The first pictures are up,
the theme I've started with is flowers and gardens. It includes a few mushrooms, too... and grasses... The usual place, but here's the link again: https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
It is done!
The file contains over 550 images, and my eyes are feeling very red and teary with overdoing. But the pictures look so much better, and I love to see them pop from hazy and distacting surroundings, and become something evocative of feeling. At least with myself I know I have succeeded when a shot... Sign in to see full entry.
How times have changed...
A few years ago, when I first visited New Zealand and came back with many pictures, I sorted and filed and posted many of them on Flickr. Then a few years later, my clever elder grandson showed me that my laptop has a photo editor, one far better than what Flickr offers. These past several days I... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, September 29, 2014
First snow of the season
We had thunderstorm and hail today, in the Springs, and when it had all cleared away, I looked up at the mountain... https://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
England for Christmas...?
It is by no means a sure thing, but Marika is hoping to sell the DC house quickly, and start settling into a new one in England soon. She has asked if Charlie and I would like to spend Christmas with them. Well, duh! Charlie would probably have to quit his job to get the time off, but he has some... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Really, really pissed off...
I just returned the rental car to Enterprise, and confronted the manager at the desk about his guy running my card after I had told him there was nothing available in that account. I didn't see him run it... and didn't find out until I got home that he had--for $1, which led to a $25 overdraft fee.... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Montana elk herd
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=338543342967168 I didn't take this video--wish I had! But I thought you'd like to see it. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
The Western Bluebird
This is likely the same one that came around in the springtime. It's quite a bit larger now, still has the same sharp call that is not nearly as pretty as the blue plumage. When I was growing up in the east, the only blue birds around were the blue and white blue jay, and I always wanted to see a... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, September 8, 2014
It's a broad-tail hummer...
...one of the most common of western humming birds. It flicks its tail as it feeds, and the feathers are spread wide. Yesterday evening, there were two: male and female. They don't look much different from some species, but only males make that distinctive metallic hum as they fly. They visited near... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Humming bird!
There are so many species of humming birds, many of which visit Colorado. Years ago, sitting by a restaurant window with a great big, multi-station feeder, Charlie and I were fascinated by how many there were trying to get to the nectar, and how one feisty male kept all others off! It has taken me a... Sign in to see full entry.