BIG SKY…
Just another image from an afternoon that I spent with the horses…Can you feel the warm air and the breeze?
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I DON’T USUALLY DO THIS…
I’m going to confess right up front…I used photoshop on these images…I used the procedure called “smearing”…I made that procedure up…I just smeared things around…no rhyme or reason to it….I didn’t smear up the animals…just the background…no animals were harmed in the making of these images.
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AND NOW WE KNOW WHY…
Why my fascination with the behavior of Blue Jays? Well actually, I think ALL birds are fascinating, but I really do have the most fun photographing the Jays….and now I know why. My Mother was cleaning out her attic a while back…she collected up a few things that she thought I’d like to have since they were mine as a child or teenager. She put everything in an old suitcase that I had told her I wanted long long ago. The suitcase had been hers at one time. So we went through the treasures…sometime I’ll show you the dolls that I had…very interesting and disturbing. But back to the birds…guess what used to hang over my crib when I was a baby? It now hangs in a place of honor in my studio. Obviously, this was imprinted in my brain…I’m starting to wonder what else was hanging over my crib…chocolate bars?…a pink tutu?…
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IT’S ELEMENTAL…
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I visited Bob a week or two ago…well I actually visited with all of the horses…we walked the fields and I decided to use Bob as a picture frame again. Just a lazy hour with the horses…the best medicine ever.
NATIONAL CUTE DAY…
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HELLO MY NAME IS PIPSQUEAK. I live under Zannyro’s bed and read her Agatha Christie books when she’s not looking. I apologize for not wearing shoes today, but zannyro says wearing high heels all of the time will give me ugly toes when I’m older. I spend most of my day waiting for Max the dog to come by so that I can jump out and pinch him and then I get to listen to him scream. Everybody has always wondered why he randomly shrieks and runs, so don’t tell them…they’ll make me stop.
(This squirrel does not really live under my bed…I’m positive, because after reading this I went and checked. Apparently it’s living under my bathtub.)
RETURN OF THE NINJA BLUE JAY…
There is definitely a new Blue Jay in town. First it attacks the hawk…now it’s brave enough to actually sneak up and steal a peanut with a squirrel RIGHT NEXT TO HIM/HER !! I never see this, usually they give the squirrels PLENTY of room…..So may I introduce to you once again…
“THE NINJA BLUE JAY”…..
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WHEN I FLY I MAKE NO SOUND….SO I CAN SNEAK UP ON THEM..
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THEN I GRAB THE PERFECT PEANUT…..ACTUALLY WHICHEVER ONE IS CLOSEST TO ME…
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THE ONLY WAY I COULD BE MORE PERFECT AS A NINJA, IS IF I WAS INVISIBLE…
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LOOK HOW AMAZING I AM…I’M NOT EVEN USING MY NINJA WINGS TO FLY..
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THE NINJA BLUE JAY SHALL RETURN !
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DID YOU EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE DAYS?
Some days things just aren’t easy…there’s somebody standing in our way…keeping us from achieving our goal. This is the sad case of a squirrel who was trying to get a peanut…JUST ONE LOUSY PEANUT…would his co-worker share with him? I THINK NOT!! The cruelty of the animal kingdom is just too much to bear sometimes.
O.K…ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUMP UP THERE AND GRAB A PEANUT.
WA-HOO!
OR NOT…
O.K…..I ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT ON MY BREAK….I’VE GOTTA HAVE A PEANUT..
COME ON, COME ON ALREADY….GIVE ME A CHANCE!
THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS…
NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER GIVE UP!
I GIVE UP! I GIVE UP!
MIGHTY JOE…
I had fun this afternoon. After too many hours of working on the computer, I needed a break, so I went over to visit Melvin and “The Boys”. Melvin is doing very well and tomorrow he’s going on an adventure with a friend of his. They’re going to go somewhere over in Amish Country to pick up some chickens for his friend and some “chicken nests”. I guess these are some kind of metal contraptions that hold the nest for the chicken and after they lay an egg, the egg rolls out into a little box type thingy…hopefully keeping the egg somewhat clean. ANYWAY…Joe gave me a moment of interest today..he came running at me and then stopped right in front of me to get a pat on the head…UNUSUAL!!
He also gave me this wonderful moment.
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QUADRUPLETS!!!!!!!
I have NEVER seen this before!! This doe has been bringing her offspring by each evening. I had assumed that she was the doe with the triplet bucks, but when I took the time to REALLY look at who was in the backyard, I noticed that there were FOUR and they are all “little girls”!!! They are looking for birdseed that I scatter in the grass for the birds..they love it!
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STEP AWAY..
We’ve had an interesting group of visitors lately..We have a doe with her twins that comes and a doe with her triplets…It’s pretty interesting when they all meet up. I’m still trying to get a nice shot of the triplets with their Mother, but for now this will have to do.
I’m not sure who’s who in this image…I think this is one of the triplets meeting up with the Mother of the twins. Little baby isn’t very shy, and Mama isn’t very friendly. This was taken about three weeks ago..when we had much less green in the woods.
RAZZMATAZZ…
We’ve had plenty to feel bad about today here in the U.S.
My thoughts and prayers are with all those who are suffering through these terrible hours and I pray for us all…for safety, for family and friends and strangers….for the good.
I mean no disrespect for this most serious time…but I choose to deal with it by focusing on joy. These visitors came this evening and brought with them some needed joy and even a little laughter and for that I am grateful…Blessings to you all….
It was getting darker, so my camera wasn’t as quick as I would have liked it…for some reason this little one decided to go a little crazy and wiggle and dance and just be generally silly…
Don’t look at me…I have NO idea what that was all about!
WELL THAT JUST LOOKS AWKWARD…
Ahem…and now for a little “rap”…
When you’ve got that itch and you just can’t shake it
You do what you’ve gotta do to elim-in-ate it
SHA-BOOM!, DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT, SHA-BOOM!, DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT
Twist your head way back, lift your leg up high
just be careful that you never kick yourself in the eye
SHA-BOOM!, DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT, SHA-BOOM!, DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT
If that doesn’t do it and for relief you are stuck
just turn around and bite yourself in your very own (butt)
(sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, it rhymed you know?)
SHA-BOOM!, DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT, SHA-BOOM!, DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT-DOT
Ahem…my apologies for the “rap”…
ANGEL HORSE…
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This image was taken last fall….but I found it the other day and thought I’d show it to you..this is one of the Angel horses from Melvin’s farm. The image hasn’t been manipulated…it was just a very foggy day.
HEY, HEY UP THERE….
HEY! HEY! THROW A LITTLE DOWN HERE !!
I like this image, but I would have liked it better if they had been singing to each other, or dancing the cancan, or knitting hats….but they were just busy being regular squirrels…
To all of my more recent followers…sometimes this kind of silliness just happens on the blog….please don’t leave me…I’ll snap out of it soon…..but sometimes you just have to be a little silly…(at least I do).
LE NINJA SQUIRREL TRAINING EXERCISES….
LOOK AT THAT! ALL EIGHT FEET ARE OFF THE GROUND!
After all of this, they climbed into a tree and took a nap….so did I.
LE LITTLE SQUIRREL…
Meet “peanut”…….
By the expression on his little face, I’d say he’s had TOO many peanuts….
LE CAT…
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I would like you to meet Oliver…my Son’s cat. Oliver is five months old and going through “the terrible two’s “…he likes to claw up my drapes, beat up my dog, walk on the counter-tops, attack me from behind and refuses to purr. I would like to keep him.
WHY CAN’T I HAVE HAIR LIKE THIS?…
In the first image, you will see Jack, showing off his lustrous, beautiful hair…..
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In this second image you will see Jake, showing off his fabulous golden tresses…
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I will not show you my hair which looks like straw…which horses love….but on my head…I do not.
WHY IS EVERYONE IN A BAD MOOD?…
TODAY CLASS, NOW THAT WE’VE ALL HAD OUR MILK AND GRAHAM CRACKERS…A SHORT STORY BEFORE NAPTIME…
DASH IS CRANKY..
GUESS WHO SHE’S MAD AT…
THIS BUCK IS TICKED OFF…
DON’T WORRY, HE NEVER TOUCHES HER…
NOW IT’S TIME TO GO AFTER BROTHER…
THE BUCKS LEAVE AND THERE IS PEACE IN THE HERD…
NOW EVERYBODY TAKE A LITTLE NAP AND THEN WE’LL GO OUT TO RECESS TO PLAY….(I’ve only had one tiny little piece of chocolate and some popcorn..I think it’s affecting my storytelling).
ROLLING ON THE GRASS…
Somebody was REALLY excited about the slightly warmer temperature the other day!
IT JUST SMELLS SO GOOD!!
BLISS…
WHILE MOM WAS EATING BIRDSEED…
In my last post I showed you what “Mom” was doing…what I didn’t show you was what was going on behind her back…typical Sibling stuff….don’t worry, this is very normal for them and no one was hurt in the photographing of these images…as you can see in the last one…all returned to normal.
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