was startled to discovered this hawk sitting on a branch a few feet above my head… surveying our backyard for an afternoon snack. Its concentration and patience were quite amazing to observe. After about fifteen minutes the bird flew off to more productive hunting grounds.
Winter Walk
H’s brother and family welcomed in the New Year with us, and whenever we’re together there’s always a hike involved. These images were taken at scenic Old Mill Park and stretches along the Chattahoochee River trail system, not too far from our home. Mother Nature always provides such exquisite details.
Fashionable Family Friday: Greeting the New Year
Happy New Year from my sisters and me! Just because we’ve moved into 2015 doesn’t mean that the family photos are going to look much different: I still have my trademark scowl, Sister S continues to grin from ear to ear, and Sister L… well, she must have been trying to make a break for it… again.
Tree Fishing 