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Mar7

Fleeting scenes of winter

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(At least I hope so!)

Sunset for 3-7

The birds were having a feast at the feeder today. Their little tummies are big and round-golf ball size. I happened to look out the side window and saw all their little prints in the snow (thanks to Bri who also delivered our dinner). The first shot was taken out the window. There was one bird I am trying to identify-not sure if it was a Baltimore Oriole-but he had a white tummy, the sides of his tummy were reddish-orange and the rest of him was black with some white specks on his wings. Carole/Pea helped me to ID this bird as a Bay breasted warbler! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before:
Bay breasted Warbler

Birdie footprints

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Mar1

Bri and me

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Sean took this with his cellphone camera. We went up to the restaurant in the next town and had dinner this past Saturday night to make up for not going out on Valentine’s Day. I have kinda puffy eyes. My sweater has some bugle beads on the bodice part and it’s 3/4 length-not bad for $7 from Walmart! ; ) Oh-here’s the photo from last year! As you’ll see the new curling iron I got this past Christmas did wonders for my hair!Valentine’s Dinner a little late

Feb4

So close

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We had a little friend poking around the brush out back today. We used the new camera and quickly switched to the zoom. I like the continuous shot mode. This is the best of the bunch. She was about 20 feet away. This was taken through the family room window.

A deer visit

Jan20

Photo Hunt-WILD

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I am lucky to have a nice sized yard (1.4 acres) and we see lots of wildlife. My favorite wild things are the mostly Leopard frogs who sometimes live in my 50 gallon pond. I took this a few years ago. This little guy is next to an old piece of tv glass-my husband’s uncle use to work at Corning glass.

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Froggie pal

Jan19

Amazing Bird Photographer

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I was reading The Kennett Paper (local weekly) that had a story on Kim Steininger, a local award winning bird photographer taking the big prize from the National Wildlife Federation in 2005. You have to see her amazing owl shot- it’s swoping toward her! Kim does volunteer work at the Tri-State Bird Rescue as seen below helping out a Red-throated loon. Click photo to see the loon.
Kim rescuing a loon

Jan6

Photo Hunt-MEMORY

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I went through my old photo album last year (that mom has at her home) and pulled some memory provoking photos to scan and enhance. This is a birthday party for my brother Don and me. He is holding the ‘Puck Luck’ game and I am smiling big next to him. My dress was a peach chiffon. Most of the kids are from the neighborhood, a few are from school and one is a cousin. Don and I shared a few birthday parties as we are one year and nine days apart. I believe this is 1965 or 1966. My mom still lives in this house. Can I name all the kids? Yes, but not the older girl in the back with the glasses-she’s an older sibling of someone. : )

Dec31

Bri shots

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Bri told me I could have had the camera set at a different setting for my Longwood Garden photos. Too bad he didn’t show me how to set it and I may have gotten better shots. He still has some shaky shots from a slow shutter, but these I really liked (from last night)

The front door-has a spot light on the very light reflective wreath

Looking through the front window-some of the snowbabies can be seen, but the tree looks pretty too!

No flash, just tree lights

Looking at the house from the long side of the yard

He redeemed himself a little taking these awesome shots, but I’m still mad about the basement. So much work to do!

Dec30

Photo hunt-NEW

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A few nights ago, I went to a gorgeous place called Longwood Gardens and got to try out our new
camera. The first fountain is part of the newly renovated part of the conservatory. I took an awesome photo of the pair of these last year. The second photo is a shell fountain at the Pierre DuPont home on the property. At least I have a theme going here. : )