Sunday, December 27, 2020

Merry Christmas, My Friends!

 

May God bless and keep you this Christmas and throughout the year!

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Chase The Squirrel!

 


Tuxedo Required

 


Don't Fence Me In

 

This is a hedge apple trunk (maclura pomifera), also called Osage orange, once a stout and strong natural fence around the edge of farm fields throughout the Midwest.  In the fall after harvest, cattle were turned out in the fields to clean up what ears of corn escaped the harvester.  When pruned, the hedge apple sprouted abundant shoots from its base; as these shoots grew, they became interwoven and formed a dense, thorny barrier.

Hedge apple was replaced by the invention of barbed wire, and today fences are being taken out everywhere, as farms no longer have cattle or hogs.  Hedge is so tough that it takes a bulldozer to remove it.

Morning Catch

 


Afternoon Calm

 


Evening Window

 


Thursday, October 15, 2020

Bonded Pair

 



Smile For The Birdie

 


Look And See

 

Clouds are just water vapor, the most ordinary thing in the world.  But seen in the right light, they can be something more.  Much more.  Here's to seeing rather than just looking.

Layers Of Fall

 





Different Kinds of Power

 


Thursday, October 8, 2020

Hints of Warm Color

 


Fantastic Frank

 It's way past time for a few pictures, in no particular order, of Fantastic Frank.  I never thought I'd fall in love with a serious, poker-faced redhead, but he makes every day better.  Some of you know what I mean.