leaving home

It's time...

a small gathering

Their watery footprints tell the story of where they've been and now they are out in the pond having a gathering lesson from mom.

morning walk

Tully and I walked the beach very early this morning. The tide was as low as we have ever seen it. Our dock was sitting in the mud, including our boat! It's cold and really windy, the worst of it is over but it's still pretty nippy outside. Thank heavens for the winds however, because Tully never got the scent of this beautiful red fox, who clearly got the scent of us. Tully was too busy smelling dead stuff....

simply orange

I love the beach, there is so much to discover there, especially when the sun is setting.

color load

wild water reflections...

my fingers are crossed

Last year I got all excited about my birdhouse prospects but they changed their mind and didn't set up a nest. This year they are thinking about this new house that I got for Christmas. I hope they like it well enough to stay. I hope it's not too close to the bird feeders and I hope Tully ignores them and I hope they don't mind my photographing them. The odds aren't great .....

tree peony

Now this one I like. It's all floaty and soft and the pink draws you into the center.

Outlines

I'm not sure why I'm posting this image of a tulip, I don't even think I like it. I have 188 images in the latest NY Botanical folder, most of which are a vision of color and textures, soft mostly, in fact lovely soft and delicate images. This certainly is not. It is harsh to me but something about it has captured my attention. I think it's because of the heart shape or the head of an elephant gone purple... Do you see it?

Tomorrow I'll soften up a bit. 

Looking up and out

I usually have my face in the garden flowers at NY Botanical Gardens. It's so easy to get caught up in their centers, and patterns of their petals. But this day I looked up and discovered a broader view. I think this Azalea bush has taken on the shape of the rock formation. The color was jaw dropping. And of course the river reminds me of the Adirondack Mountains somehow, all green and full of reflections.

A bouquet

Spring has sprung...

possibilities

I wonder what they are thinking....

Pause

I'm returning from the abyss.

 My journey has been quite an eye opener. I am going through every image in the year 2011 and 2012 (over 20,00) in order for my software to FIND the file image. It's too boring for me to explain, you would all click me off and get on with something else. But the real story is in the journey. It's like reading my life's journal, or to quote my dear niece Kelly, it is an opportunity to pause. I take a couple of hours everyday to work on it and I find I lose myself in memories. I see how much I've grown in my photography, I see the faces of my family, of the birds and especially the owls. Colors wash over me and I'm renewed. 

brain freeze

This is my brain. 

Apparently I lied. I am in the midst of sorting out an unbelievable backup hard drive mess after all.

Most of you don't know what the heck I'm talking about and I'm glad for that. I wouldn't want you up in the middle of the night trying to figure out what I've done wrong. Actually I just lied again, because I WOULD like the company while I toss and turn going over and over the mystery of getting out of my dilemma. 

So what's the good news? There is some of course. 

I am too old to get hysterical so that makes me happy.

I am learning so much about all of this techno stuff and I like that part.

Tully doesn't know what to do for me so she keeps bringing me toys to play with and that's a good thing, she is at my feet as we discuss....

So here's the thing.... My brain is green and twirly and all around me is aqua blue.....

More on this when I recover because I WILL!!!!

Bahama Blue

Finally!

I can share the colors and the beauty of the Bahamas.

I have safely backed up all of my files.

Im a happy camper. 

out of the darkness

This is the lightning storm I was referring to. The night sky was vibrating with white. It slowly moved across our backyard making it's final departure after hours of lighting up our dark world. I made a few images at 8 seconds each.

 This was our final night in Florida, what a dramatic goodbye....

patience

pelican ripples...

I'm so frustrated because I still haven't been able to spend time with my portable hard drive situation. It's been so stormy that I've been afraid to backup 40,000 images onto a new 2T hard drive. I can just image having a lightning bolt hit the computer and wipe out all of my images. So I shall be patient and wait till we return to LI. In the mean time I have lots of images from the Bahamas that I'm anxious to see and share with you! I'm having a lesson on patience. I think I'm a C student.