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Thursday, November 29, 2012

SkyWatch Friday: Autumn Ending

This skywatch will cover last Friday through this Thursday.
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I was glad I walked at the end of last week before the temperatures dropped and almost all the leaves finally fell from the trees.
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Last Friday was made for a holiday weekend in terms of a beautiful sky.
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I've gotten a lot of my blog posts this week from my walks at the end of last week.
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It's been a mix in terms of sunny and overcast.
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I was glad the sun was out over the weekend.
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I like the wispy clouds against the blue.
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I enjoy all types of skies including gray but we've been due the blue we finally got.
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I like variations in the sky for reflections.
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The wispy look of bare branches that recently dropped their leaves appeals to me.
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The next tree ended up with brown leaves all of the sudden when it got very cold one night.
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We've had as much gray as blue but I took more pictures on the sunny days.
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I was glad the sun came out this Wednesday when I had to go to my office in Durham.
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I caught some shots in between meetings.
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I'm a little late getting this post together so I'll end here.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

ABC Wednesday: T is for Turkey

I photographed this turkey several years ago while hiking on the Appalachian trail. This time of the year, I'm thankful that I'm not a turkey.
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Our World Tuesday: End of November

I took the first two shots on a walk after Thanksgiving diner (Thursday).
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Almost all of the leaves have since fallen from the trees.
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Friday morning I walked at Shelley Lake and the Great Blue Heron was kissing his reflection.
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He caught a fish and I caught it in his mouth.
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This was the first time I caught a shot of the heron with a fish in its mouth. I took a bunch of pictures with its mouth full but none were particularly good.
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I enjoy the bare limbs on the trees.
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We are definitely heading into winter.
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There are so many evergreens around the lake that they provide year round color.
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One more shot of the great blue heron.
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This is a rather long post but I took so many pictures on my walks it's hard to choose.
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We had a very beautiful Thanksgiving weekend although it got colder and colder each day.
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We had such a mild winter last winter that I'm ready for the cold.
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The ducks still hang out where people used to feed them before the signs went up to stop feeding the ducks and geese.
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In spite of the signs I still see people on the bridge that ignore the signs and feed the wildlife but not as many as used to.
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What bothers me is when people feed them during warm seasons as opposed to in the winter when they need more help.
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There were a pair of downy woodpeckers in the trees on the trail. 
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The pair of mallards below were in the creek that feeds into the lake.
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I caught a bunch of reflections on my walk.
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Sunday morning I rushed out into the frigid air for a look at Jack Frost paintings.
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I was glad I wasn't going anywhere so I didn't have to scrape the windshields.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

SkyWatch Friday: Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone that celebrates it is having a happy Thanksgiving.
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There are already a lot less leaves on my oak trees than when I took the shot below, a few days ago.
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All the shots in this post were taken from my yard over the past week.
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It's been another week with plenty of rain and a few partly sunny days.
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Even a little blue is nice.
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I do like the cotton batting clouds.
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One more shot for this week's skywatch.
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