Bathing Beauties

It wasn't light enough to shoot my bathing beauties through the glass door but I think their personalities come through.



I realize assigning personalities to animals is debatable but I do it anyway.



The first two shots are of a brown thrasher.



The female cardinal above and the sparrow below appeared calm, cool and collected.



Then the sparrow looked like it was skating.



The male cardinal was all puffed out in the bath.



I had a chipmunk getting water on my deck but didn't manage to get the shot.



The carolina wrens were too fast for me to shoot.



I can almost always photograph cardinals on my deck because there are so many of them.

November 10 through 21, 2015 in my neck of the woods

I don't think the farmers market sellers were as amused as I was by the bird helping themselves.



We'll be having a hard freeze Sunday and Monday night so I don't think there will be much local produce from here on out.



There are still some colorful leaves but they will be gone soon.



I'm making a point of photographing the lingering flowers.



We've had a very rare November snow (many years ago) where I got to shoot flowers in the snow.



I think our average first frost date is in late October where I live (central NC).



This year I think we may have had light frost but most nights haven't gone down to freezing yet.



I'm enjoying the cooler weather and am glad that it's seasonal.



I like changes in nature and am glad that we have four seasons although some days the weather gets mixed up.



As the saying goes, if you don't like the weather stick around a few minutes and it will change (or something like that).



I wasn't sure if I was going to stay silent with both written words and photographs ending on this space.



I may pop back occasionally with a few shots from my photographic journey.

 

I was feeling stale for awhile and I was also without a camera for a number of months.



I have a new camera and am enjoying it.



I commute to work now all the time instead of working from home which has definitely changed some of my habits.



Adding the driving time to my day has been an adjustment.



In certain regards though I think it has been good for me.



I had become something of a hermit.



Now I don't have that option.



I love water and reflections.



My neighbor's car is a perfect match for her maple tree this time of the year.



The fall leaves are staggeringly beautiful.



I have enjoyed being able to photograph my backyard birds.



That's one thing I miss about not working from home.



I used to be able to take work breaks to photograph the birds during the day.



Now I mostly get to shoot them on weekends.



I doubt I'll post again before Thanksgiving so Happy Thanksgiving ahead!