Our World Tuesday: First week of May

The red-bellied woodpecker has become my alarm clock beating on the drain pipe like a drum. 

The butterfly weed holds on to rain and creates jewels.

Before too long it will flower and the butterflies will be happy.

The American Robin struts through the grass with an eye out for insects.

The blue jay is all fluffed out in the bath.

The house finch shows off his ruby head.

Even the office buildings are green this time of the year.

The female cardinal is having a long bath on a hotter than normal day.

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The Weekend in Black and White: Public Library

I was looking through my photo archives and ran across this shot I took several years ago.

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SkyWatch Friday: End of the Day

I thought the clouds made the sunset interesting.

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ABC Wednesday: P is for Peekaboo

 Picking peekaboo shots put me in the position of looking for shots I normally wouldn't consider as good as others.

The catbird above was playing peekaboo in the mulberry tree and ordinarily I would have gone with the shots when its face wasn't hidden.

Primary among the criterion I used for picking peekaboo shots was part of the animal was hidden like the pretty bluejay above. The neighborhood puss below was peeking out at me from my deck although at this point I keep my gate shut to discourage pussycats from scaring the birds that bathe on my deck.

The pretty swallowtail butterfly was peeking out from the coneflowers and grasses several summers ago when I took that peekaboo shot.

Peter Cottontail was playing peekaboo in my grass several summers ago.

The squirrel was playing peekaboo on my deck wall recently.

My neighbor's cat was playing peekaboo in my primroses recently.

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