Hold It

Some days, I know how may parents must have felt, trying to get all five of us to stand still to take a photo. It must have been like herding cats. Well birds are no different then kids and sometimes I think it would be easier if I photographed children. Maybe my parent should have tried to photograph us early in the morning just as the sun is coming up. I find that the birds don't move much and for some reason they don't mind if I am round them. I noticed Kim's nephews did not move very much early in the morning last weekend. So if you are having trouble taking photos of people or animals, get up early and then enjoy the rest of the day.

American White Pelican
Red Wing Black Bird
Fox Sparrow
Canada Goose

Their Back!

Their back! well not all of the summer birds, but some are. The Yellow Rump Warbler, the Eastern Phoebe, the Osprey and not to be left out, the Mallards have return to our back yard. Each day, the grass gets greener, the leaves getting larger and the bugs are make their way back to us. But I will not complain, it was a long winter and I am ready to do patio seatin.

Frozen Four

Where did you go for Spring vacation? We headed to Detroit MI, for the NCAA Frozen Four Hockey Tournament at Ford Field. Hockey in a football stadium? They fulled it off, with 37,000 plus people in attendance. A new record for indoor hockey. But Detroit was not just hockey. We spent our free time at the Ford Museum, this is a must see if you are in the area. Then Kim and I wondered around the downtown area and no, we did not get shot at or mugged. Being a lover of old building, Detroit was full of them. How about the Maritime Cathedral, remember the song sinking of the Edmonton Fitzgerald. Then there was the GM building and then the last one I will call Guardian building. We had a great time. Next year the Frozen Four is back home in St Paul. At least the travel expense will be less.

Who Planted That?

Don't you just love Spring, if you are like me you walk through your yard and and think to your self. "I don't remember planting that?" So this year I have decided to take photo's of what is coming. So far most of the flowers that are up and out are less the four inches high. That means, that I have to spend a lot of time on my knees. Thanks to Toni, and the book that she gave, I will be about to figure out what some of these flower are. The first photo is Dutchman Britches. The second one is Wild Ginger. I have no idea what the bottom two are, but we will find out.