Thursday 31 March 2016

Rainy day bath

Today's rain was nice but not exactly warm to sit out in for long. 











My trusty learn about white balance apple. 



I tend to like it a little yellower because it implies sunshine but that might not make sense in the rain. 









My trusty learn about white balance squirrels. 



The bell is hanging in there. 













The rain was coming in the gazebo sideways so I was pretty near this wet too. 




This was fun to watch. I've heard of bird baths but had no idea they were this energetic. 














When my wifi stops being cranky - I'm getting a new kind very soon - we have some Easter fun to catch up on here. Lorelai and Autumn took lots of cute pictures and it turns out in Scotland they roll their eggs down hills and Lizzy was really great at it!

Wednesday 30 March 2016

Two days of spring



My niece posted this today


So true. No bugs yet! I can't get enough of it. Out of the last four years, three of them I've spent spring recovering from surgery, and one in hospitals with Mary Lynn. This year I get to see things grow by the millimetre and I love it. There are enough squirrels and birds diving around to fill in any blanks and it's more joy than I can express to you. But I can show you :-)


The rare peanut growing crocus :-)














Sometimes I think I should stop taking pictures of squirrels then Notches gives me one of these. 




Hello Mrs






A little tail whipping














A touch of red on the way home. 








Today was not quite as flat out sunny but it was nice and warm. 










Are you starting to be able to tell when it's Notches without seeing the right ear too?


Her face and back are gold or rust depending on the light. 


And she never carries one peanut when she could be carrying two. 



















She picks up her peanuts and runs away to hide them in lots of different directions. 




She surprised me here!





Had been watching since yesterday for this shot. 





Blackbirds not crows I think. 













I put out a bell feeder today. We'll see if it gets rained away tonight. Someone will just eat it off the ground if it does. Looking forward to rain tomorrow. 


There was a new hipster squirrel in town today. Quite the casual cool guy slump. 




And pretty cute even with orange teeth. 







You're going to need to humor me with apple pictures. I find them good subjects to practice manual settings on. They're not quite as jumpy as birds and squirrels. 










And yes I know it's supposed to snow on the weekend :-)

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