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Spring Officially Ends

It fascinates me that daisies always know to be opened out just before the longest day of the year arrives. About half of our daisies are open now. Summer officially strikes at the end of this week,...

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Springtime on Mackinac Island

Although the calendar said it was about time for Summer to begin, the flowers on Mackinac Island just reached their Springtime magnificence during our visit in mid-June. (Click on any picture to open...

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Three Items or the Number Three – Three from the...

For this week’s Fun Foto Challenge I have selected three pictures from our flower beds taken earlier this Spring! (Click on any picture to enter the gallery!) Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Three Items or...

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First Grasshopper Sighting of 2015

I saw my first grasshopper of the season hanging out on one of the daisies. He sat there for quite some time; he even let me move around and (try to) get some good close-up shots. (Click on any...

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Just About Ready to Be Called Fresh Fruit

The strawberries have enjoyed the wet spring in Indiana. We have already picked a few fresh strawberries to snack on. I managed to get these pictures before they disappeared. You can clearly see how...

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Our Own Cardinals

Cardinals are everywhere in Indiana. It is hard not to see one on any kind of halfway decent day. Since early Spring we have seen a male and female Cardinal hanging around their nest in the upper...

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Four Seasons

This post has been about a year in the making. I had seen earlier posts by other bloggers with four season shots at the same spot, and thought I would give it a try. I have taken notes and will correct...

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change – Seasons

I know I recently used this series of photos, but it fits the theme so well that I could not resist. It is not an original idea on my part, but I enjoyed putting this montage together! The scene is of...

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Looking Back at the Cherry Blossoms

“People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” A peek back at the our cherry tree in the Spring. Even though we get some very nice flowers,...

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One Word Photo Challenge: Ants

I took the word ‘ants’ at its literal meaning for this challenge. However, that did not stop a wasp from joining the ants in this series! Here we see them all eating the nectar off unopened peony pod...

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Spring Trees

“If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; If you wish to enrich years, plant trees; If you wish to enrich eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others.” – S. Truett Cathy Filed under: Nature,...

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White Daffodils

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley We saw a bit of the snow last week and that will be enough for me this season – though the odds of that are against me. However, I...

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Bakers Camp Covered Bridge

Built in 1901 by J. J. Daniels using the Burr arch truss design, the bridge is 128 feet long, 14 feet wide, and 13 feet high. The bridge crosses the Big Walnut Creek just east of Bainbridge, Indiana,...

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Seasons – Types

I went to the dictionary to find the definition of seasons; here is my list! See more ‘seasons’ at the Weekly Photo Challenge: Seasons!Filed under: Family, Life, Nature, Photography Tagged: blooming,...

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Daffodil Sighting

Our first sighting of Daffodils occurred around the crab apple tree on Thursday, February 25. Maybe we will see the flowers in mid-March weather permitting! Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged:...

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First Daffodil Opening

March 13 saw our first daffodil opening. It is not quite fully open but an earlier rain left some decorative water drops! Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged: blooming, daffodils, first, flowers,...

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Red on Red

The fruit tree buds fill the limbs of all the trees in the neighborhood. Here a cardinal blends in with the scenery! Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged: birds, buds, cardinal, fruit trees, limb,...

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Daffodil in Profile

Not quite open, noticed some shadow play on the petals of this not yet fully open daffodil in the late evening sun. Filed under: Nature, Photography Tagged: blooming, daffodil, flowers, narcissus,...

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Tulip Opened

“The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory.” Although by any conventional measure it is folly to pay thousands for a tulip bulb (or for that matter an...

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Lady Bug Hunting for Food

An early Spring lady bug is in search of food on our mostly barren yellow rose-bush. He had no problem negotiating around those thorns! (Click any image to open the gallery and watch the search!) Filed...

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