Blue Skies

Today's moment. I stood outdoor in my back yard waiting for some of my bird friends to stop by and when I looked up, I saw a beautiful blue sky and a few wispy clouds. Lovely day, just lovely!

Blessings~

Little Red

Today's moment. I stood outside near the trees and the feeders where so many birds were congregating earlier this afternoon. The Chickadees and Nuthatches would swoop in for a nut or sunflower but the Sparrows and Jays are much more cautious. Eventually the finches and the sparrows would perch in the high branches of the trees. Perfect, the high branches were in the late afternoon light. I was able to capture the catch light in the eye on a few of the photos. What fun, the Jay's did come as close as one of the trees but didn't stay long. Maybe tomorrow.....

Blessings~

Junco

Sunday's moment, this sweet Junco perched high enough in the tree so that he sat in the light of the afternoon sun.

Blue on Blue

Friday's moment, I spent the day working on orders and contacting customers, listing things in my Etsy shop so I didn't go looking for an artistic shot or even go watch my birdies. I put my prime lens on the camera, I rarely use it and I need to learn how. I like the soft blur of everything except the earrings on this. It does work well for photographing my merchandise. I guess Friday's moment was a teaching or learning moment.

Blessings~Faylin

Sun Gone Down

Thursday's moment. Spent a lovely afternoon with a friend, a long lunch. Ran a couple errands and between stops I stopped to enjoy this brief but colorful moment in the parking lot of the craft store. I much prefer the natural light of daytime but am thankful for the electric lights when night falls.

Blessings~

Harris Sparrow

Other than my Nuthatches and Chickadees not too many birds are bold enough to come feed when I stand near the feeders. This one however was bold enough to scratch in the grass not too far from me. I believe it to be an immature Harris Sparrow. Correct me if I'm wrong please!

Blessings~Faylin

A Seed A Day

Today I stood outside near my feeders and just waited for the birds to come after refilling the feeders. The nuthatches are the bravest. Three or four of them would fly in and dash out each with a seed or peanut in their beaks. What fun!

Mason

Today's moment, Mason was quite somber all day but when he saw I was going to take his pic, he stopped what he was doing, looked straight at the camera, smiled and posed for me. This is the only smile I got all day, I continued taking pics but I guess there was only this one smile he would share with me today. So glad I captured this moment! Mason is one of two sweet little great nephews I have. I am looking forward to Jimmy visiting from Alaska in a few weeks. I hope he has at least one smile for me too!

Blessings~

Old Iron

Saturday's moment (October 29th). Took a short walk around mom and dads farm place. I love this place, full of old treasures; rusted cars, vintage machinery, weathered buildings a windmill and this wonderful old bed frame. I love this piece, dad said I could have it, one day I'll bring it home with me and put it in my flower bed for viney things to climb up.

Blessings~

October 28

Friday''s moment (October 28th). As I traveled north to visit my mom and dad this huge mushrooming cloud was in front of me. It was fun to watch the changes and made my trip go faster. Eventually I met it and as I passed it, a little rain did fall!

My Nuthatch

Thursdays moment October 27th, a quick nuthatch at my feeder, but today I was quick too!

Fall Dakota Sky

I had some errands to run in Fargo today. The skies were amazing. I pulled off at an exit and took a a few pics. I like this one, a little land a lot of sky!

Blessings~

Poser

Today's moment, one spent with my feathered friends. I never tire of the chickadees

Blessings~.

A Gathering

Stopped by Chahinkapa today to see the geese. There were so many and it was a pretty fall afternoon. I was so excited about the potential good pics I got but when I got home and uploaded them they were not as clear and sharp as I'd have liked. This isn't my best work but it certainly was a moment in my day.

Blessings

Caught!

I put out peanuts the other day in the hopes of attracting the Blue Jays. Today one stopped by. I expected him to take the peanuts, someone had been eating them. Instead he was on the large feeder filling his gullet with the finer bird seed. Maybe the squirrels and chipmunks ate the peanuts.......

A Very Present Danger

I'm a couple days behind in posting my daily pics. This is Fridays pic. I love watching my birds in the back yard. Unfortunately, so do the town cats. This guy was prowling about around my back yard Friday. He posed for his mug shot before turning tail and racing off. He looks just like the cat I saw at my girlfriends a week earlier a few miles out of town. He looks just like our house cat too, except meaner.....

Blessings~

Mr. Chicken

Today I went to visit a good friend of mine. She's got chickens! We spent a bit of time hanging out by the fence watching the chickens and visiting. The roosters were crowing, the hens were clucking and we were too, it was a real hen party! I watched my friend fill a basket with pretty brown eggs and she was so sweet to send a dozen home with me. Scrambled eggs for breakfast. I have not gone visiting in years but today I had the best time! Hope to do that again soon!

Blessings~Faylin

My Little Chickadee

Yesterday's post. I got the photo taken but didn't get to posting til now. I love my birds, my Chickadees are some of my favorites. They don't often sit still long enough for me to get a photo so I'm really tickled to get this!

Blessings~

Lisa's Barn

I was headed to the river, I knew there was a big old barn there that I had photographed before. As I drove past my friends drive way I looked down the path and saw their beautiful old barn and the antique tractor sitting in front of it. I drove a little further and then decided to turn around. This was too cool to pass up. Stirs up images from my child hood. My dad's cousin had an old white barn, and we used old tractors similar to this when I worked in the fields with my family.

Blessings~

On the Prowl

Busy day today, as I was driving to Fargo, I stopped by a friends farmstead to take a pic of their neat old barn. As I was shooting I heard a mewing in the trees and soon this cat came and walked past me. He was on the hunt but I snapped a couple pics before he got away. Looks just like my cat Misty. If I didn't know Misty was home safe in the house (indoor cat only) I would have thought this was her!

Blessings~