Saturday, April 30, 2011

30 ~ BLACKBIRD

                                                         Oh no! They're back!! 
Brewer's  Blackbird   ~  4-30-11   ~   [P4308015]

Thursday, April 28, 2011

28 ~ BLUE SKY

I very rarely edit my photos but I edited this photo using  PhotoScape...this shot looked really dark after I downloaded  it so I  tweaked it a bit so the beautiful blue sky would stand out.   ~   4-28-11 @ 1:56p  ~  [P4287912]  

Monday, April 25, 2011

25 ~ SUNLIGHT On A CLOUDY DAY

Today was a very cloudy, rain filled day but the sun found a hole in the clouds and shone brightly on this little spot of green grass, highlighting it beautifully.    ~    4-25-11 @ 6:04p   ~   [P4257838]

Sunday, April 24, 2011

24 ~LAWN/FIELD

My backyard and the field...both freshly groomed.   ~   4-24-11  ~   [P4247815]

Saturday, April 23, 2011

23 ~ BLOOMS/BIRD/PARK/BUG

Daffodil   ~   4-23-11  ~   [P4237666]

Hummingbird   [loc/427]   ~   4-23-11  ~   [P4237683]

Glacier  Lily   [ loc/427]   ~   4-23-11  ~   [P4237722]

Outlet Creek @ Yedlick Park / Glenwood~Goldendale Hwy   ~   4-23-11   ~    [P4237761]

Bug   ~   4-23-11  ~   [P4237785]

Friday, April 22, 2011

22 ~ RIVER/BLOOM/BIRD...'n More

Klickitat  River  / taken near the  top of  the Leidl  Grade / Glenwood~Goldendale Hwy     ~     4-22-11   ~   [P4227505]

Pasqueflower / Dewdrops  ~   loc/2059   ~  4-22-11  ~   [P4227514]

Pine Squirrel  ~    loc/2059  ~   4-22-11   ~    [P4227547]

* Lincoln's  Sparrow  [100th  photographed "Life List"  bird]  ~   4-22-11  ~    [P4227648]

SUNSET  ~  4-22-11 @ 7:34p   ~   [P4227660]

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011

18 ~ CLOUDS/MOON

4-18-11 @ 4:36p   ~   [P4187309]

 Full Pink  Moon  ~    4-18-11 @ 10:19p  ~     [P4187372]

Sunday, April 17, 2011

17 ~ BIRDS/BUD/BUG NEST

Audubon's Yellow-rumped  Warbler  ~   4-17-11   ~    [P4177146]

Lilac  Bud     ~   4-17-11  ~      [P4177159]

Lilac  Bush     ~   4-17-11   ~    [P4177163]

White-crowned  Sparrow   ~    4-17-11   ~    [P4177172]

OOTHECA [egg case] of a  Praying Mantis   ~   4-17-11   ~   [P4177248]

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Friday, April 15, 2011

15 ~ RAINDROPS

                   The weather is so  crazy at this time of year...it snowed here yesterday                     and  today it  rained  all  day!!
Raindrops / Branch   ~   4-15-11  ~    [P4157007]

Thursday, April 14, 2011

14 ~ DAFFODILS 'n SNOW

                    Yep, it snowed today! 
Daffodils  and Snow   ~   4-14-11 @ 7:56a   ~    [P4146876]

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

13 ~ SHACK/SHEEP DOG/LAMBS

Abandoned buildings  on The Dalles Mountain Road  ~  4-13-11  ~  [P4136804]

A Great Pyrenees guard dog  keeping an eye on  a  band  of sheep / The  Dalles Mountain Road   ~  4-13-11  ~    [P4136812]

Lamb /  The  Dalles Mountain Road   ~   4-13-11  ~  [P4136817]

Ewes and lambs / The Dalles Mountain Road   ~   4-13-11    ~   [P4136819]

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

12 ~ GAS prices/Another DAY @ the RIVER...and a TULIP


Up 6 cents in  8 days      4-12-11    [P4126491]

Desert Shootingstar  bloom @ the Columbia  River / West of  Maryhill, WA    4-12-11    [P4126589]

 Western Tailed Blue butterfly on a cluster of  Spring Gold @ the  Columbia River / West of Maryhill, Wa      ~   4-12-11  ~   [P4126639]

Western Tailed Blue butterfly on a cluster of  Spring Gold @ the  Columbia River / West of Maryhill, Wa     ~  4-12-11  ~  [P4126655]

Tri-colored bumblebee on an Arrowleaf balsamroot flower @ the Columbia  River / West of  Maryhill, WA     ~   4-12-11   ~ [P4126692]

A ring  around the Sun / taken @ the Columbia River / West of Maryhill, WA    ~   4-12-11 @ 11:31a   ~   [P4126705]

Tri-colored  bumblebee on an Arrowleaf balsamroot flower @ the Columbia  River / West of  Maryhill, WA    ~   4-12-1 1  ~   [P4126731]

Fountain @ the  entrance to Stonehenge / above  Maryhill, WA  ~  4-12-11  ~   [P4126757]

One of my  Tulips  ~  4-12-11  ~    [P4126777]

Monday, April 11, 2011

11 ~ BIRD/MOON

Meadowlark  ~    4-11-11 @ 7:08a   ~    [P4116439]

MOON, First Quarter   ~   4-11-11 @ 7:43p    ~   [P4116484]

Sunday, April 10, 2011

10 ~ WILDFLOWERS/WEEDS

4-10-11  ~   [P4106343]

Moss Pink [Phlox]    ~   4-10-11  ~   [P4106353]

Blue-eyed Mary  w/Spring Whitlow-grass   ~  4-10-11  ~   [P4106356]

Flowers and  seed pods of  Spring Whitlow-grass  w/Moss Pink  ~  4-10-11  ~  [P4106357]

Dandelion   ~   4-10-11   ~   [P4106394]

4-10-11  ~  [P4106396]

Stork's-bill    ~   4-10-11  ~   [P4106398]