The Doe

The most amazing thing about blogging for me is the way it has expanded my view of the world. I have been blessed with others sharing their corner of the world with us. One of those special places for me the wonderfully written and photographed blog CIGUDEG pleis bilong tu mi.
I am re-blogging this from my “other” blog because a picture he posted took me back to this story.
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Pondering Things and Taking Pictures

A vulture. Man they are big I think as I pass one sitting in a tree not twenty feet up and over from the road I am traversing. Road. More like a long paved driveway really than a road. It is no more than a car and quarter wide surrounded by fenced range for cattle farms or lined by deep woods.

As I swing my eyes back to the be mindful of the road I spot something out of sorts to my normal world and pull off the paved path of a road.I turn on my hazard lights and run around the van to confirm I saw what I thought I saw. I did and the next thought is now what. On the fence line not a dozen yards from me is a doe hanging from the fence. She had tried to jump the fence but landed or caught her back legs and hind quarters on the top of the barb wire…

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The Unassuming Violet

“We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.” Bern Williams

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain

Spring, Is That Really You?

The temperatures here, since Springs official arrival, have been staying in the high thirties to low forties during the day. The low twenties are not uncommon at night. Though they have dipped into the teens a time or two just for good measure. As mentioned before the Sun has spent very little time in my corner of the world this winter. It has been the same this Spring as well but today must have been worthy of its presence. I for one am glad.

Here is a few photos from the Hill I took before the Sun went about its daily, or nightly, rounds. Enjoy!

I used my Powershot SX10is in both of the above captures.

“Welcome Home Our Brother” Says The Trees

Have you ever taken a shot for one reason but once you study it you see it for something entirely different? I saw this old house and thought what stories could this house tell if could only do so. What I saw after I downloaded it was something quite different. As I scrutinized my capture I noticed the trees and vines around the house and how them seemed to embrace it. It appeared as if the trees were reclaiming one of their own: “Welcome Home Our Brother” Says the trees.

Two Is Better Than One

I cannot speak for the majority but I will say I am a better with others than by myself. I am much better with The Bride than without. A great friend is priceless and hard to come by as well. My Mom and my Dad were seen as one but yet they were two. I am better for that as well. The photo below my interpretation of two is better than one.

I used my Olympus SP-350 on this capture. — I used my Olympus
SP-350 on this capture.

Well There You Are!

The sun has been hiding this Winter and I was beginning to wondering where it had gone. Or if it was going to show back up! As you can guess, I was surprised to see it greet me and my friends this morning. Well there you are!

Captured with my Powershot S#is — Captured with my Powershot S3is

Silent Guardian

A lone corner post stands guard over a fence line surrounding a cemetery. The cemetery is old, as one can be called old, in a relatively young civilization. It observes and monitors the passing years as a loyal and silent guardian to the past..

A Living Monument Of A Farm’s Past

When I first spotted this old barn I felt compelled to take the shot. I see a lot of old barns and this one is fairly typical of most: Solid and built to last in it’s time but it’s time is past. The combination of snow and sunless gloom of this particular day could not, in my mind’s eye, diminish this old barns rich and honorable past. To farmers old and new here is a living monument of a farm’s past.

I captured this wonderful old barn with my Powershot S3is.

Passing By This Old House

I took this photo a little over a year ago in December of 11′. As it is often in life I had some decisions to make about big-to-me type issues.This house caught my eye and I had to capture this scene. The weather was cold and gray, just perfect to match my mood, on the day I was passing by this old house.