a surfer

I have been wandering through my Florida images and found this guy having the time of his life.

He was awesome!

 When I zoom in on the photographs I can see the bubbly details in the breaking waves. What a great morning to watch him while I sipped my morning coffee, standing safe and dry behind my tripod.

got it!

Now you see the fly

Now you don't see the fly.. Yum

wilson's plover

Rain puddle in a parking lot

is a great place

to take a bath.

Scotland

It's a rainy day and I'm in the midst of a slow hazy thought process as I sink into my images. 

I want to lie down in that deep grass and smell the world.

Tully has a word

Just wanted to stop by and say woof.

Mom has been putting every other creature on her post so I thought I'd just join the crowd.

When I'm done with this I'm going to roll over and have a belly rub.

I see you

I wish this Bard owl was here now in our trees, but he's not.

 In fact he was in a tree in the Everglades back in 2015.

I've been working on old photographs. 

I"m looking into the eyes that have been looking back at me.

mother thoughts

I'm the mother of chicks, and I'm exhausted.

I can barely keep track of all of them. I think there are ten. Lord help me.

Every time I turn around I'm either stepping on them or they're climbing on me.

These two are planing an escape. 

I wonder if they'll take me with them...

Lemur

First of all thank you for all of the emails I received yesterday from so many of you. 

It feels so good to be back immersed in my images once again.

This Lemur was at the Palm Beach Zoo. It is always emotionally difficult for me to photograph captive animals but an easy place for me to practice my craft. Where else would I meet a Lemur? 

The eyes say it all..

I'm back

Life got in the way of my blog. 

Went to the mountains for 10 days and came home sick. All my energy went into getting better and now I'm recovering although more slowly than I like. 

Nothing serious but certainly very annoying! 

So I'm sorry to have gone missing but I'm back and happy to be here.

I'm working on my photographs and want to share this red fox image that I love. My photography is all about connecting, with you and with my love of animals and birds. I hope this little red fox connects with you the way he did with me.

humbling

Well I met my match with this hummingbird!

She ruled this feeder along with unwelcome bees.

Thank you Sally and Mike for letting me sit, struggle and shoot with these master fliers.

flutter time

If the rain ever stops I plan on spending more time with the butterflies.

a little down time

Get down low in your garden and let your eyes relax.  Look at your garden as a whole instead of a section that needs weeding. Now let your whole body relax into the softness of your flowers. Stay there awhile, you can weed tomorrow....

a leap of faith

Do you think a tree can feel the quivering soft touch of the hummingbird resting on her branch?

Do you think the tree feels the pleasure of having a kestrel share her dinner?

Do you think the tree feels like a mother to all who fly into her branching arms. 

Well if you maintain the heart of a child you may very well believe it.

In memory

The soul of this tree lives in the hearts of my grandchildren.

 In those hearts it will claim  the space it needs to reseed and grow in another way. 

It has finally outlived it's own ability to survive. 

The future depends on those young hearts to have made a deep connection with the tree. Now is the time to go hug a tree, any tree, take your young ones by the hand 

and show them how to love our world. 

the chase is on

I fluttered along with this butterfly yesterday afternoon.

Twirls and loops and rest..

forever on the wing...

until the heat got to me and I retreated indoors.